Daily review 28/04/2021

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  1. Incognito 1
    28 April 2021 at 5:42 pm

    Scientist unpacks [euphemism] affidavit by one of the Plan B protagonists in support of an anti-vaccine court case.

    https://sciblogs.co.nz/bioblog/2021/04/26/on-plan-bs-support-for-an-anti-vaccine-court-case/

  2. Treetop 2
    28 April 2021 at 8:10 pm

    No one is tying a person down and vaccinating them against their free will for Covid. When it comes to the roll out of the vaccine no one is knocking on your door to take you to the vaccination centre.

    Three questions I need to consider.

    1. Were I to get Covid -19 and not be vaccinated how sick could I get?
    2. Were I to get Covid – 19 and have been vaccinated how sick could I get?
    3. What is the risk of having a life threatening reaction from the Pfizer vaccine taking my medical history into account?
  3. Jilly Bee 3
    28 April 2021 at 8:23 pm

    I read this morning that Judith Collins muttered about the Labour Caucus not having much diversity. I did a quick calculation this afternoon – I do stand to be corrected:

    Pakeha 33, Maori 16, Pasifica 10, Indian/Sri Lanka 2, Dutch/Euro Heritage 2, Chinese 1, African 1 = 65

    Pretty diverse to me.

  4. McFlock 4
    28 April 2021 at 8:51 pm

    One thing I like about TS is that every so often a commenter says something about an emerging situation that is only supported by other means a few days later.

    In this case, a few days ago Graeme was saying the bubble didn't seem to be leading to a goldrush of aussie tourism in Queenstown, based upon things like which taxi ramps he saw being used by arriving aircraft.

    ODT online today:

    Resort busy with local tourists, but where are the Aussies?

    • weka 4.1
      28 April 2021 at 8:57 pm

      Stokes said the accommodation spend in the city last week was up 5500% on the same time last year.

      Lol, that's some spin. Maybe she was trying to make a joke.

    • Treetop 4.2
      28 April 2021 at 10:00 pm

      I think the thought of being stranded could be a holiday spoiler if you need to pay for accommodation longer than planned.

      Travel insurance not covering Covid could be an issue as well.

    • Graeme 4.3
      29 April 2021 at 7:27 am

      Had a quiet chuckle when the Chamber confirmed what everyone in town already knew. So far, the inbound side of the bubble is a fizzer for the tourism industry.

      The big lift has been in domestic confidence and attitude to Queenstown. It's no longer a continual stream of grumpy people making snide comments like "when are you going broke, I'll come back and get that from the closing down sale…". Since the bubble has been announced the things have changed, people are positive, they are having fun and they are spending in town. We're doing figures in our normal April range. It's a bit different, but things are working agin.

      There are some around town that aren't doing it, who don't have a domestic product. That happens in hospo as well as retail and activities. They were really hanging out for a lift from inbounds. There's some long faces there and I'm waiting for the reactions over the next few days.

      When I first read the article and Ruth Stokes' comments that the inbound might not start until August I couldn't decide if that was a massive kick of the bank manager can out 'till Sept / Oct or an equally massive kick to the balls of a lot of business owners.

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