An interesting paper has been presented showing an apparent link between COVID-19 hotspots and cooler temperatures. The authors state that the virus has “established significant community spread in cities and regions only along a narrow east west distribution roughly along the 30-50 N” corridor at consistently similar weather patterns (5-1O°
Press Release: Regan Cunliffe Petition for the urgent removal of the epidemiological criteria for COVID-19 testing. Regan Cunliffe is petitioning for urgent removal of the epidemiological criteria for COVID-19 testing. Doing so would allow testing for those who meet the clinic criteria but do not meet the epidemiological criteria, namely;
There has been a lot of talk about this virus thingy. In our daily meanderings we come across opinions covering all scenarios, “It’s not as bad as the flu”, “It’s only old people who die”, “It’s ok, we only have a few cases”, “The Governments aren’t
In an attempt to appear decisive and in control, Prime Minister Ardern has made claims about the restrictions her government has put in place that are pure hyperbole. To be frank, if her claims were buckets they would not hold water. It will be the strictest border restriction rules in
This muppet knew he was in trouble with the virus and yet still flew. His Australian doctor had to dob him in. What a dickhead! An Australian man is self-isolating in Wellington after testing positive to coronavirus. Townsville Dance Teacher Andre Reynaud was tested by Queensland Health after returning from
The world we live in today has the greatest capacity in the planet’s history for information distribution. On that basis, one might expect us to be the best and most accurately informed society of all time. Except that our new found information technology is in the hands of every
People’s reactions to Covid-19 have been interesting, to say the least. There is my very good friend (a leftie, who is also a big fan of Jacinda) who says everyone is overreacting, and in the end, it is ‘only old people’. Tell that to Tom Hanks and his wife,
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Jacinda Ardern has announced: * All incoming travellers to NZ (except from Pacific Islands) after midnight Sunday must self-quarantine for 14 days. Nothing stated as to how this will be enforced or if there will be any legal obligation to do so or even any penalties for non-compliance. This includes returning
Clint Witchalls The Conversation The year had barely begun when stories started to emerge of a worrying number of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, China, caused by a mysterious new “coronavirus”. The Conversation published its first story on the outbreak on January 13. At that point, it was spreading in China,
As we all know Tracey Martin is in self-isolation and being tested after being at a meeting last week with Peter Dutton, who is confirmed as having Covid-19. On Monday night, she was at a debate at Auckland University with several hundred people, including Jack Tame and David Seymour. and;
The government seems to be at stage three in the four-stage plan. It won’t be long before we reach stage four. Since the government doesn’t seem to have a single clue as to what to do, I thought I’d do some research. Yascha Mounk provides some good
Editorial Note: At the time of writing and when this post was scheduled the service had not been cancelled. It is possible that by the time this publishes things may have changed. The Black Caps are playing their One Day series against Australia behind closed doors. The series will go
