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
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
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,
So we are confined to barracks for a further two weeks, in towns and cities that have not had a case of the virus since May, possibly even before that. I am utterly sick of the stupidity that is ruling this country at the moment. I have begun to suspect
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For hundreds of years, nursing has been a vocation for Christians who want to live their lives according to biblical principles, following the example of Jesus, by healing and comforting the ill. Christian nurses in New Zealand today face a stark choice: compromise your faith and beliefs or face professional
Plan B covidplanb.co.nz The Government’s objective of eliminating COVID-19 is at an end, due to advice from the WHO, challenges of the Auckland lockdown, and plummeting cases and deaths internationally. There were signals this week that elimination and lockdowns are over, as the Government moved to
I have just read the latest New Zealand Herald article about COVID-19 “Hydrocortisone and dexamethasone found to save critically ill patients”. It came up on my phone as the lead story of the day. The author was the Herald’s environment and Maori affairs reporter, so I knew I
Angela Renton The University of Queensland A recent demonstration video released by Elon Musk’s firm Neuralink might not look like much at first. In the video, a pig named Gertrude eats snacks from a person’s hand, while an accompanying computer screen displays blue lines that peak and trough,
Audi alteram partem (or audiatur et altera pars) is a Latin phrase meaning “listen to the other side”, or “let the other side be heard as well” The World-wide deaths attributed to COVID-19 up to date according to worldometers.info/coronavirus/ are 860,266. Out of a population
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This government is all over the place like a mad woman’s poo when it comes to lockdowns, the use of masks and COVID strategy. Jacinda Ardern informed the nation at the very start of the pandemic that the government would be pursuing a COVID strategy of flattening the curve.
I am not going to mention the current C-word. You can do your own comparisons, particularly with the figures for the 1957 Asian Flu as European countries are now down to single-figure daily deaths and the Unites States figures are declining as expected. The information here comes from
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The NZ media were ‘In like Flynn’ attacking the US Ambassador for ‘refusing’ self-isolation at the border on his return home from his recent US trip. Stuff headline: “Scott Brown dodges managed isolation“. Massive shortfalls in border testing, revealed by trusty Newshub journalists (note, never TVNZ) have gone largely
