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November 18, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. On Tuesday (16 Nov) I was concerned to hear this story on RNZ’s Checkpoint (National distances itself from ex-MP after video with discredited academic). My concern here is not particularly with the “discredited academic”, although no academic should suffer this kind of casual public slur. (Should we go further and call ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – ‘Influenza’ Pandemics in New Zealand’s Past" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/18/keith-rankin-analysis-influenza-pandemics-in-new-zealands-past/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – ‘Influenza’ Pandemics in New Zealand’s Past">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Vice-chancellor’s fellow, La Trobe University AAP/AP/Susan Walsh American-Chinese summit diplomacy comes and goes, but there will not be a much more consequential meeting between two leaders than the latest of Joe Biden and Xi Jinping’s consultations. If a measure was needed of how transformational the ... <a title="Xi-Biden meeting is cordial, but will anything change between the superpowers?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/17/xi-biden-meeting-is-cordial-but-will-anything-change-between-the-superpowers-171926/" aria-label="Read more about Xi-Biden meeting is cordial, but will anything change between the superpowers?">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The above chart plots estimates of vaccine-induced immunity to Covid19, for five countries, including three in Europe currently in the news for their most recent wave of covid infections and deaths. Essentially, I give a score of 0.5 for each vaccine shot; and I assume that immunity wanes by 0.4% per ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Peak Vaccination Immunity and the latest European Wave" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/16/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-peak-vaccination-immunity-and-the-latest-european-wave/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Peak Vaccination Immunity and the latest European Wave">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2021
OP-ED by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana and Gillian Triggs Most countries in the Asia-Pacific region are on track to reach universal birth registration by 2030: an incredible achievement and a significant milestone in realizing human rights and equality. However, as the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed, many weaknesses remain in official recording systems, creating gaps in knowledge ... <a title="OP-ED: Push for civil registration set to hit key milestone in Asian and Pacific countries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/15/op-ed-push-for-civil-registration-set-to-hit-key-milestone-in-asian-and-pacific-countries/" aria-label="Read more about OP-ED: Push for civil registration set to hit key milestone in Asian and Pacific countries">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bill Hare, Director, Climate Analytics, Adjunct Professor, Murdoch University (Perth), Visiting scientist, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research AP As the United Nations climate summit opened in Glasgow, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a surprise positive announcement: a big net-zero target. The world cheered at the ... <a title="Are you kidding, India? Your last-minute Glasgow intervention won’t relieve pressure to ditch coal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/15/are-you-kidding-india-your-last-minute-glasgow-intervention-wont-relieve-pressure-to-ditch-coal-171809/" aria-label="Read more about Are you kidding, India? Your last-minute Glasgow intervention won’t relieve pressure to ditch coal">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Today’s five charts are all set to the same scale, allowing for total weekly deaths being four times (300%) above normal. South Africa and Chile are both countries with substantial connections to New Zealand. Most of New Zealand’s pioneering immigrants sailed to New Zealand via Cape Town. And the relationship has ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: 2015-2021 Deaths in South Africa and South America" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/11/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-2015-2021-deaths-in-south-africa-and-south-america/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: 2015-2021 Deaths in South Africa and South America">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2021
In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning discuss the Covid-19 driven transition from Neo-liberal to Neo-Keynesian Economics. In particular, Buchanan and Manning examine whether we are witnessing a fundamental change to global economics
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November 8, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. To be fair to Russia, it is one of the quickest in the world to release its total death data. It is less good about reporting deaths as attributable to Covid19. (See Russia: The nation with half a million secret Covid-19 deaths, NZ Herald, 8 Nov 2021.) Based on the data ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Russia is First Equal for Covid Deaths per capita" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/08/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-russia-is-first-equal-for-covid-deaths-per-capita/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Russia is First Equal for Covid Deaths per capita">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2021
A View from Afar - In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning discuss two issues: the evolution of new generation attack drones; and the COP26 meeting in Glasgow this week. Specifically, Buchanan and Manning unpack: Whether Geopolitics has railroaded a broad-based consensus of climate interventionism; Why Russia and China abandoned the Cop26 multilateral forum?
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November 4, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The global influenza epidemic of late 2016 to early 2018 was a pandemic in all but name. For the United States, see The Perfect Storm Behind This Year’s Nasty Flu Season, The Atlantic 14 Jan 2018; and Last year’s flu broke records for deaths and illnesses new CDC numbers show,Washington Post, ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Influenza: Global Epidemic 2017 versus the Flu Season of 2019/20" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/04/keith-rankin-analysis-influenza-global-epidemic-2017-versus-the-flu-season-of-2019-20/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Influenza: Global Epidemic 2017 versus the Flu Season of 2019/20">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2021
A View from Afar - In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will discuss two issues: the evolution of new generation attack drones; and the COP26 meeting in Glasgow this week. Specifically, Buchanan and Manning will unpack: Whether Geopolitics has railroaded a broad-based consensus of climate interventionism. Why Russia and China abandoned the Cop26 multilateral forum?
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November 2, 2021
Influenza et.al.; charting normal to see Covid19 in context Analysis by Keith Rankin. So much of our analysis of the public health impact of Covid19 has been taken out of context. The officially reported case data are incomplete, and take little account of how these health impacts deviate from normal, or even what ‘normal’ is. ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Influenza context for covid deaths in selected countries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/02/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-influenza-context-for-covid-deaths-in-selected-countries/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Influenza context for covid deaths in selected countries">Read more</a>
