Health
More Than One Suicide a Week
A recent investigation by Newshub has put a much-needed spotlight on suicide rates in the construction industry. Research back in 2019 identified construction as the worst sector for suicides both per capita and by the total number, with over 300 between 2007 and 2017. The Newshub report reveals the rate
Sweden Proves `Em Wrong Again
As readers and subscribers of The BFD know, lockdowns don’t work. Those who still believe in lockdowns however like to point at Sweden as proof that without them, things would be “so much worse”. This despite New Zealand having no land borders and less population density and thus not
The BFD Nightcap
This is a really heartbreaking story, but it must be told. So much respect for this courageous mom for making this video and posting it online. THIS IS JOE BIDEN’S AMERICA! Is this what you want for you future? !function(r,u,m,b,l,e){r._Rumble=b,
‘Do Not Resuscitate’ Orders Given to People with Learning Disabilities during Pandemic
Right to Life News righttolife.org.uk People with learning disabilities have been given ‘do not resuscitate’ orders during the COVID-19 pandemic, which may have caused avoidable deaths. Last year, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) found “evidence of unacceptable and inappropriate DNACPRs [Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation] being made at
Collins’ Comments February 2021
Hon Judith Collins judithcollins.national.org.nz It was great to be back in Parliament last week following a successful weekend for the Waitangi Day celebrations. I will be looking forward to speaking next year and I am grateful for that. There are many other issues for us to bring
Kindness Is a Virtue
Our Covid story is a story about the insidious creep of expert advice, unremarkable at first, but eventually turning lives into living nightmares simply because our Covid experts fly in the face of common sense. No amount of pleading will get us off the PM’s recurring cycle of lock
Are COVID Vaccines…Vaccines?
Marc Grey Are COVID Vaccines…Vaccines? In a previous article, the 4 COVID vaccines coming to New Zealand were discussed in some detail. In this one, we examine some common questions that people have about these vaccines. Firstly, because most of them are made via novel technology (in particular the
Should We All Be Boycotting the Scanning App?
The Labour Government Covid Scanning App. It’s going to save us all I tell you! Well, that’s what they keep telling us, so it must be true. Of course, it can’t stop you from getting the actual disease but is it even useful for tracking the movements
The Kindness of COVID Dictators
When Jacinda Ardern slammed New Zealand into stage four lockdowns, it might perhaps have made New Zealanders scratch their heads and wonder how such draconian panic could be reconciled with Ardern’s endless prating about “kindness”. After all, what was “kind” about preventing people being with family members at their
The Dark Side of Sperm Donation
Michael Cook mercatornet.com Another dispatch from the Reproductive Revolution. BioEdge, MercatorNet’s associate site about bioethics, has been tracking the generosity of sperm donor dads for several years. Some men have fathered dozens of children, a few may have fathered hundreds. But in the case of Detroit gynaecologist and
Informed Consent
Eliora Doctors are trained to think – but some are being prevented from saying what they think. The training to become a doctor requires a high level of intelligence and years of study and residency practice. In the United States of America, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics says it takes
New Virus Strain Not ‘More Deadly’
Covid Plan B covidplanb.co.nz In December Boris Johnson announced to UK citizens that a new strain of the Sars-Cov2 virus – B1.1.7 or the “kent” strain – was 70% more infectious and probably more deadly. His Government, including health bureaucrats, used this to justify more lockdowns. Around the
Home and Hosed Bar the Mutations
Take a good peek at this. Another 8 days after the date of my second COVID-19 inoculation from Pfizer as shown on this certificate and I am clinically guaranteed to be 95% safe from COVID-19 infection for all of six months. Which mutation will it be effective against? Who really
Can We Inject a Little Sanity?
I trust that you will recognise that the title of this article does not imply the author is suggesting that ‘sanity’ should be put in a hypodermic syringe and used intravenously. Nearly a year ago, the MSM and social media went into meltdown over a comment made by the President