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March 17, 2020
This chart shows the extent that the initial Chinese outbreak of Covid-19 was confined to Hubei province, a province with a population similar to that of Italy. And it shows that, while Hubei still has more recorded deaths per capita than Italy, Italy has more than twice as many active (unrecovered) cases per person. Italy’s ... <a title="Keith Rankin Graph Analysis – Covid-19 Virus: West is Worst" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/17/keith-rankin-graph-analysis-covid-19-virus-west-is-worst/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Graph Analysis – Covid-19 Virus: West is Worst">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2020
EDITOR’S NOTE: Click here for a previous chart analysis by Keith Rankin on this issue. Chart analysis by Keith Rankin This chart of deaths by coronavirus (March deaths in red) clearly shows just how much worse this epidemic is in Italy than anywhere else. And the vast majority of these deaths are in Northern Italy. ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – UPDATE Covid-19 Virus: Deaths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/11/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-update-covid-19-virus-deaths/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – UPDATE Covid-19 Virus: Deaths">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2020
Chart analysis by Keith Rankin EDITOR’S NOTE: Click here for an updated chart and analysis dated March 11, 2020 – This chart update shows different measures of the problem than did my chart posted three days ago. Here we see the total number of recorded cases of Covid-19, per million of the worst affected countries’ ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19 Virus: the Reality a week into March 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/09/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-virus-the-reality-a-week-into-march-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19 Virus: the Reality a week into March 2020">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2020
Chart analysis by Keith Rankin – The 2020 news cycle has become completely dominated by (probably unintentional, but certainly careless) fearmongering about ‘corona‑virus’. What is the reality in early March? The chart looks at new cases in the 10 countries with the most cases, plus United Kingdom and Australia. We see that the outbreak is essentially ... <a title="Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis – Covid-19 Virus: the Reality in early March 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/05/keith-rankins-chart-analysis-covid-19-virus-the-reality-in-early-march-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis – Covid-19 Virus: the Reality in early March 2020">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2019
The Minister of Finance visited his local soup kitchen one night last month, and tweeted “Good to catch up with folk I worked with/helped over the years+remember how important it is to give every helping hand we can”. But are Grant Robertson and his colleagues giving enough of a helping hand to those in poverty? ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Is the Government doing enough to address poverty?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/19/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-is-the-government-doing-enough-to-address-poverty/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Is the Government doing enough to address poverty?">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2019
Political Roundup: The 2018 census debacle and its consequences Exactly a year ago, on 6 March 2018, the government census was carried out. It was a “digital-first” census, with citizens expected to primarily use the internet to answer the compulsory questions about their lives. And it was soon apparent that huge numbers of New Zealanders ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The 2018 census debacle and its consequences" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/06/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-2018-census-debacle-and-its-consequences/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The 2018 census debacle and its consequences">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2019
Political Roundup: When cancer is political by Bryce Edwards Should cancer be politicised? And, should the debate about it be personalised, with a focus on the role of politicians in running the system being held to account for their decisions? There have been some deeply personal, sad, angry, and highly-politicised statements coming from cancer patients ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: When cancer is political" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/08/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-when-cancer-is-political/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: When cancer is political">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2019
A tragedy in Papua New Guinea’s Western Province. Image: Sally Lloyd/My Land, My Country By Sally Lloyd as told to Scott Waide in Lae A few days ago, I asked Sally Lloyd about the picture she posted on Facebook of a distraught mother weeping over the body of her baby who had died. This is ... <a title="A weeping mum from PNG and her long walk for a dying child" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/07/a-weeping-mum-from-png-and-her-long-walk-for-a-dying-child/" aria-label="Read more about A weeping mum from PNG and her long walk for a dying child">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2019
Political Roundup: Will the Government improve access to cancer drugs? by Dr Bryce Edwards Are New Zealanders dying unnecessarily because the government won’t fund cancer drugs that are considered standard in other countries? That’s the message from CANGO, a coalition of not-for-profit cancer organisations who launched a campaign yesterday, on World Cancer Day, for better ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Will the Government improve access to cancer drugs?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/05/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-will-the-government-improve-access-to-cancer-drugs/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Will the Government improve access to cancer drugs?">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2019
Political Roundup: Behind the junior doctors’ strike by Dr Bryce Edwards Get ready for more industrial action in public hospitals this year. The junior doctors’ dispute with the District Health Boards is set to continue, with acrimony ramping up, as well as some rather bitter infighting between trade unions. One political commentator is even comparing ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’Political Roundup: Behind the junior doctors’ strike" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/21/bryce-edwardspolitical-roundup-behind-the-junior-doctors-strike/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’Political Roundup: Behind the junior doctors’ strike">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2018
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