They are telling us on the TV to all get vaxxed for the flu, but unless we are 65 or older you still have to pay for the shot.
Great way to encourage the uptake.

OTOH, if you are Maori (or pacifica) you can get the flu jab for free if you are 10 years younger, you only need to be 55 years old.

Some may argue that their demographic has higher risk of flu, but it still stands as racially divisive and promotes the idea that such groups are unhealthy and stigmatizes them.

I wont get started on the maori health authority, I dont see that saving any money either.

Thats not going to play out well, thats the whole reason we were left in such a mess after John Key.

We dont need any more immigration filling up housing.
I think we need to address the issue why jobs are not being filled, there are plenty of kiwis out there.

Quite a no-brainer really, I have been saying this the whole time, doesnt take an expert to figure this out.
Who are these clowns running the show?
While they are at it, they need to report the number of admissions to hospital related to covid, and not just those that turn up and test positive.

The Ministry of Health is changing the way Covid-19 deaths are reported, with the new measure being deaths from Covid-19 that can be wholly or partially attributed to the virus.
https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/07/19/covid...-ministry/

Great job! He was able to take down the shooter before cops could get there...

Authorities say the person who shot five people at a suburban Indianapolis shopping mall, killing three of them, before a shopper shot and killed him was a 20-year-old local man.

https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/07/19/polic...-attacker/

Anyone else notice the number of shops with signs out saying "no mask, no entry", but none of the staff inside are wearing any masks?
I reluctantly put on my face nappy when entering such a store last week, only to find they were not wearing theirs, so I immediately took it off in front of them.

Many shops staff (along with their customers) quite often can be seen wearing them below their nose alot of the time ive observed.

Just shows no one wants to wear the damn things, and rightly so, I would quit my job if I had to wear one of those inside all day.

Its disgusting going through the McDonalds Drive thru and seeing them fiddling with their sweaty masks before handing you your food!

Does anyone know if there is such a thing as kit-set garages in NZ that are NOT metal, ie not Versatile or Totalspan?

Karen's Diner is bringing the worst food service to NZ

https://tinyurl.com/2crmqy5y

Somehow I dont think this will go down well here, Im sure I would punch or slap someone if I was spoken to like that. I know its for fun but bloody hell!!! Lets see them do it to a big oversize Mongrel Mob member ... I bet they wouldn't. 

By the father of a victim, alleging he was caused mental injuries by his son's abuse. That should prove interesting

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-62158819

[b]"The father of a choirboy who prosecutors alleged was sexually abused by Cardinal George Pell has launched a lawsuit against the cleric and the Catholic Church.[/b]
The man is seeking damages for mental injury that he suffered after learning of the allegations, his lawyers said.
In 2018 Cardinal Pell was convicted of abusing two choirboys in the 1990s.

But Australia's top court later quashed the convictions. Cardinal Pell has always maintained his innocence.
The Australian cleric had spent more than a year in prison when he was released in 2020 following a successful appeal.



One of the choirboys' fathers has now lodged a civil claim against Cardinal Pell and the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne in the Supreme Court of Victoria.


Neither the man nor his son - who died in 2014 - can be named for legal reasons.

His father is suing Cardinal Pell for an amount not yet known to compensate for the "nervous shock" he suffered as a result of losing his son and learning about the allegations a year later.

Nervous shock is a legal term for a recognised mental disorder, injury or illness caused by the actions or omissions of another party.
In statement of claim, he argues the Church is also liable as it breached its duty of care."

Medscape (https://www.medscape.com) is a site that reports medical news and is a good source of information for what is going on in the world of medicine. It is American and aimed at medical professionals so not all content is relevant or of interest to us in NZ, but when the content is interesting, it is usually more readable than the original research articles that it reports.

Here are a few items about covid:

Nearly 1 in 5 Adults Who Had COVID Have Lingering Symptoms: US Study https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/976069
Best to stay clear of covid if at all possible.


COVID-19 Tied to Increased Risk for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's Disease https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/976244
Covid is a risk, but so is flu and bacterial pneumonia. Best to stay clear of all of them I think.

No Zinc Benefit Seen in COVID Patients, Registry Analysis Finds https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/972786
I think zinc might have been the subject of one of Nurse Dr Campbell's videos.

Long COVID Neuropsychiatric Deficits Greater Than Expected https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/974840

'Alarming' New Data on Disordered Sleep After COVID https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/975185

Diabetes Tied to Risk of Long COVID, Too https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/976349

And there is plenty more at https://www.medscape.com/resource/coronavirus.

Good to see that a good majority of kiwis have common sense and can see the mandates are now a joke.

The vaccine doesnt work, covid has long since mutated and many nurses dont want any more boosters for various reasons, not limited to some of them suffering side effects or not feeling well after their last shot.
Most of these nurses have had covid already and hence have natural immunity which is even better anyway.
Our health system is at breaking point and we need all the nurses we can get.
Bring them back!
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zeala...risis.html