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Isolationist policies start to catch NZ up

March 8, 2024 By Nicholas Kerr Leave a Comment

On the eve of Prime Minister Helen Clark’s meeting with United States President George W. Bush, and other officials, it is not just the US in Anzus that New Zealand should be concerned about, writes NICHOLAS KERR. Closer to home, our relationship with Australia is not what it used to be either. [This op-ed originally […]

Filed Under: Policy Rants Tagged With: Anzus, australia, brian mulroney, Canada, george w bush, helen clark, new zealand, united states

More evidence of child COVID lockdown harm

February 18, 2024 By Nicholas Kerr Leave a Comment

The Sydney Morning Herald reports on more evidence of ongoing harm to children as a result of Australia’s harsh lockdown policies. We’ve seen the same disastrous impact on the lives of a generation of youngsters in US states that closed schools the longest, as well as countries like New Zealand that had repeated lockdowns. It’s […]

Filed Under: Policy Rants Tagged With: america, australia, COVID-19, new zealand

Aussie kids’ increased drowning risk—another consequence of COVID lockdowns

January 8, 2023 By Nicholas Kerr 1 Comment

By now, the anticipated and now well documented consequences of lockdowns for children is well known: massive learning loss; increased mental health issues, including suicides; malnutrition due to increased poverty. The list goes on and all were predicted. The Sydney Morning Herald has identified another to add resulting from Australia’s extensive lockdowns. Per the headline: […]

Filed Under: Policy Rants Tagged With: australia, COVID, COVID-19

UK spike in non-COVID deaths a sign of things to come in other countries that locked down hard?

August 21, 2022 By Nicholas Kerr 1 Comment

A startling article out of the UK reports that, entirely unrelated to COVID, England and Wales are experiencing 1,000 excess deaths a week is cause for alarm in countries that also enforced strict lock-downs. Concerns were raised as early as mid-2020 that locking down would result in precisely what appears to be happening. The piece, […]

Filed Under: Policy Rants Tagged With: australia, COVID, new zealand, UK

The perils of COVID-zero—how policymakers should manage endemic COVID-19

August 22, 2021 By Nicholas Kerr 1 Comment

As the COVID-19 pandemic has evolved and we’ve learned more about the virus, the way we manage it should have evolved as well. From a policymaking perspective, step one is acknowledging that it’s one of many risks we face in life; we need to weigh up all of life’s risks as we decide how to tackle […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: australia, COVID-19, education, new zealand

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I’m Nicholas, a marketing consultant and dad in Dallas, TX. I like to follow policy debates, chat about parenting and share stories. Read More…

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