• Trouble At =?UTF-8?B?VOKAmUNvdmlk?= Inquiry

    From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@ldo@nz.invalid to nz.general on Thu Nov 20 00:04:54 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.general

    Another top-level resignation from the panel conducting the inquiry
    into NZrCOs handling of the COVID-19 pandemic -- is this the second
    executive director theyrCOve lost now?

    <https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360893236/covid-inquiry-hit-yet-another-top-level-resignation>

    The circumstances around the setting up of this inquiry always seemed
    a bit dodgy to me. I think certain members of the current Coalition
    harbour lingering resentments over the Ardern-led GovernmentrCOs
    handling of the crisis, and are determined to settle a score or two
    against those in charge at the time -- purely for ideological reasons.

    Totally overlooking the fact that our decisiveness at the time, for
    all the pain that it caused, made a spectacular difference in our
    avoiding worse pain and suffering -- as amply illustrated by any
    number of other countries (starting with the US and UK) where
    leadership dillied and dallied, or outright insisted that the
    seriousness of the issue was a rCLhoaxrCY, that it would all somehow blow
    over if they buried their heads in the sand and forgot about it.

    It didnrCOt. And millions died.
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  • From Tony@lizandtony@orcon.net.nz to nz.general on Thu Nov 20 00:21:08 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.general

    Lawrence D Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
    Another top-level resignation from the panel conducting the inquiry
    into NZrCOs handling of the COVID-19 pandemic -- is this the second
    executive director theyrCOve lost now?

    <https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360893236/covid-inquiry-hit-yet-another-top-level-resignation>

    The circumstances around the setting up of this inquiry always seemed
    a bit dodgy to me. I think certain members of the current Coalition
    harbour lingering resentments over the Ardern-led GovernmentrCOs
    handling of the crisis, and are determined to settle a score or two
    against those in charge at the time -- purely for ideological reasons.
    OK you are officially a lunatic. It is you that has the ideological drive as winessed here hundreds of times.

    Totally overlooking the fact that our decisiveness at the time, for
    all the pain that it caused, made a spectacular difference in our
    avoiding worse pain and suffering -- as amply illustrated by any
    number of other countries (starting with the US and UK) where
    leadership dillied and dallied, or outright insisted that the
    seriousness of the issue was a rCLhoaxrCY, that it would all somehow blow >over if they buried their heads in the sand and forgot about it.

    It didnrCOt. And millions died.
    Another deliberate twisting of the facts. Why you and others like you continue this charade is mind-warping.
    What heppened here caused immeasurable damage and you and your fellow travellers continue to ignore it.

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  • From Gordon@Gordon@leaf.net.nz to nz.general on Thu Nov 20 20:42:01 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.general

    On 2025-11-20, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
    Another top-level resignation from the panel conducting the inquiry
    into NZrCOs handling of the COVID-19 pandemic -- is this the second
    executive director theyrCOve lost now?

    <https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360893236/covid-inquiry-hit-yet-another-top-level-resignation>

    The circumstances around the setting up of this inquiry always seemed
    a bit dodgy to me. I think certain members of the current Coalition
    harbour lingering resentments over the Ardern-led GovernmentrCOs
    handling of the crisis, and are determined to settle a score or two
    against those in charge at the time -- purely for ideological reasons.

    It maybe the Arden's response which has so many people angry was more to do with the authorian approach than the party/Government in power.

    The people whant to know what had happen behind the scenes and thus complete transparancy of the whole event.





    Totally overlooking the fact that our decisiveness at the time, for
    all the pain that it caused, made a spectacular difference in our
    avoiding worse pain and suffering -- as amply illustrated by any
    number of other countries (starting with the US and UK) where
    leadership dillied and dallied, or outright insisted that the
    seriousness of the issue was a rCLhoaxrCY, that it would all somehow blow over if they buried their heads in the sand and forgot about it.

    It didnrCOt. And millions died.
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  • From Your Name@YourName@YourISP.com to nz.general on Fri Nov 21 10:38:03 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.general

    On 2025-11-20 20:42:01 +0000, Gordon said:

    On 2025-11-20, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
    Another top-level resignation from the panel conducting the inquiry
    into NZrCOs handling of the COVID-19 pandemic -- is this the second
    executive director theyrCOve lost now?

    <https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360893236/covid-inquiry-hit-yet-another-top-level-resignation>


    The circumstances around the setting up of this inquiry always seemed
    a bit dodgy to me. I think certain members of the current Coalition
    harbour lingering resentments over the Ardern-led GovernmentrCOs
    handling of the crisis, and are determined to settle a score or two
    against those in charge at the time -- purely for ideological reasons.

    It maybe the Arden's response which has so many people angry was more to do with the authorian approach than the party/Government in power.

