The Daily Blog Open Mic – Sunday – 16th August 2020

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  1. Do we really need the aging National Party ?
    It’s shuffling along like an ancient line of has beens.

    Let them walk away with all their little trinkets, and stuff and show them the way out.

    • We might have to give them a greater incentive. For some of them – maybe a knighthood, For others, maybe a bit more corporate welfare, and for another ‘demographic’ – a shitload of MSM time and a retirement village or bolthole away from the plebs – preferably one where they can get into but one which requires a non-tradeable passport to get out of. Somes Island has pretty good views and I hear that it is ripe for development

  2. Here’s something for the conspiracy theorists – or even if you’re just a bit inquisative.
    Flight tracking (currently 11:15 am Saturday) shows Ear NZ Dreamliners heading from Auckland to Brizzy, Seedney and Melbourne, as well as Los Angeles, AND a private large Bombadier Global 6000 business jet headed from Auckland to Hawaii. That’s a shitload of expensive cabin space to be carrying a few boxes around.
    With a bit of luck, the Bombadier will be John Key doing a runner

  3. Our letter to Chris Hipkins today to consider this;

    Why are they not testing truck drivers who have free rein around the country and could spread the virus anywhere at any time like a time bomb so Government need to further test these cowboys also.

    Protecting our environment & health.
    In association with other Community Groups, current and all Government Agencies since 2001.
    • Health and wellbeing.
    • East Coast Transport Project.

    16th August 2020.

    To Honourable MP Chris Hipkins; – Minister of Health;

    Dear Chris, Please review our SECOND press release today on testing all road transport drivers for Covid 19 please as we sent the reasons in the press release for you to consider carefully please.

    This regards a report covering a NZ scientist from Melbourne University featured on TVNZ today discussing how best to fight this latest outbreak from a coolstore and may assist you.

    Thank you for your attention; – we ask for your action to this issue of citizens concerns.

    Subject; NOTE; TO MINISTER CHRIS HIPKINS REGARDNG CEAC SUGGESTIONS TO TEST ALL TRUCK DRIVERS FOR COVID 19 AS THEY CAN SPREAD VIRUS EVERYWHERE AT PRESENT.
    PLEASE READ OUR PRESS RELEASE BELOW SENT TODAY FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

    https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE2008/S00087/ceac-wants-government-to-test-all-road-freight-workers-for-covid-19.htm
    Health
    CEAC Wants Government To Test All Road Freight Workers For COVID-19
    Sunday, 16 August 2020, 3:14 pm
    Press Release: Citizens Environmental Advocacy Centre
    NZ Ministry of Health/Minister need to test all road freight workers for Covid 19 now to fully secure our borders, as any infected transport workers could freely move around the country to spread the pandemic widely and destroy our community health and economic future.
    TVNZ Q+A Jack Tame interviewed Professor Tony Blakely a scientist at Melbourne University about how best could NZ fight the new outbreak of Covid 19 this last week, and during the interview, Professor Blakely stated clearly that all who are in contact with our borders, including the Ports must be tested fully for present infections with the PCR (swab test) and if the infection was over two weeks ago, he recommends testing with the serology antibody test for finding any past infections after two weeks.
    Dr Blakely reminded Jack Tame that the PCR (Swab test) was not “perfect” and 20% failed to be accurate, showing false negative results after two weeks out from infection. This was Dr Blakely’s reason for recommending the serology antibody test as well was to have complete accurate results.
    Ministry of Health clearly should be doing this now or we risk the case that we do not have adequate data to understand ‘how and why’ the latest community Covid cluster has emerged this week, so they are concentrating at the cold store site where containers are transported by trucks, CEAC assume all drivers are tested, – If not we must now test all our freight transport drivers and incorporate this with the current ‘swab test’- and “the antibody test (also called a serology test.) which confirm all who develop immunity to Covid 19 for true accurate test results.
    Transport operations
    Most freight drivers manually touch the freight as it is offloaded from trucks so if any driver has Covid 19 it will be easily spread widely around the country, so CEAC calls on Government to have all truck freight operators to be tested now and every two weeks for Covid 19 to reduce community spread of Covid 19.
    Review
    Ministry of Health must conduct full Covid 19 testing of all our citizens firstly and complete a full assessment of any presence of Covid 19 infections using both the PCR (swab test) and the serology antibody test.
    We must have mass testing of all our community firstly then use a solid controlled ‘tracing of the Covid 19’ to have a ‘robust tracing process’ to fight Covid 19.
    We are all in this together.

  4. Just caught up with The Nation. Did Judith Collins imply, that under her regime, If Covid 19 did get past the border, she would not take a health response. I’m sure she said that Business couldn’t afford it. I can only assume by her statement that the virus would be left to take it’s course in the community. Could some enterprising Journo ‘just ask’ Judith if this is the case?

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