NZ on the leaderboards
Is New Zealand one of only 4 countries in lockdown? And are we poorly vaccinated on a world scale? Let’s look at the facts.
Tag: 2021
UK trumps Israel
Chris has become magnetic since he had his first Pfizer vaccine. Really? And what affects the effectiveness of vaccines in preventing serious illness?
Singing as meditation
In a lockdown we all need new activities to focus on. I’m practicing singing, as well as continuing to garden.
Back to deep breathing
Back in Level 4 lockdown again. I’m wondering why children can’t be vaccinated and whether they should be.
The cage gilding fell off
Here comes delta – only a single case but it has triggered a national lockdown.
Birds in a gilded cage?
The Skegg Report has proposed a pathway towards freedom but maintained New Zealand should stick with an elimination strategy. The goal is maximation vaccination to make opening up as safe as possible.
Beating biases
Why did moa decline all over New Zealand around the time Māori arrived when the first people were not widespread? And what does this ahve to do with figuring out why COVID cases are dropping in the UK despite the country having opened up in July.
Bodies of knowledge
A group of academics have written a letter to the Royal Society of New Zealand expressing their concerns about the school curriculum being required to ensure parity for mātauranga Māori with other bodies of knowledge. What is the relationship between mātauranga Māori and science? Are the academic’s concerns reasonable?
Scales of change
Behavioural change takes 1.5 generations on average, technological change 2 to 3.5. If we want to have an impact on climate change, should governments start focusing on people’s behaviour rather than technological silver bullets? And how much of a role can community play?