Daily review 17/08/2021

Written By: - Date published: 5:30 pm, August 17th, 2021 - 40 comments
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This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day.

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40 comments on “Daily review 17/08/2021 ”

  1. Patricia Bremner 1

    waiting……surprise

  2. David 2

    Suddenly the vaccine stroll out isn’t looking so flash.

    Ironic 24 hours after the UK got ultimate freedoms.

    So we still rely on a strategy that’s 18 months old.

    • Gabby 2.1

      Well the brits are paying for their 'ultimate freedums'.

    • Patricia Bremner 2.2

      The vaccine helps against worst cases, but is not the whole answer.

    • Drowsy M. Kram 2.3

      Updates

      UK's 'ultimate freedums' vs NZ's 'vaccine stroll out' (both clever) – I'd rather be here.

      Some of us really don't know how lucky we are… stay safe; protect yourself and others.

      https://covid19.govt.nz/

      • McFlock 2.3.1

        So the "free" UK is still losing in a day what we've lost in 18 months.

        • Drowsy M. Kram 2.3.1.1

          Yup, and 26 deaths is a 'good' day in the “free” UK.

          The 7-day moving average for the UK is currently 89 tragic Covid deaths per day – an “ultimate freedums” "strategy” of sorts, but not, it seems, for the whole ‘team’.

        • Jester 2.3.1.2

          UK has a population of approximately 66 million people, so 26 deaths isn't too bad! More people probably got killed on the roads in the UK than that.

          • McFlock 2.3.1.2.1

            26 on a good day.

            2019 comparison:

            UK road deaths, 1754 (4 or 5 on an average day). NZ had 353 (1 a day).

            UK influenza deaths, 1213 (3 or 4 on an average day).NZ, roughly 500 a year (1-2 a day).

            So (barring a catastrophic math screw up by me, which can happen) to get to their "oh yay, we can party again" acceptable level of deaths from covid using your comparator and the "it's like a flu" crowd: take each. Add them together. Multiply that by three. Then you get their number of covid dead on a good day.

  3. Anker 3
    • Credit where credit is due. Going hard and early the way to go
  4. Koff 4

    No-one in NZ should be surprised if they have bothered to look across the ditch – half of Australia is locked down. The good news is that the states and territories that acted swiftly (Queensland, SA, WA, NT) all squashed the delta variant quickly, NSW not so much, Victoria on a knife edge. NZ is not messing around, so here's hoping! Perhaps it might shake some of the complacency out of the public.

  5. joe90 5

    It never rains….

    • KSaysHi 5.1

      Holy crap! That is a freakin' big difference.

    • Nic the NZer 5.2

      These are probably not actual prices. The energy companies submit bids ahead, for each half hour, but the system is largely automated from there including constraints (which come in when there are shortages). Constraints will set unrealistic prices in the automated system so the system tries to avoid them (if there is sufficient generation available).

      The implication being shortage/brownout looks like ridiculus prices.

  6. Rosemary McDonald 6

    Perhaps this advice has been on the telly…if not, and the silly blue mask is all you've got…

    • Cricklewood 6.1

      Its kinda odd we go into lockdown at midnight but from about 3pm Aucklands have been packed into the Supermarkets including Devonport the few hours before announcement seem to carry the greatest risk.

      • Anne 6.1.1

        Yeah… that was a source of amusement for me too. The places of interest in Devonport (my part of town) may well include the NW supermarket which has a monopoly in the area.

        So, they all go piling in before the deep clean can be carried out. Idiots.

  7. Anker 7
    • Stay isolated everyone, wear a mask in public and take care
  8. Ad 8

    Well damn

  9. pat 9

    An excellent piece that is likely lost amongst all the current covid drama.

    "It will be difficult for governments to change their mind-sets that economic growth is the best route to prosperity. But the realities of resource and energy limits will force them to rethink priorities and goals. We need to move beyond politicians who are simply good managers and look for those with a new vision for the new realities that we face."

    https://www.newsroom.co.nz/climate-emergency/building-small-nimble-communities-to-ensure-climate-safety

  10. KSaysHi 10

    The advice given needs to updating to include mouthwash/nasal rinse after going out in public, or for reducing viral load during illness (virus replicates in nose and mouth). I've given myself a rinse this evening including the nasel bit.

    Betadine or Listerine with cyptoheptine (check back) works for the mouthwash.

    This information is from the FLCCC Alliance, so apologies to those who find them offensive. Personally I'd rather get info from medical doctors who need to be right or watch their patients die than any other source, but to each there own.

  11. McFlock 11

    How it started: everyone here got their shots now?

    How it's going: waterboard yourself if you leave the house.

  12. KSaysHi 12

    When I think Blackrock I think of exploitation. VG won't be any different.

    With $20 trillion between them, Blackrock and Vanguard could own almost everything by 2028

    Two towers of power are dominating the future of investing

    Imagine a world in which two asset managers call the shots, in which their wealth exceeds current U.S. GDP and where almost every hedge fund, government and retiree is a customer.

    https://financialpost.com/investing/a-20-trillion-blackrock-vanguard-duopoly-is-investings-future/wcm/3d3cb37e-5c6c-4ffe-9e80-430038119685

    I remember someone (possibly George Gammon) warning about index funds but it wasn't along the lines of taking over the world.