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March 30, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Public health strategy Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Scientist advising Jacinda Ardern warns Kiwis lockdown likely to last longer than 4 weeks TVNZ: Q+A: ‘Anticipate international travel restrictions for quite some time’, Covid-19 modelling expert ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 30 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/30/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-march-30-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 30 2020">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Public health strategy Henry Cooke (Stuff): New model shows coronavirus could kill 80,000 Kiwis without lockdown Kate Newton (RNZ): Modelling shows NZ’s lockdown could buy time for a vaccine Rachel Sadler (Newshub): Research shows ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 27 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/27/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-march-27-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 27 2020">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin Australian cases have been on an exponent growth path since late February, with no remission yet in sight. The good news is that infection rates remain well below western European levels. The bad news is that death rates – hitherto very low – are accelerating. Indeed Victoria, running with a similar ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19 Virus: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the World" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/27/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-virus-australia-canada-new-zealand-the-world/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19 Virus: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the World">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2020
Keith Rankin on Malthusian checks The 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic has all the visible hallmarks of a Malthusian pestilence, a necessary positive check visited upon an over‑abundant humanity. Indeed, that is a likely future interpretation of this event. It’s an important perspective which should be treated with both understanding and caution. I heard two academic examples ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay: Coronavirus – a Malthusian Event?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/27/keith-rankin-essay-coronavirus-a-malthusian-event/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay: Coronavirus – a Malthusian Event?">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin In today’s first chart, which excludes countries with a single death, only Iran features as a country outside of Western Europe. In Europe, worst hit is the ‘Latin’ group in the southwest. I include Switzerland here, which has large Italian‑speaking and French‑speaking components. Next are the Benelux countries – Netherlands, Belgium ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19 Virus: Countries with Highest Death Rates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/26/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-virus-countries-with-highest-death-rates/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19 Virus: Countries with Highest Death Rates">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content State of emergency, Lockdown Andrew Geddis (Spinoff): How politics, police and power work in lockdown New Zealand Press Editorial: Welcome to the pandemic police state Richard Harman (Politik): Army and police to show no tolerance ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 26 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/26/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-march-26-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 26 2020">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2020
By Keith Rankin I keep hearing rather unfortunate ‘expert’ comments in response to questions asked about Universal Basic Income (UBI) as a way of responding to the Covid‑19 economic contraction. These comments all relate to a ‘straw man’ concept of UBI that is obviously unaffordable and impractical. It is not possible to offer any kind ... <a title="Economics: Keith Rankin on Universal Basic Income and Covid‑19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/25/economics-keith-rankin-on-universal-basic-income-and-covid%e2%80%9119/" aria-label="Read more about Economics: Keith Rankin on Universal Basic Income and Covid‑19">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin In today’s first chart, of daily new cases in Italy and Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Denmark), we see that, at its peak in days 20 and 21 (March 10 and 11), the incidence of known new cases in Scandinavia matched that in Italy. The difference is that new cases stabilised immediately afterwards ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – COVID-19: Exponential Growth in Italy and Scandinavia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/25/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-exponential-growth-in-italy-and-scandinavia/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – COVID-19: Exponential Growth in Italy and Scandinavia">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Public health strategy Henry Cooke and Luke Malpass (Stuff): Poll shows Kiwis back harsh measures but are extremely worried about virus Luke Malpass (Stuff): Poll shows Kiwis back the Leviathan of the state ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 25 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/25/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-march-25-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 25 2020">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2020
Opinion by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana Rising economic prosperity and poverty reduction may not tell the whole story of progress in Asia and the Pacific. Telling signs in the natural world recount a narrative that is far from complete. This year has been particularly affected by the COVID-19 global health pandemic, with devastating impacts on our ... <a title="GUEST POST: COVID-19 and Writing a greener story in Asia and the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/25/guest-post-covid-19-and-writing-a-greener-story-in-asia-and-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about GUEST POST: COVID-19 and Writing a greener story in Asia and the Pacific">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin The USA has been on a consisted exponential growth path since day 11 (March 1). Italian Covid‑19 incidence levels – currently just over 8,000 known cases per 10 million people on 23 March – will be reached in the United States by day 39 (Sunday, March 29) if there is no ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19 Virus: Exponential Growth in United States and United Kingdom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/24/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-virus-exponential-growth-in-united-states-and-united-kingdom/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19 Virus: Exponential Growth in United States and United Kingdom">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Government, Parliament Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): NZ politics enters a brave new world Henry Cooke (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern just made the most consequential decision of her career, putting NZ on house arrest Claire Trevett ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 24 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/24/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-march-24-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 24 2020">Read more</a>
