CoveragePost
October 28, 2021
Analysis Keith Rankin. In its pandemic response, the New Zealand government has consistently been tardy, and then found itself playing catch-up, having to ‘go hard’ (indeed a ‘world-leading’ hardest) on account of its lack of preparedness. Further, having gone hard, there has always been an ambivalence about when the emergency period is over; an unwillingness ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Covid19: Revaccinate Now, and address Influenza too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/28/keith-rankin-analysis-covid19-revaccinate-now-and-address-influenza-too/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Covid19: Revaccinate Now, and address Influenza too">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
October 27, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. These charts are of the type that I have published approximately monthly. Last time, three weeks ago, the key covid places were clearly the Caribbean and the Balkans. This time, while these two regions are important pandemic sites, there is clearly a new outbreak beginning in the European Union, starting from ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Latest Outbreaks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/27/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-latest-outbreaks/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Latest Outbreaks">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
October 26, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The above chart of New Zealand weekly deaths since 2015 clearly shows the impact of winter influenzas and pneumonias on the mortality landscape of New Zealand. 2017 was a particularly bad year, with a substantially increased mortality in July of that year. 2016 was a particularly good year for mortality in ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 and its impact so far on New Zealand Mortality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/26/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-and-its-impact-so-far-on-new-zealand-mortality/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 and its impact so far on New Zealand Mortality">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
October 21, 2021
Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning analyse how supply-chain bottlenecks, a global economic reset, and post-pandemic security are about to trigger a new era in geo-economics. Wherever you are around the world, if you haven’t yet experienced the impact of supply-chain pressures, then you soon will.
CoveragePost
October 20, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. These charts give an insight into the actual impact – and progression – of Covid19 in South and Central America. As for the previously posted charts showing Russia, and showing the Middle East, these countries are included because they report their overall mortality monthly rather than weekly. Brazil Brazil received more ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 Impact: Excess deaths in Latin America" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/20/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-impact-excess-deaths-in-latin-america/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 Impact: Excess deaths in Latin America">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
October 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt McDonald, Associate Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland Shutterstock The climate talks in Glasgow are just days away, and may be the last chance to coordinate global efforts to stop the planet warming beyond 1.5℃ this century. More than 100 world leaders will attend ... <a title="Who’s who in Glasgow: 5 countries that could make or break the planet’s future under climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/19/whos-who-in-glasgow-5-countries-that-could-make-or-break-the-planets-future-under-climate-change-170090/" aria-label="Read more about Who’s who in Glasgow: 5 countries that could make or break the planet’s future under climate change">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
October 15, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The above chart poses one clear question. Why is the experience of the three relatively prosperous East European EU countries (Poland, Czechia, Hungary) different to that of the three West European EU countries (Spain, France, Sweden). The ‘research hypothesis’ posed here is that, while all these countries were naïve to the ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 Immunity Hypothesis: The European Union before the Variants and the Vaccines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/15/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-immunity-hypothesis-the-european-union-before-the-variants-and-the-vaccines/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 Immunity Hypothesis: The European Union before the Variants and the Vaccines">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
October 14, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Now is as good a time as any to evaluate and reflect on the public health policy choices made in the period from February to April 2020, re the Covid19 pandemic. Here I have postulated a ‘league’ of 12 economically advanced countries which have made different choices which loosely fit onto ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Covid19 Premier League: Spectrum of Public Health Choices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/14/keith-rankin-analysis-covid19-premier-league-spectrum-of-public-health-choices/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Covid19 Premier League: Spectrum of Public Health Choices">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
October 14, 2021
A View from Afar: Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will analyse how Taiwan is delicately navigating its way between two clashing global powers. On one side there's China and on the other is the USA. Taiwan has been self-governing for over 70 years. It insists it wants to remain an independently governed economy. Can it navigate a pathway to relative peace through diplomatic means? Yes, and here's how.
CoveragePost
October 12, 2021
LOCAL DEMOCRACY REPORTING: By Justin Latif, Local Democracy reporter If New Zealand’s border restrictions are loosened for arrivals from countries with high covid-19 numbers, South Auckland will see between 1000 and 1400 cases a week — even if vaccination rates get to 90 percent, according to modelling carried out by the Counties Manukau District Health ... <a title="South Auckland covid ‘could get totally out of control’ scenario warning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/12/south-auckland-covid-could-get-totally-out-of-control-scenario-warning/" aria-label="Read more about South Auckland covid ‘could get totally out of control’ scenario warning">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
October 12, 2021
RNZ News Some in New Zealand’s health industry fear that the ICU system will not cope if the delta outbreak escalates, but Health Minister Andrew Little says anyone with covid-19 will be cared for. Little told RNZ Morning Report there was pressure on hospitals and headway was being made to bring in more nurses to ... <a title="NZ able to ‘surge’ covid ICU capacity by risking planned care, says minister" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/12/nz-able-to-surge-covid-icu-capacity-by-risking-planned-care-says-minister/" aria-label="Read more about NZ able to ‘surge’ covid ICU capacity by risking planned care, says minister">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
October 12, 2021
Analysis Keith Rankin, 12 Oct 2021 Egypt is the world’s 14th largest country by population. It’s the one of the only two African countries on the ourworldindata database. It’s also a major travel destination. The excess deaths data reveals that Egypt has suffered far worse from the Covid19 pandemic than the official reported data indicates, ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Covid19 Impact: Four Middle-East Countries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/12/keith-rankin-analysis-covid19-impact-four-middle-east-countries/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Covid19 Impact: Four Middle-East Countries">Read more</a>
