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Voices for Freedom’s live event in Auckland to discuss covid-19 and the so-called vaccine has been moved to an online event due to government lockdown levels being upped from one to four at midnight Tuesday – forcing most people to remain at […]
Ireland has joined a growing list of European countries pausing their use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine after reports of blood clotting. The vaccine manufacturer says its review of the reports show the jab does not increase the risk of blood clotting. […]
Incomes are scheduled to be cut by up to $63 a week for many of New Zealand’s lowest-income households in less than a month, but Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) and Auckland Action Against Poverty (AAAP) are both urging the Government to immediately raise family incomes instead, as an ongoing crisis-response measure.
The Salvation Army Social Policy and Parliamentary Unit (SPPU) is warning that more will need to be done to respond to the social impacts of Covid-19. The fifth Covid-19 Social Impact Dashboard released today by the SPPU shows that Salvation Army centres […]
A lot of what people see or read online is true, but sometimes it is deliberately published to misinform or deceive readers. When it has been published this way, it is known as fake news.
A United Nations official Wednesday (12 August 2020) joined world leaders in condemning the Belarusian government’s violent crackdown on protestors and journalists following last Sunday’s presidential election there, which critics have called an undemocratic sham…
Sky News host Alan Jones says when it comes to Australia’s COVID-19 response, governments across all levels have “done nothing but ignite fear and alarmism and anxiety”. And another thing…
Major retail and industry brands including Fletcher, Countdown, Lion and Bunnings are jeopardizing the national pandemic response and exploiting their workers by forcing many to use sick leave and accrued annual leave instead of applying for the easily-available Covid-19 Leave Support Scheme during Level 3 of the latest lockdown in Auckland, FIRST Union said today.
Labour Finance Minister Grant Robertson says that over the coming decades billions of dollars of tax revenue will be spent paying off loans taken out by the government to fund its Covid-19 economic rescue packages.
Sky News host Rowan Dean says the effectiveness of the Covid-19 herd immunity strategy implemented in Sweden and Switzerland “should put the fear of God into every politician” who thought they could beat the virus with an economy-crashing lockdown.
“The evidence is clear. Lockdowns are not a panacea,” say two Auckland economic and health professionals.
It is an impossible dream to eliminate Covid-19 in New Zealand, but just like the flu, if we focus on managing the spread of the disease rather than eliminating it, we can protect those most vulnerable to the infection. We can then also have a healthy thriving economy which can fund further investment in the prevention and containment of infectious diseases.
People queuing for hours for a free test to find out if they are infected with the COVID-19 virus may have a shock coming if they test positive. A stay at a quarantine facility of the government’s choice for them and their family…
Auckland: Kiwi start-up, COVID-19 Vaccine Corporation (CVC), has secured $488,000 interim funding from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) COVID-19 Innovation Acceleration Fund to begin development of a COVID-19 vaccine for both New Zealand and the rest of the world. […]
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Nobel Laureate and Stanford University biophysicist professor Michael Levitt was interviewed on Radio New Zealand on 19 April 2020 where he said covid-19 is worse for people aged 65 and over. His modeling on the spread of covid-19 was proved to be […]