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Test, Test, Test? Well Here’s What You Can Expect

Test, Test, Test? Well Here’s What You Can Expect

On March 4th this year, a buddy of mine returned from the UK to live in New Zealand. He had employment set up in Queenstown working in the aviation industry with tourists and locals alike. When he arrived, he had a bit of a cold and hadn’t been able

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Predictions, Estimations & Warnings

Predictions, Estimations & Warnings

I’ve had the great privilege of working these past couple of days, actual working, producing something of value (hopefully) for clients deemed ‘essential’. The experience has been cathartic, if a little eerie, just lil’ ‘ol me in an otherwise empty building. It didn’t take long after arriving home

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No Lockdown in Sweden

No Lockdown in Sweden

Jeff Jacoby PA Pundits – International Jeff Jacoby is a columnist for The Boston Globe Did Sweden blunder? Or did everyone else? In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, most of the world’s governments have gone to unheard-of lengths to keep people apart and try to slow the spread of the

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The BFD Community Noticeboard

The BFD Community Noticeboard

This post is a place to: 1. Notify others of COVID-19 related news in their areas 2. Arrange for help for those unable to go out to get food or medicine 3. Ask for help If you are needing help the Friends in need group may be able to assist

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COVID-19 Update: 10 April 2020

COVID-19 Update: 10 April 2020

We are at Level 4 of New Zealand’s four-level COVID-19 alert system. It is likely Level 4 measures will stay in place for a number of weeks. More information on alert levels. * Everyone must now stay home, except those providing essential services. * Only make physical contact with those that

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The Real Threat from COVID-19 Is the Government’s Response.

The Real Threat from COVID-19 Is the Government’s Response.

Alex Davis theemperorsrobes.blogspot.com More and more evidence is emerging that the Coronavirus is far less dangerous than previously feared and the real threat is the hysterical (over) reaction of the world’s political elite to the virus itself. The list of medical professionals and researchers questioning the official

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Massive Quarantine Operation Could Have Avoided Extreme Lockdown

Massive Quarantine Operation Could Have Avoided Extreme Lockdown

The government’s tone-deafness to total border quarantine until yesterday will contribute massively to the approaching economic devastation. Jacinda has managed the public relations side of the crisis magnificently. However, as Sean Plunket also said yesterday on his Working Group, Dr Ashley Bloomfield and other officials made the key decisions

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The BFD Community Noticeboard

The BFD Community Noticeboard

This post is a place to: 1. Notify others of COVID-19 related news in their areas 2. Arrange for help for those unable to go out to get food or medicine 3. Ask for help If you are needing help the Friends in need group may be able to assist

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COVID-19 Update: 9 April 2020

COVID-19 Update: 9 April 2020

We are at Level 4 of New Zealand’s four-level COVID-19 alert system. It is likely Level 4 measures will stay in place for a number of weeks. More information on alert levels. * Everyone must now stay home, except those providing essential services. * Only make physical contact with those that

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Lockdown Concerns

Lockdown Concerns

“I have said it before, and I will say it again: the same political or journalistic treatment applied to any episode of seasonal flu would terrify us just as much as the current epidemic. Just as the staging – with real-time counts of victims – of any major health problem would make

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We Are Not All in This Together

We Are Not All in This Together

The feminization of society isn’t the overlay of feminist values. No. It’s the overlay of natural feminine tendencies. Don’t tell me they don’t exist. Most females become mothers. They are biologically designed to nurture. To bond through touch and soft murmurs. To provide their bodies to

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Don’t Worry; There’ll Be a Vaccine

Don’t Worry; There’ll Be a Vaccine

Those of us who are old enough can remember back to the 1980s when rare infections that typically only occurred in people with very weak immune systems started killing a growing number of young, otherwise healthy patients.  Ultimately the US CDC began investigating. By 1983 the medical community had found

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Industry Leaders Endorse Act’s Position on ‘Essential Business’

Industry Leaders Endorse Act’s Position on ‘Essential Business’

Press Release: ACT Party “Former chief executive of BusinessNZ Phil O’Reilly and industry leaders have endorsed ACT’s view that the Government should be taking a ‘safety’ rather than an ‘essential’ approach to businesses opening”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. Ministerial Statement – State of National Emergency – Video 5 from

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The BFD Community Noticeboard

The BFD Community Noticeboard

This post is a place to: 1. Notify others of COVID-19 related news in their areas 2. Arrange for help for those unable to go out to get food or medicine 3. Ask for help If you are needing help the Friends in need group may be able to assist

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COVID-19 Update: 8 April 2020

COVID-19 Update: 8 April 2020

We are at Level 4 of New Zealand’s four-level COVID-19 alert system. It is likely Level 4 measures will stay in place for a number of weeks. More information on alert levels. * Everyone must now stay home, except those providing essential services. * Only make physical contact with those that

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