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COVID-19 Daily News Roundup

COVID-19 Daily News Roundup

State of emergency, Lockdown Press Editorial: Welcome to the pandemic police state Richard Harman (Politik): Army and police to show no tolerance RNZ: State of National Emergency explained Zane Small (Newshub): Government officials declare state of national emergency in New Zealand amid COVID-19 pandemic ODT: Call for calm as emergency

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Kindness Is Going to Get Us Killed

Kindness Is Going to Get Us Killed

The media sob stories about stranded Kiwis are getting on my nerves. There are a couple of stand out examples. The first is the family of tossers who went on a skiing holiday in Northern Italy at the beginning of March. You know, when Italy’s case count was already

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COVID-19 Update: 25 March 2020

COVID-19 Update: 25 March 2020

New Zealand is currently at Alert Level 3. We are preparing and will move to Alert Level 4 at 11.59 pm on Wednesday 25 March. More information on our alert level Government COVID-19 Response Briefing Ministry of Health Update: * 50 new confirmed and probable cases in NZ – 47 are

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NZ Herald Publishes Opinion Piece Based on Fake News

NZ Herald Publishes Opinion Piece Based on Fake News

Courtesy of the entrenched Trump Derangement Syndrome in one of their opinion writers, Bryan Gould, Kiwis are being fed lies by the NZ Herald, again. I am not easily shocked – and certainly not when it comes to anything to do with Donald Trump. But I confess that I was shocked

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COVID-19 Daily News Roundup

COVID-19 Daily News Roundup

Public health strategy Henry Cooke and Luke Malpass (Stuff): Poll shows Kiwis back harsh measures but are extremely worried about virus Luke Malpass (Stuff): Poll shows Kiwis back the Leviathan of the state Michael Baker (The Conversation): ‘Overjoyed’: a leading health expert on New Zealand’s coronavirus shutdown, and the

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COVID-19 Update: 24 March 2020

COVID-19 Update: 24 March 2020

New Zealand is now at Level 3 to stop and eradicate COVID-19. Full detail of what Alert Level 3 entails can be found at the Government’s COVID19.govt.nz website. PM and Finance Minister Update * Confirmed 12 had now fully recovered, and this number was likely to increase. * Staying

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COVID-19 Update & Prime Minister’s Statement: 23 March 2020

COVID-19 Update & Prime Minister’s Statement: 23 March 2020

Prime Minister’s statement: * Alert Level 3 now in place immediately * PM will issue an epidemic notice and will move country to a national civil defence emergency * Two cases of possible community spread. * Potential for cases to double every five days. * Reviewed in 48 hours, will go to Level 4

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OK, You Need to Just Chill, Not Netflix Too.

OK, You Need to Just Chill, Not Netflix Too.

Reports out of Europe this week say that as a result of the lockdowns over there, too many people are using Netflix and YouTube, and as a result, the Internet is becoming overloaded and slow. As a result, YouTube and Netflix will temporarily reduce video quality in the United Kingdom

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Top Ten MOST Viewed From the Past Week

Top Ten MOST Viewed From the Past Week

https://thebfd.co.nz/2020/03/the-community-must-play-its-part-if-the-vulnerable-are-to-have-a-fighting-chance-to-survive-this-pandemic/ https://thebfd.co.nz/2020/03/breaking-news-in-the-fight-against-covid-19/ https://thebfd.co.nz/2020/03/how-lax-is-auckland-airport/ https://thebfd.co.nz/2020/03/the-cult-of-me/ https://thebfd.co.nz/2020/03/if-you-didnt-think-we-are-days-away-from-lock-down-think-again-and-try-harder/ https://thebfd.co.nz/2020/03/it-just-got-serious/ https://thebfd.co.nz/2020/03/

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Random Impertinent Questions for the Government

Random Impertinent Questions for the Government

Cruise Ships as Floating Isolation Wards? Right now there are four cruise ships in Auckland. They are all empty – no passengers. They are the La Laperouse, Silver Muse, Bremen and Noordam. Noordam has been moored off Whangaparaoa since Wednesday last week. La Laperouse also; until Saturday night when it moored

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The BFD Face of the Day

The BFD Face of the Day

UPDATED/URGENT Request of Doctors: This petition has clearly grown beyond just medical professionals now, with many other people signing the petition. If you are a doctor, please urgently sign this doctors-only petition instead: https://bit.ly/nzmedicalspecialistspetition as it is being delivered very soon. This alternative petition was created

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COVID-19 Update: 22 March 2020

COVID-19 Update: 22 March 2020

Ministry of Health briefing: * 14 new cases confirmed. * Total is now 66. * Five  cases were in Auckland, 1 case in Northland, 1 in Canterbury, 2 in New  Plymouth, 2 in Waikato, 1 in Tauranga, 1 in Coromandel, and 1 in  Dunedin. * 11 have history of international travel. 2 cases have

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