Nerd alert - we went to the opening of the u-bahn station at Seestadt :-) All those cranes - at once. It was awesome - the Viennese will make any excuse for a party! Crazy people - they put all the transport infrastructure in before the city was built. ...
Yes, and skipping the neo-lib economics in the 80s. Sort of ironic really, given the school that led the ideology behind it.
"most of that speaks to me of values (and crisis pressure)" Absolutely it's about values. And yes, crisis pressure - and I've also heard my mother talking about a tent city in Hamilton when she was younger - obviously not as extreme as the capital of a ...
Rent controls are part of the solution, not the whole solution, but integral to it. The other part is the role of the state in planning, infrastructure and building. Vienna does this very well. We could learn something from they way they do things Other ...
"A few things spring to mind. One is to build shared space building in each neighbourhood. Indoor and outdoor." yes, this covers two aspects of living in a city with a long tradition of apartments. Vienna being an example: Apartment blocks are build ...
A number? Many are reliant on a functioning health system. "A number" would be a very low number among people with underlying conditions, indeed. The effectiveness and risk of disease from vaccinated people has been debated elsewhere, so I'll leave that ...
What segregation? What about the other 'segregation' that would exist if there wasn't a vaccine mandate? - the isolation of people particularly vulnerable to the virus? How do you feel about that one? It's a contest of rights. We're all choosing a side ...
Yes, I'm aware of the advice around pethidine and you're right - it seems like that wasn't the case here. The woman had hours to go before the birth, with an obstetrician finally providing her with the pain relief required. As a person who was there to ...
The great majority of pregnancies aren't emergencies. And according to Bellis in her RNZ interview yesterday, her one isn’t. What you're talking about is a pregnancy complication that requires planned intervention. Most people wouldn't know if their ...
Two requests, for two childbirths of a standard pain relief option when gas doesn't work and/or causes nausea doesn't scream junkie to me. It suggests a difficult labour. The obstetrician who eventually attended her did recognise her need and gave her ...
Exactly. For every issue around pregnancy on this post choose one of the following sincerely-held opinions about women: 1. Pregnant women are just the same as non-pregnant women and don't require any special consideration regarding their needs and ...
In another example of the vulnerability during pregnancy, I'd love to know why two midwives refused to provide effective pain relief to a labouring woman. One was upfront about it, but the second one lied. The woman, whose name is suppressed, engaged ...
This is an old (2009) but accurate assessment on that topic. As usual, nothing much has changed in pay scales, and covid has only made low paid jobs, highly productive jobs even harder. https://neweconomics.org/2009/12/a-bit-rich
Obviously not. We've never done a mass roll out of a leaky vaccine in the middle of a pandemic of a highly infectious respiratory virus. I meant some other human disease, - like flu.I should have been clearer. Your linked article is a de-facto admission ...
Do you have any other examples of the pathway for a vaccine putting covid under any evolutionary pressure? It seems some modelling suggests it might happen, but I can't find anything other that these suppositions. Otoh - a vaccine more targeted to the ...
Marek is a totally different virus in a completely different species Yes, I'm aware of that. but that's the example Bill gave me.
Interesting read. She's sort of right that democratic socialist is not well-understood here. Democratic socialist and Social democracy have different underlying principles. " social democracy was defined as a policy regime advocating reformation of ...
In 2015, my collaborators and I published a scientific paper about a chicken virus you have likely never heard of. At the time, it got some media attention and has been cited by other scientists in the years since... ... Sacrificing chickens was not the ...
unless we're stupid enough to put it under evolutionary pressure with a 'vaccine' for it. Covid-19 did not mutate via any vaccine. It mutated thanks to its spread though numerous populations. The more it replicates, the greater the chance of something ...
The tax-payer funded media "stifling public debate" in our region is the local democracy reporter. Also, we know who is funding your local democracy reporter, and where editorial control lies. Sean Plunket's 'open forum' doesn't extend to discussion about...
Calls have been made in York for Prince Andrew to relinquish his title of Duke of York, with the city’s Labour MP calling it “untenable”. The demand by Rachael Maskell, the MP for York Central, echoed sentiments expressed by a senior councillor, Darryl ...
He's still titled a duke, unfortunately, and has his estate. They protect even the worst of themselves (except if those who want out).
No, he's not the sort of model for people with genuine concerns about the vaccine roll-out would want - and there are some. e.g. pharma excess profits (still), RATs fiasco in Aust, roll-out to poorer countries. The Australian court of public opinion will ...
Btw -thanks for your response to my comment on the 'it's time' post - much appreciated (I couldn't leave a response to you there for some reason)
I too thought about this issue of "natural immunity"... Djokovich's double dose of covid seems to negate the natural immunity theory. Although obviously is subject to interpretation
Nah - especially if narrowing down the metaphor to just the vaccine roll-out, which I suppose was the point (?) The vaccine roll-out seems far more efficient than McDonald's broken ice-cream machine response ;-)
ah, I see. He's... not right (imo). Our public health response to covid is the Swiss Cheese model Moreover, the response has adapted to see individuals and groups. I am definitely one who was critical of the lack of bespoke vaccine roll-outs, in particular...
I can see that one quite clearly :-)
It's been bugging me - and the "It's Time' post is pretty clogged up, so I'll ask here - Julian Richards described our healthcare system as "McDonald's Heathcare in several comments and when asked, said McDonald's heathcare, that's a pretty clear ...
I've loved watching him play. Today was something special.
She is only there because Collins decided she had had enough of Nick Smith. A bit of a double-down – Collins also needed an extra supporter in caucus. She must get some satisfaction at the mess she left for Luxon to sort. I wonder if she and Hipango still...
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