On Monday I wrote an article on how we are being fed the big scary numbers, probably in an attempt to keep us all fearful and therefore compliant. I argued that the numbers involved, in New Zealand at least, are very small and that we really don’t need to
Dr Michael Jackson covidplanb.co.nz Dr Michael Jackson is a postdoctoral researcher at Victoria University of Wellington. As a scientist, I am trained to think critically, to evaluate evidence, and ask questions – lots and lots of questions. That’s my job. In March 2020 the World Health Organization predicted
Studying logic is a bit like owning a pair of the magic sunglasses from John Carpenter’s 80s science fiction/action classic They Live, only without being as cool and tough as Roddy Piper. But, like Piper’s character, once you see it, you can’t un-see it. “It”
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Just before we went into lockdown, I heard how the Department of Health was recruiting retired health workers. Most of these people had allowed their registrations to lapse, but the Health Department was able to deal with that. It seemed that they were able to effect the re-registrations in
Live meetings of the Epidemic Response Committee of the New Zealand Parliament. The Epidemic Response Committee was established on 25 March 2020 to consider and report to the House on matters relating to the Government’s management of the COVID-19 epidemic. Learn more about this committee and browse committee
In a chilling scene in Chernobyl, soldiers tasked with shooting animals in the exclusion zone pause to take note of a communist propaganda banner drooping from a deserted building. “Our goal is the happiness of all mankind,” they read. They derisively remark on how happy they are – and go back
Thomas Coughlan from Stuff tweeted: You’d think they’d have learned from their donorvirus scandal that being associated with key Chinese Communist Party linked people isn’t a good look, and especially now after what that government inflicted on the world. It clearly shows that they’ve learned nothing.
Simon Bridges is the walking dead. His performances are getting so bad he is making Joe Biden appear cogent. Take this train wreck of an interview with Susie Ferguson at Radio NZ: The pause at the end was large enough to drive a road train through. His whiny and cringy
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Michael Reddell croakingcassandra.com People can agree or disagree with the government and its official agencies on the various numerous specifics of the handling of the coronavirus, up to and including yesterday’s decisions. But whether you or I, agree with individual choices that have been made – and I’m
Long before the Chinese Communist party gifted the world the “Chinese virus” they had already infiltrated New Zealand’s political immune system. As lockdown has brought thousands of new readers to the BFD I thought that now would be a good time to bring the following series of articles about
With Monday’s announcement on moving to level three next Tuesday the adding of an extra week to level four shows complete ignorance of how business operates, the overheads involved, staff costs, compliance costs and the slim margins they operate on. As Bob Jones has pointed out in his last