    The people whant to know what had happen behind the scenes and thus complete transparancy of the whole event.

    "The people" couldn't care less. It's history and they simply want to
    get on with their lives.

    The whinging morons who have nothing better to do are the one's
    continually dragging this crap up ... and it's not just in New Zealand
    either. There are morons all over the world whining on about how their government was "too quick", "too slow", "too long", "too short", ...
    :-\

    UK did 'too little, too late', leading to thousands more
    Covid deaths, says inquiry
    <https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8030xvvlv0o>

    Fankly, with the next pandemic, government should just say sod it" and
    let millions of people die if they don't want to get vaccinated, stay
    home, etc. At least it would then massively increase the average
    intelligence of the human race by getting rid of all the morons!




    Totally overlooking the fact that our decisiveness at the time, for
    all the pain that it caused, made a spectacular difference in our
    avoiding worse pain and suffering -- as amply illustrated by any
    number of other countries (starting with the US and UK) where
    leadership dillied and dallied, or outright insisted that the
    seriousness of the issue was a rCLhoaxrCY, that it would all somehow blow
    over if they buried their heads in the sand and forgot about it.

    It didnrCOt. And millions died.


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  • From Crash@nogood@dontbother.invalid to nz.general on Fri Nov 21 11:58:06 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.general

    On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 10:38:03 +1300, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
    wrote:

    On 2025-11-20 20:42:01 +0000, Gordon said:

    On 2025-11-20, Lawrence DAOliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
    Another top-level resignation from the panel conducting the inquiry
    into NZAs handling of the COVID-19 pandemic -- is this the second
    executive director theyAve lost now?

    <https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360893236/covid-inquiry-hit-yet-another-top-level-resignation>


    The circumstances around the setting up of this inquiry always seemed
    a bit dodgy to me. I think certain members of the current Coalition
    harbour lingering resentments over the Ardern-led GovernmentAs
    handling of the crisis, and are determined to settle a score or two
    against those in charge at the time -- purely for ideological reasons.

    It maybe the Arden's response which has so many people angry was more to do >> with the authorian approach than the party/Government in power.

    The people whant to know what had happen behind the scenes and thus complete >> transparancy of the whole event.

    "The people" couldn't care less. It's history and they simply want to
    get on with their lives.

    The whinging morons who have nothing better to do are the one's
    continually dragging this crap up ... and it's not just in New Zealand >either. There are morons all over the world whining on about how their >government was "too quick", "too slow", "too long", "too short", ...
    :-\

    UK did 'too little, too late', leading to thousands more
    Covid deaths, says inquiry
    <https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8030xvvlv0o>

    Fankly, with the next pandemic, government should just say sod it" and
    let millions of people die if they don't want to get vaccinated, stay
    home, etc. At least it would then massively increase the average >intelligence of the human race by getting rid of all the morons!

    Vaccination rates are dependent on the fatality rate for those
    infected. With Covid 19 this was low, compared to other plagues of
    the past. It will also be dependent in how preventive the 'vaccine'
    is. Covid 19 vaccines are nothing more than immunity boosters.



    Totally overlooking the fact that our decisiveness at the time, for
    all the pain that it caused, made a spectacular difference in our
    avoiding worse pain and suffering -- as amply illustrated by any
    number of other countries (starting with the US and UK) where
    leadership dillied and dallied, or outright insisted that the
    seriousness of the issue was a ohoaxo, that it would all somehow blow
    over if they buried their heads in the sand and forgot about it.

    It didnAt. And millions died.

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    Crash McBash
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  • From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@ldo@nz.invalid to nz.general,alt.politics.international on Fri Nov 21 02:20:04 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.general

    On Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:04:54 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:

    Totally overlooking the fact that our decisiveness at the time, for
    all the pain that it caused, made a spectacular difference in our
    avoiding worse pain and suffering -- as amply illustrated by any
    number of other countries (starting with the US and UK) where
    leadership dillied and dallied, or outright insisted that the
    seriousness of the issue was a rCLhoaxrCY, that it would all somehow
    blow over if they buried their heads in the sand and forgot about
    it.

    It didnrCOt. And millions died.

    Interestingly enough, the UK has just concluded their inquiry into
    their own COVID-19 response <https://www.itv.com/news/2025-11-20/seven-key-findings-from-the-covid-inquiry-on-uks-response-to-crisis>.
    Key points:

    * rCLToo little, too laterCY

    The inquiry found the spread of the virus around the world
    represented rCLclear warning signs,rCY but the four governments across
    the UK did not take the virus seriously enough until it was rCLtoo
    laterCY.

    According to the inquiry, it rCLshould have been clear that the
    virus posed a serious and immediate threatrCY, by the end of January
    2020.

