The man behind a court challenge to Otago University’s medical school admissions scheme is getting support from other parents whose children missed out. The medical school’s Mirror on Society policy, introduced in 2012, means domestic students fitting into special categories get preferential entry into Otago medical school. The
Ryan McMaken mises.org Ryan McMaken is a senior editor at the Mises Institute. Ryan has degrees in economics and political science from the University of Colorado and was a housing economist for the State of Colorado. He is the author of Commie Cowboys: The Bourgeoisie and the Nation-State in
docs4opendebate. We, Belgian doctors and health professionals wish to express our serious concern about the evolution of the situation in the recent months surrounding the outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. We call on politicians to be independently and critically informed in the decision-making process and in the compulsory implementation of
Mark Williams I got my title from a 90’s dance music album by a group called Altern-8. Famous for their mask-wearing and hazmat suits at raves I was reminded of them by the mask hysteria we are now currently experiencing. How did we go from no facemasks to suddenly
The Prime Minister locked down Auckland for a second time and refuses to reduce Auckland’s default setting of Level 2.5. Apparently we have a tricky virus that could flare up again. She also told all Aucklanders that if we moved about the country then we should behave as
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Total Road Deaths to Date: 218 Total Coronavirus Deaths to Date: 25 NOTE: Thanks to the lockdown the road toll is down on past recent years. Consistency and common sense (and doubtless Ashley Bloomfield) says we should forthwith ban all motor vehicles. The government should
Dr Shane Reti, in my view, is turning out to be one of National’s greatest assets. Anyone who doesn’t vote for his health policy obviously doesn’t rate health as a major concern. Reti has proven he is a thinker and has the qualifications to match. Here is
The BFD. Things that make me go Hmm. Jacinda Ardern pictured visiting Massey in Palmerston North. Credit: David Unwin/ Stuff Imagine the outrage if National leader Judith Collins did something similar. Jacinda Ardern should refer to her own guidance document from the Covid-19 website for Level 2. Personal movement At
Chadwick C Prodromos Rush University Medical Center | Rush · Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Tobias Rumschlag The Foundation For Orthopaedics and Regenerative Medicine · Research Doctor of Medicine INTRODUCTION Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) has shown efficacy against COVID-19 in some but not all studies. We hypothesized that systematic review would show HCQ to be: effective
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Election campaigning is now in full swing with new policies being announced daily. Since COVID-19 is such a key concern for voters, we can expect political parties to firm up their positions on how to manage the pandemic over the coming weeks. The range of
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Dr. Sherri Tenpenny, DO, AOBNMM, ABIHM Vaxxter.com Dr. Sherri Tenpenny is an osteopathic medical doctor, board-certified in three specialties. She is the founder of Tenpenny Integrative Medical Center, a medical clinic located near Cleveland, Ohio. Her company, Courses4Mastery.com provides online education and training regarding all aspects of vaccines
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When I wrote, some time back, that “doctors are notorious for their God-complex: the arrogant delusion that they are superior beings whose word is writ”, it inspired some upset responses from medicos. But, as we’re seeing during the Wuhan pandemic, give some petty medical bureaucrats a lab coat and
The so-called “experts” made a simple, but huge – absolutely huge – mistake and over-stated the mortality of COVID to the power of 10, yes, really, not 2, nor 3, but 10! From Cambridge University Press, authored by Ronald B. Brown, PhD: “Public health lessons learned from biases in coronavirus mortality overestimation“
righttolife.org.uk Temporary measures allowing ‘DIY’ home abortions are to be reviewed as part of a public consultation that will be run by the UK Government, following mounting safety concerns – including a murder investigation and the death of two women. In the biggest change to abortion law since 1967,
