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Swedish Response to Covid 19

Posted on December 1, 2020 by

[ 26/10/20 Response to a facebook Ad – on Swedish statistics] Whoever wrote this seems to have an agenda that does not value human life very highly. Sweden has taken measures to slow the spread of Covid. As yet only … Continue reading →

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Covid and response

Posted on November 3, 2020 by

[ 2/10/20 Mischele’s Facebook rant about response to covid and withdrawing from the UN] No! Certainly – we need to respect individual rights, and individual lives; and that demands multiple levels of responsibility from each and every one of us, … Continue reading →

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A Facebook post by Ngaio on Marchers protesting lockdown in Auckland

Posted on August 31, 2020 by

[ 24/8/20 Facebook post by Ngaio on Marchers protesting lockdown in Auckland] I have no issue with people holding and expressing alternative views. I do have an issue with people doing things that put other people’s lives at risk. Risk … Continue reading →

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Wendy made a Facebook post about the economy and Covid-19

Posted on August 30, 2020 by

Wendy made a Facebook post about the economy and Covid-19 [ 15/8/20 ] Quite a few things written here that are not accurate. Many people knew decades ago what needs to be done to control pandemic – isolation. Isolation to … Continue reading →

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In response to Ralph’s facebook post on the new Covid-19 alert level change

Posted on August 30, 2020 by

In response to Ralph’s facebook post on the new Covid-19 alert level change. [ 12/8/20 ] I fear we will see too many people revert to overly simplistic true/false models of what is happening, rather than acknowledging the reality of … Continue reading →

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Conversation with Jordan I about Covid in the USA

Posted on August 30, 2020 by

In response to a post Jordan made on facebook “A School superintendent in GA says, ‘Wearing a mask is a personal choice and there is no practical way to enforce a mandate to wear them.’ Tell that to every single … Continue reading →

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Covid-19 deaths and dangers

Posted on August 30, 2020 by

On Giovanni’s Facebook page – After he posted some statistics on California Covid cases. [ 6/8/20 ] In New Zealand we have only had 1569 cases to date, and for the last 3 months the only ones have been in … Continue reading →

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It’s Time to Tell a New Story About Coronavirus—Our Lives Depend on It

Posted on August 30, 2020 by

A facebook post referring to It’s Time to Tell a New Story About Coronavirus—Our Lives Depend on It [ 4/8/20 ] Some truth in it, but not enough. New Zealand has eliminated the virus, by the very simple expedient of … Continue reading →

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Picture of child holding a placard “Take your mask off because God’s got you covered”

Posted on July 30, 2020 by

[ 16/7/20 Picture of child holding a placard “Take your mask off because God’s got you covered”] It seems beyond reasonable doubt that all understandings of reality are necessarily simplifications of the complexity and fundamental uncertainty that seems to actually … Continue reading →

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Lifeboat Foundation – Coronavirus

Posted on July 26, 2020 by

[ 5/7/20 – lifeboat foundation] There seem to be four major contributors to the risk from coronavirus: How much of it you get infected with (both how many variants, and how much of each one in the initial load). How … Continue reading →

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