The Daily Blog Open Mic – 30th March 2023
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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I was getting sick of hearing about how Covid19 is not in the news regularly, but actually is still out there in But to introduce a little change of theme we now have had our first rabies but who or where from is not for us to know.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/487019/person-dies-of-rabies-in-auckland-in-first-known-new-zealand-case
Health Minister Ayesha Verrall said the situation was very sad.
“One of the things about rabies is everyone who gets it does die of rabies so the person would have been very sick at some point.
“The sequence of the rabies virus that was taken from them is consistent with the rabies in that country.”
I think a major sickness in this country is caused by indiscrimnately pollinating us with exotic diseases, insects and fiscally demented people from overseas. And our health is too fragile especially the mental, to be given full details of anything that may wake us from our exhausted sleep. Where is Prince (cess, cis or not) Charming for this sleeping Aotearoa princess?
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2303/S00055/on-the-banning-of-tik-tok.htm
Gordon Campbell: On The Banning Of Tik Tok
…Previously, Nash had tried to tell the Police how to do their job. He had also tried to tell the courts how to do their job. He had rung up immigration officials to query whether they were doing right by someone in his electorate. He was a disaster zone… More
Is Gordon C being ironic? I’ve always thought that MPs overseeing departments should have some sort of audit on their activities. Have I been wrong? What are MPs supposed to do with the departments under their purview?
Myrtle rust seems fairly promiscuous – doesn’t just like Myrtle!
But November 2022 piece may herald response. I think I have found it in my backyard so am looking for info. And found this:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/130568991/discovery-of-parasite-that-eats-myrtle-rust-brings-hopes-for-controlling-disease
and
Manaaki Whenua
https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/discover-our-research/biodiversity-biosecurity/ecosystem-resilience/beyond-myrtle-rust/news/fungus-eating-fungus-found-on-myrtle-rust/
Did you know that Biosecurity NZ is a business part of MPI? A government concern surely, or not so sure?