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Stirling Mortlock (74)
I've worked with Rita.......... the only people being triggered is her audience, and she knows it.
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I've worked with Rita.......... the only people being triggered is her audience, and she knows it.
Up the Guts
Steve Williams (59)
Putting aside conjecture about the source, it is interesting that the Swedish public health officials seem to be significantly less bullish on a vaccine than many other governments.
I don't even know who she is, I was only interested in the interviewee
Aurelius
Ted Thorn (20)
According to the West's travel section, mainland European countries are going to open their international borders next month.
Something to ponder in the debate over our states' boundaries remaining closed.
Meanwhile, London is starting to record new cases in the low double figures. So it looks like Europe is well and truly past the peak of the virus (well, the first wave anyway).
Something to ponder in the debate over our states' boundaries remaining closed.
Meanwhile, London is starting to record new cases in the low double figures. So it looks like Europe is well and truly past the peak of the virus (well, the first wave anyway).
Pfitzy
George Gregan (70)
If half the countries in Europe go into lockdown and the other half don't, the economic effects are going to be pronounced.
Similarly the health outcomes.
If the states with strongly socialised healthcare feel like they can stand up to demand for ICU, then I say go for it. I'll just push back my wishful-thinking European trip another imaginary year
You really want to go to Aotearoa; you know it. No problem, soon enough, I reckon.If half the countries in Europe go into lockdown and the other half don't, the economic effects are going to be pronounced.
Similarly the health outcomes.
If the states with strongly socialised healthcare feel like they can stand up to demand for ICU, then I say go for it. I'll just push back my wishful-thinking European trip another imaginary year
Up the Guts
Steve Williams (59)
Why roll the dice on the Amalfi Coast when you could go to beautiful Coffs Harbour?
Aurelius
Ted Thorn (20)
If half the countries in Europe go into lockdown and the other half don't, the economic effects are going to be pronounced.
Similarly the health outcomes.
If the states with strongly socialised healthcare feel like they can stand up to demand for ICU, then I say go for it. I'll just push back my wishful-thinking European trip another imaginary year
Man, I feel ya. I'm meant to be in Berlin right now.
Maybe next year ...
Froggy
John Solomon (38)
WO, I couldn't agree with your post more.
Ideologues from both ends of the political spectrum often seem to see every event through a prism of left v right.
An alternative, and I would argue more open minded way to look at things, as to try and form your own opinion on each and any particular issue regardless of the political ideology behind it. In this particular case, for example, I would have thought that the performance of both Jacinda Ardern and Scott Morrison on this particular issue has been very good, especially in comparison to many other leaders around the world. And you can have that view without having to support either one of them on a whole variety of other matters.
That's not to say either have been perfect, perfect under such exceptional and unique circumstances is probably a pretty tough call, but with regard to COVID-19 I think both us and the Kiwis have been pretty lucky to have the leadership we have.
Ideologues from both ends of the political spectrum often seem to see every event through a prism of left v right.
An alternative, and I would argue more open minded way to look at things, as to try and form your own opinion on each and any particular issue regardless of the political ideology behind it. In this particular case, for example, I would have thought that the performance of both Jacinda Ardern and Scott Morrison on this particular issue has been very good, especially in comparison to many other leaders around the world. And you can have that view without having to support either one of them on a whole variety of other matters.
That's not to say either have been perfect, perfect under such exceptional and unique circumstances is probably a pretty tough call, but with regard to COVID-19 I think both us and the Kiwis have been pretty lucky to have the leadership we have.
Pfitzy
George Gregan (70)
That's a given. Getting a refund for my flights booked for the June long weekend but NOT one of the hotels
Think the next trip will depend on time of year. Fiji for 4 days drinking cocktails sounds good. Or NZ for 2 weeks.
waiopehu oldboy
Stirling Mortlock (74)
Don't know enough about the Australian experience to comment but for our part there was, initially at least, all-party support for the government's actions. Opposition leader Simon Bridges only broke ranks when a small section of National's support base & the pro-Nat media started getting restless, then became openly anti after an internal poll apparently showed him & the Nats tanking badly. The latest public polls have Labour at ~55% which is unheard of under MMP & Jacinda in the 70's for preferred PM which is peak John Key territory circa the GFC.
Incidentally Bridges got rolled on Friday on the back of Nats polling 29% & him less than 10 as preferred PM on Thursday. The new bloke is of course talking the talk about re-opening the economy, scaling back the supposed over-reach, blah blah blah, conveniently forgetting that the process is already well under way.
But not men?
Amazing findings - BMI >40 associated with poorer health outcomes. Who'd have known?
Aurelius
Ted Thorn (20)
Boris Johnson is apparently convinced that his weight is the reason why he personally suffered so badly from the coronavirus.
I have to admit, it's puzzled me for years how smoking has been ostracised to the point that it's basically become a fringe vice among mainstream society, but being heavily overweight, or even full-blown obese, is a lifestyle choice that we have to respect or even applaud, otherwise we're guilty of "body-shaming" or some nonsense.
Of course, the fact that this research is being presented by someone named "Dr. Lighter" will just be rubbing it in for the fat activists.
Aurelius
Ted Thorn (20)
So, as various sporting clubs grapple with the optics of how to stage matches behind closed doors, just a word of advice.
For the love of Christ, don't do this:
https://www.foxsports.com.au/footba...p/news-story/a6b43de9f562265370868e8f1a407a4e
For the love of Christ, don't do this:
https://www.foxsports.com.au/footba...p/news-story/a6b43de9f562265370868e8f1a407a4e
It would be nice to see some reminding of the issue, say, how can I make yourself less likely to die
Give us something actionable to do rather than hide in place (lose weight, do some exercise and get some sun)
boyo
Mark Ella (57)
I'm sure that the victims of Dachau, Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka, Auschwitz, etc. would take comfort in you saying that the death-rates are more important in the scheme of things than the overall number of deaths.
