Jonathan Miltimore fee.org Jonathan Miltimore is the Managing Editor of FEE.org. His writing/reporting has been the subject of articles in TIME magazine, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Forbes, Fox News, and the Star Tribune. Bylines: Newsweek, The Washington Times, MSN.com, The Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller,
Brad Polumbo fee.org Brad Polumbo is a libertarian-conservative journalist and Opinion Editor at the Foundation for Economic Education. Most young people are at little risk of dying from the coronavirus. But a new Pew Research survey shows that they are disproportionately bearing the consequences of heavy-handed pandemic
micha gartz ronpaulinstitute.org Before Covid, an American youth died by suicide every six hours. Suicide is a major public health threat and a leading cause of death for those aged under 25 — one far bigger than Covid. And it is something that we have only made worse as we,
Anthony R Cox University of Birmingham Dr Anthony R Cox is Reader in Clinical Pharmacy and Drug Safety, with a specialised interest in adverse drug reactions, pharmacovigilance, patients’ views of risks and benefits of medicines, and medication errors. An experienced educator, he directs the undergraduate Masters in Pharmacy at the
The vaccine rollout is faster overseas than here, but that might not be a bad thing because one expert wants more debate on the relationship with the vaccine and achieving herd immunity. Geert Vanden Bossche, DVM, Ph.D., argues that a prophylactic vaccine should be used BEFORE a pandemic – not
When Covid-19 struck in early 2020, we knew very little about it, but we (meaning the world) reacted on the basis of information we were fed by the “authorities”. We put our trust in the WHO, scientists, medics, analysts and politicians. A year later, we know much more. The
Brad Polumbo fee.org Brad Polumbo is a libertarian-conservative journalist and Opinion Editor at the Foundation for Economic Education. He was previously a Media and Journalism Fellow at the Washington Examiner and an editor at the libertarian media nonprofit Young Voices. His work has appeared in outlets such as
The Government needs to be honest with the public about which DHBs it plans to scrap, given the pace of these reforms, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “The Labour Government knows that culling DHBs will fare poorly, which may be why it is doing this by stealth.
Simon Thornley covidplanb.co.nz Over a year now into New Zealand’s covid-19 saga, what can we learn from the experience of intensive care units? In the early days, protection of intensive care units and the scarcity of ventilators was a major factor shaping covid-19 policy. New
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The Government has run full-page newspapers advertisements saying, “We have secured enough doses of the Pfizer vaccine for everyone 16 years and over…” “Secured!” That’s an ambiguous word which I suggest most folk would not unreasonably interpret in this context as actually possessing
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Chris Sellars OPINION In my general capacity as a prophet of doom, if I warn of an approaching danger and you prepare for it and it does not eventuate, there is no harm done. But what if my conspiracy theories turn out, like so many before, to be conspiracy facts?
Hon Judith Collins judithcollins.national.org.nz Housing In the December 2020 Housing figures just released, the number of people waiting for social housing in Papakura has jumped to 661 people with a “severe and persistent” housing need. Sadly this is up by almost 500 people since National left the
Free Press ACT Party Whether the Government will be successful in distributing the vaccine is an open question. We want them to succeed but there are reasons to be sceptical; remember the measles fiasco? A more urgent problem is telling New Zealanders what a vaccine will mean. This week Free
