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A Weapon of Mass Uncertainty
Press Release: ACT Party D-Day The Government will tell us on 20 April whether the Level 4 lockdown continues past 22 April. It needs to give clear guidance on what a Level 3 world looks like because business cannot prepare with two days’ notice. But there is another problem.
Epidemic Response Committee | NZ Parliament – 14 April 2020
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
Remember When They Told Us That Talk of a Lockdown Was Fake News?
For the nostalgia buffs. Do you remember when the lefty-press (almost all of them) said talk of a lockdown was fake news, totalitarian, and all that? Do you remember when they said it would cause massive social alarm and induce panic? Do you remember when Ms Ardern, the single
A Triumvirate of Meagre Credentials
The Coronavirus has put the spotlight on three people in high places who are not up to carrying out the tasks their positions demand. Two are attached to political institutions and one is a Prime Minister. The Prime Minister has a goal of also being a member of one of
What Do the COVID-19 Numbers Really Say?
At the beginning of March, our government would have been very wise to take serious steps in sealing our border. They did not do so despite the recently repeated slogans from our “slogan princess” Jacinda Ardern about going in early and hard, and the result is an economy in tatters,
Never Let the Facts Get in the Way of a Good Crisis
Winston Churchill once said, “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” It’s amazing how few people question authority during a crisis, and how easily and quickly a crisis can be used for other purposes by ethically flexible governments. Ours is no exception. People really started getting scared when
Our Love/Hate Relationship With Informers
Years ago, when I was just a wee fella, I lived with my family up in the jewel of the North, Kaikohe. I remember one day running to my poor long suffering Mum whining bitterly about something my evil older brother had done. I don’t recall exactly what it
Has Our Response Been More Akin to Panic Than Sound Reasoning?
George I, like most of us here on The BFD, have gathered information and knowledge about Coronavirus from numerous sources. I have read an avalanche of material published within medical journals, scientific reports and of course what is fed to us by our local and international media and politicians. I
Have a Listen, or Drop a Hammer on Your Toe
It’s possible to learn a lot in a short time. For instance; if you wanted to learn about mass and gravity quickly you could drop a hammer on your toe: a very brief lesson, but one which you would remember. I did the mental equivalent: listening to a podcast
Why a UBI is a Bad Idea
You may have noticed on social media calls for a universal basic income or UBI. Possibly it’s something to do with the wage subsidies etc the government is handing out; I don’t know. In any case, whatever the reasons, a UBI is a really bad idea. Firstly, it
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An End to Electioneering?
One of the things that Jacinda called for as the COVID-19 crisis worsened was the end to all political parties campaigning and scoring political points. It seemed to be a reasonable request; the government needed to be able to make sensible decisions and having the opposition shout down every
Andrew Sullivan on Why We Must Uncouple Ourselves from China
Andrew Sullivan has written an article about distancing ourselves from China. He starts by talking of the death of globalisation: The nation-state was beginning to reassert itself before, but COVID-19 has revealed its indispensability. Europeans realized, if they hadn’t already, that a truly continental response was beyond