Vaping Debacle: Ministry of Health Caught in a Web of Deceit
The vaping debacle is a case study in bureaucratic arrogance and political cowardice. The MOH needs a clean-out, starting with the clowns who thought they could pull the wool over everyone’s eyes.
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Cycles of Enthusiasm, Reversal, and Revival in Medical Practice
If you are being offered a new drug, surgical procedure, or screening program, you might want to think of its history. Where does it lie in the continuum of Enthusiasm, Reversal or Revival?
Gaming the Clock for Industry
Can we just put a stop to this long disaster and follow the sun again, or, at very least, adopt a uniform system that comes close? Maybe we all just need a sundial.
And So, Death by Government
But it is all good. Our parliament has legislated it. Our government funds and administers it. Health professionals do the killing. And – most importantly – Nana okayed it. It’s not like she can complain.
The Case of Andrea Shaw and Her Twins
It may be that the suspicions of police and prosecutors have merit and that Shaw will be found guilty by a jury of her peers. However, given what we have come to know about the sheer dishonesty and vindictiveness of Big Pharma, will this be a corporate-designed miscarriage of justice?
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The Push for Climate Realism
Without public pressure many councils will – like Greater Wellington – treat the minister’s guidance as optional and do nothing.
Media Walk Straight Into Shane Jones’ Kneepads Trap
Next time a politician suggests we stop grovelling to foreign leaders and start putting New Zealand first, perhaps the grown ups in the room could try responding to the actual point. Or they can keep walking into the trap. Either way, NZ First wins.
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Face of the Day
Jones told reporters at parliament today his comment was a “colourful expression” and was dismayed by how it had been interpreted.