@Cricklewood - Yes, that sounds about right, and it would be a very sad outcome for the bright hopes of elimination that Aotearoa/NZ once offered itself and the world. But there may be another possible scenario, if Government grasps it right away and the ...
@Cricklewood - I thing you are absolutely right about the chaos. However, the absolutes (all open, all closed) are the least desirable from a collective point of view. There are significant portions of the population who embrace one but reject the other. ...
I had a tradie here today and they said they do not need to wear a mask. @Treetop - are you in Alert Level 2 or 3? Actually, now that I have spent some time on the COVID-19 website, I do not actually think it much matters what level you are in, at least ...
One thing about the original post puzzles me. Consider the following selection: Doubling down Goudie then chose to comment on the legal situation regarding vaccine mandates and said that the Covid legislation should be consistent with the Bill of Rights, ...
. @UncookedSelachimorpha - I find your medical maths a bit disconcerting. Anyone occupying a hospital bed in some sense ¨denies¨ it to another. And many people end up in hospital for preventable conditions related to bad eating, poor exercise, drugs use, ...
. @woodart - The two days off is not to get the jab, it´s to recover from side effects. I needed a couple days after the 2d jab. I had a serious shingles attack, despite having been fully vaccinated for shingles 3 years ago. I think the Pfizer has dented ...
. @Tricledrown - Rather than letting essential work like farming fall into dire straits, why not listen to the concerns that farmer on RNZ and other ¨essential workers¨ have expressed about vaccine side effects? They appear to be real and fairly common, ...
. @Gezza - All very true, very sober, very sensible. And yet... Whole generations have now been raised to expect that their formal educations and degrees certify them to be experts or at least free thinkers. Just telling them things, even extraordinarily ...
. @Shanreagh - ¨Doing my own research¨ is the battle cry of our times, don´t you know! Let´s unpack it a bit. ¨Doing¨ means independent investigation. Children wait to be told what to do or accept guidance/punishment with little resistance. Adolescents do ...
. @Mad Plumber - Yes, that is a famous USA Supreme Court case, Jacobson v Massachusetts (1905). Those were the days when conservatives really conserved things! In this case, they were conserving social order against those who claimed personal liberty was ...
. @Tiger Mountain - One person´s ¨weird nexus¨ may be another´s opportunity to cross old intellectual barriers and find new ways forward. Risky? Sure, at least sometimes. There is the risk of losing accustomed signposts and guidelines for conventional ...
. @Siobhan - I really appreciate what you say. I share your desire to have a different and better quality consultation about the pandemic and responses to it. One reason people tend to hand over control to ¨the market¨ is that humanity thus far lacks the ...
. @Jenny how to get there - In just one respect do I pray you are wrong -- about people of capacity and principle giving up in the face of threats and actual violence. It is just at those moments when the threat or reality of bodily harm is greatest that ...
. @UncookedSelachimorpha - Thank you for your informative, balanced post. I happen to be fully vaccinated with Pfizer, but given the increasing probabilities of breakthrough infection over time, having other options would be welcome! Ivermectin in some ...
. @Ad - Bible quoting: As you said a bit earlier, bring your best game. I do not fear those who quote their scriptures well. I consider people who do that to be a very valuable resource in a consultation. I do not treat it as a competition because we can ...
. . @Ad - You advise me to listen to the moderators. That is sound generic advice, and I am eager to do so! So far, only RedLogix has made an appearance here. Perhaps other moderators would be willing to express themselves in some fashion? I note that ...
. . @Ad - Thanks for sharing about your religious practice. I do not seek to wrap myself in any set of words. Children require protection. More mature people can choose to take the risk of vulnerability as the price of admission to an opportunity for ...
@Redlogix - Thanks for replying. It is good to hear that there is a wide diversity of religious viewpoints at The Standard. Unity can only emerge out of an honest sharing and blending of diverse viewpoints. That is a foundational principle of the Baha´i ...
@RedLogix - Thank you for the Baha'i greeting, and for the welcome to The Standard! If you are being polite and sensitive with me, I appreciate that very much. Perhaps it is more than that? Might you be an active seeker after spiritual Truth? You say I ...
. . @Weka and @Ad: I respect the Labour party´s efforts to make significant social and economic improvements. I find government´s COVID-19 response very inspiring, and it definitely offers guidance for how humanity can better respond at a practical level ...
Thanks Weka for the technical support! One major typo in my post that needs correcting: Even Maori/Pasifika formal leaders and informal gang leaders who sincerely worked to overcome their member/followers´ ¨bad behaviours¨ were unable to accomplish enough ...
McFlock wrote above on 9 October 2021 at 12:44 am (I can´t reply to their post directly for some technical reason), which includes the following: The current clusters are difficult to trace because their community network is not known for the same trust ...
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