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OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS I’ve been racking my brains over why the anti-vaccination movement feels so very, very creepy. I’ve sought reassurance in Jess Berentson-Shaw’s gentle enjoinders to engage empathically and constructively with the vaccine resistant, but without success.
There is a welcome change of direction in the government announcement yesterday that Aucklanders will be able to leave the city to travel around the country from mid-December by showing they are double vaccinated OR by producing a negative covid test within 72 hours of leaving.
I have registered on ‘My Covid’ but I won’t be getting a certificate any time soon. This is because my record shows I have only had one jab, despite copious evidence that I have had two.
A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will discuss: how it is now over one year since United States voters went to the polls and elected Joe Biden as president – or perhaps it’s fair to say, voted Donald Trump out of the White House.
It’s a mixed blessing to see ACT leader David Seymour agreeing with me but he is right to oppose mandatory vaccination for people who are able to show they are free of covid 19.
The last couple of months have been pretty intense as local health providers have stepped up to the plate to vaccinate the community.
ANDREA VANCE’S CLAIM that: “Beyond 2022’s local government elections, Three Waters will be yesterday’s controversy”, is a bold one. Had…
I have really enjoyed reading Martyn’s various posts describing the anti-everything protests as an unstable grouping of strange forces. And…
I look forward to reading Max Rashbrooke’s latest book ‘Too much money” It is past time we had the public debate about the divisive and unsustainable inequality that has been driven by our low-tax, free-market system. Solutions will require vision, bravery and leadership.
The death of former South African President F W de Klerk marks the passing of an era.