Health
Coronavirus & COVID-19: Your Questions Answered by Virus Experts
Sunanda Creagh The Conversation What do you need to know about COVID-19 and coronavirus? We asked our readers for their top questions and sought answers from two of Australia’s leading virus and vaccine experts. Today’s podcast episode features Professor Michael Wallach and Dr Lisa Sedger – both from
The PM Has a Bob Each Way
Torn between protecting our tourist industry or protecting the country from coronavirus, our PM has attempted to do both. She has a bob each way and her reward will undoubtedly be a loss on both counts. The punter who puts a bob each way rather than everything on the nose
More Money for Beneficiaries
The government has announced a $12.1 billion package to assist with job losses and general economic stimulus as a result of Covid-19. Before we look at it in more detail, it is important to remember that it is the fiscal responsibility of the last 3 finance ministers (including
Legacy Media Fails the Virus Test
It’s said that crises bring out the best and worst in people. In the case of the legacy media, it’s brought out almost nothing but the worst. A social media meme sums it up best: What’s worse is that the so-called ‘quality’, taxpayer-funded media are
Just Why Are We Calling It ‘Coronavirus’ Anyway?
MERS. SARS. The common cold. These are all coronaviruses. So why is COVID-19, the “Wuhan Flu”, almost universally dubbed coronavirus? It’s stupid, on every level. It’s like calling the Bugatti Veyron “car”. It might be the fastest, baddest of the recent crop, but it’s not the
Advice on covid19 from a NZ GP
Please share this article with others as we all need to play our part to protect the vulnerable. I’m a GP in St Heliers and it’s really important we get the message out that if you’re worried about Covid19: * STAY HOME AND PHONE 0800 358 5453 * DO
The Prime Minister’s Plan to Flatten the Curve Is an Impossible Dream
On Saturday the Prime Minister sold us all a pipe dream. She said they were going hard and getting ahead of the virus, and that the goal was to “flatten the curve”. Unfortunately, politics and the desire of the Prime Minister to be everyone’s friend, rather than a leader,
Media Blame Virus Panic on Everyone Else
The arrogance of the legacy media knows no bounds. Even as they irresponsibly whip up the flames of panic, they refuse to accept any culpability. Instead, they point the finger of blame at anyone, anywhere, but them. Donald Trump gets the blame, of course. If that fails, then they just
Has New Zealand Got a Few Months to Prepare for COVID-19?
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
Petition for the Urgent Removal of the Epidemiological Criteria for COVID-19 Testing.
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
Welcome to the Recession
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