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So Covid 19 is Just the Flu Then?
If you can wade through the knee-deep horse-shit in this appalling article in The Spinoff, by “explainer” Stewart Sowman-Lund, you’ll see that the government is planning to open a new front on Covid by buying a new anti-viral drug by Merck, “originally developed to treat the regular influenza”.

The Rise of Fascism Under Ardern
There is a lot of hatred being expressed online towards those who make the comparison between what we are seeing happen in New Zealand and the rise of fascism in Europe in the 1930’s.
In his essay published in The BFD today, Cam Slater writes thoughtfully about the rise of fascism in Europe and its reflection in the New Zealand of today, in the Adern government. The comparison is not only valid, but should be chilling to even the most ardent supporter of Covid policy.

Is This Who We Want To Be?
Daniel Small and his wife got trapped on the opposite side of the Tasman to two-year-old Alistair when quarantine free travel with Australia was frozen in June.
Mr. Small and his wife are both vaccinated and pose no real threat to anyone, yet after 17-weeks separation from their son, face the prospect of not seeing their two-year-old for months yet.