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January 15, 2021
SPECIAL REPORT: By Ena Manuireva in Auckland It seems a long time ago – some 124 days – since Mā’ohi Nui deplored its first covid-19 related deaths of an elderly woman on 11 September 2020 followed by her husband just hours later, both over the age of 80. The local territorial government was indeed saddened ... <a title="Controversy over renaming Tahiti’s hospital after Chirac amid covid crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/15/controversy-over-renaming-tahitis-hospital-after-chirac-amid-covid-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Controversy over renaming Tahiti’s hospital after Chirac amid covid crisis">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The countries with the most recent large outbreaks of Covid19 are those with large numbers of recent recorded cases, but yet to record the deaths that most likely will result. In this camp, this time, are Ireland, Israel (its third major outbreak), and Lebanon. Of these, only Israel features in my ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Worst Countries in the New Year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/15/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-worst-countries-in-the-new-year/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Worst Countries in the New Year">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2021
By RNZ Pacific French Polynesia has recorded another covid-19 death, raising the pandemic’s tally to 122. There are 46 people with covid-19 in hospital, 21 of them in intensive care. The first death occurred four months ago at the start of the second wave, which is now reportedly weakening. So far, more than 17,000 have ... <a title="Tahiti’s covid-19 death tally rises to 122 – 17,000 plus cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/12/tahitis-covid-19-death-tally-rises-to-122-17000-plus-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Tahiti’s covid-19 death tally rises to 122 – 17,000 plus cases">Read more</a>
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January 11, 2021
By RNZ News New Zealand faces an increased risk of community transmission from the UK strain of covid-19 that is now arriving in the country, says epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker. There were 31 new imported cases of covid-19 reported today, with the Health Ministry also revealing that 19 people have tested positive for the more ... <a title="Covid-19: UK variant raises risk of NZ community transmission, says expert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/11/covid-19-uk-variant-raises-risk-of-nz-community-transmission-says-expert/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-19: UK variant raises risk of NZ community transmission, says expert">Read more</a>
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January 9, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. In my latest charts, I include a robust set of estimates of actual proportion of people who have – or have had – Covid19. The principal basis for these estimates is the number of deaths being recorded. Using the appropriate log scale for such charts, we can see that Belgium’s ‘second ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Belgium and Ireland – Three Perspectives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/09/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-belgium-and-ireland-three-perspectives/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Belgium and Ireland – Three Perspectives">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The parts of the USA with the highest Covid19 death rates – New Jersey and New York City – have lost two in every thousand persons in their populations. That’s consistent with 40 percent of the populations of these places having been infected with the disease, based on a 0.5% case ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: United States in December compared to March" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/23/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-united-states-in-december-compared-to-march/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: United States in December compared to March">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Ramzy Baroud The notion that the covid-19 pandemic was “the great equalizer’ should be dead and buried by now. If anything, the lethal disease is another terrible reminder of the deep divisions and inequalities in our societies. That said, the treatment of the disease should not be a repeat of the same shameful ... <a title="The Great Divider: Covid-19 reflects global racism, not equality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/23/the-great-divider-covid-19-reflects-global-racism-not-equality/" aria-label="Read more about The Great Divider: Covid-19 reflects global racism, not equality">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. We in New Zealand hear so little about the tragedy unfolding in Eastern Europe, including the Baltic and Caucasian States. These countries have very cold winters, increased inequality, poverty, and popular nationalism (aka ‘populism’). But they are low on the queue for media coverage (and we don’t tend to regard anti ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Worst Countries, pre-Christmas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/21/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-worst-countries-pre-christmas/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Worst Countries, pre-Christmas">Read more</a>
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December 20, 2020
By Sela Jane Hopgood, RNZ Pacific journalist Covid-19 vaccinations begin in the Northern Mariana Islands this weekend, but it is not yet clear when other Pacific countries will have access to a vaccine. The Northern Marianas, which is a US territory, was expecting 5,000 doses of the The Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to arrive during the ... <a title="Covid-19 vaccine roll out starts in parts of the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/20/covid-19-vaccine-roll-out-starts-in-parts-of-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-19 vaccine roll out starts in parts of the Pacific">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. 2020 has been the year of the scientist, or at least the public health scientist. Science is a method, not a discipline; it includes social science, because social science does at least notionally apply the scientific method. While being about the discovery of truth, the scientific method implies that truth (with ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Science: the Good, the Ugly, the False, and the Expedient" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/18/keith-rankin-analysis-science-the-good-the-ugly-the-false-and-the-expedient/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Science: the Good, the Ugly, the False, and the Expedient">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. With respect to the Covid19 pandemic, our news media is biased towards the United States and Western Europe. Little do we know that the worst affected region of the world over the last month or two has been Eastern Europe and the Caucasus. This region was relatively unaffected in March and ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Eastern Europe and Canada" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/16/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-eastern-europe-and-canada/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Eastern Europe and Canada">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2020
By RNZ News It is looking increasingly likely that the much discussed trans-Tasman bubble is finally on the way. Cabinet has agreed in principle to quarantine-free travel in the first quarter of 2021. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said officials were working on contingency plans in the event of an outbreak. The decision is dependent on ... <a title="Trans-Tasman bubble to help reunify families, business, says epidemiologist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/15/trans-tasman-bubble-to-help-reunify-families-business-says-epidemiologist/" aria-label="Read more about Trans-Tasman bubble to help reunify families, business, says epidemiologist">Read more</a>