    * Lockdown could have been avoided

    Had more stringent restrictions been introduced earlier than March
    16, rCLthe mandatory lockdown that was imposed might have been
    shorter or conceivably might not have been necessary at allrCY.

    * Repeated mistakes

    Similar mistakes were then repeated later in 2020 as the second
    lockdown approached, all of which were rCLinexcusablerCY.

    * Impact of Downing Street parties

    Alcohol-filled parties in Downing Street rCLundermined public
    confidence in decision-makingrCY and significantly increased the
    risk of the public abandoning lockdown rules.

    * Confusing messaging

    Frequent law changes rCLfuelled confusion, misunderstanding and, at
    times, incorrect enforcementrCY.

    ...

    [The report] added that Mr Johnson rCLshould have appreciated sooner
    that this was an emergency that required prime ministerial
    leadership to inject urgency into the responserCY.

    * 'Lasting scars' on society

    While the lockdowns of 2020 and 2021 undoubtedly saved lives, they
    also rCLleft lasting scars on society and the economy, brought
    ordinary childhood to a halt, delayed the diagnosis and treatment
    of other health issues, and exacerbated societal inequalitiesrCY.

    Slowness to act, reluctance to act decisively, failure to learn from
    initial mistakes, do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do leadership hypocrisy at a
    time of serious crisis ... all added up to suffering that was much
    worse than it needed to be.

    We suffered, too. But we got off lightly compared to them.
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  • From Tony@lizandtony@orcon.net.nz to nz.general on Fri Nov 21 03:01:48 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.general

    Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:
    On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 10:38:03 +1300, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
    wrote:

    On 2025-11-20 20:42:01 +0000, Gordon said:

    On 2025-11-20, Lawrence DAOliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
    Another top-level resignation from the panel conducting the inquiry
    into NZAs handling of the COVID-19 pandemic -- is this the second
    executive director theyAve lost now?

    <https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360893236/covid-inquiry-hit-yet-another-top-level-resignation>


    The circumstances around the setting up of this inquiry always seemed
    a bit dodgy to me. I think certain members of the current Coalition
    harbour lingering resentments over the Ardern-led GovernmentAs
    handling of the crisis, and are determined to settle a score or two
    against those in charge at the time -- purely for ideological reasons.

    It maybe the Arden's response which has so many people angry was more to do >>> with the authorian approach than the party/Government in power.

    The people whant to know what had happen behind the scenes and thus complete
    transparancy of the whole event.

    "The people" couldn't care less. It's history and they simply want to
    get on with their lives.

    The whinging morons who have nothing better to do are the one's >>continually dragging this crap up ... and it's not just in New Zealand >>either. There are morons all over the world whining on about how their >>government was "too quick", "too slow", "too long", "too short", ...
    :-\

    UK did 'too little, too late', leading to thousands more
    Covid deaths, says inquiry
    <https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8030xvvlv0o>

    Fankly, with the next pandemic, government should just say sod it" and
    let millions of people die if they don't want to get vaccinated, stay >>home, etc. At least it would then massively increase the average >>intelligence of the human race by getting rid of all the morons!

    Vaccination rates are dependent on the fatality rate for those
    infected. With Covid 19 this was low, compared to other plagues of
    the past. It will also be dependent in how preventive the 'vaccine'
    is. Covid 19 vaccines are nothing more than immunity boosters.
    And not very good ones either. The idea that we forget about what happened is anathema to me, there were so many terrible decisions driven by greed, political dogma and stupidity that we must learn from what was done in just about every country.



    Totally overlooking the fact that our decisiveness at the time, for
    all the pain that it caused, made a spectacular difference in our
    avoiding worse pain and suffering -- as amply illustrated by any
    number of other countries (starting with the US and UK) where
    leadership dillied and dallied, or outright insisted that the
    seriousness of the issue was a ohoaxo, that it would all somehow blow
    over if they buried their heads in the sand and forgot about it.

    It didnAt. And millions died.



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  • From Tony@lizandtony@orcon.net.nz to alt.politics.international,nz.general on Fri Nov 21 03:02:51 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.general

    Lawrence D Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
    On Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:04:54 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:

    Totally overlooking the fact that our decisiveness at the time, for
    all the pain that it caused, made a spectacular difference in our
    avoiding worse pain and suffering -- as amply illustrated by any
    number of other countries (starting with the US and UK) where
    leadership dillied and dallied, or outright insisted that the
    seriousness of the issue was a rCLhoaxrCY, that it would all somehow
    blow over if they buried their heads in the sand and forgot about
    it.

    It didnrCOt. And millions died.

    Interestingly enough, the UK has just concluded their inquiry into
    their own COVID-19 response ><https://www.itv.com/news/2025-11-20/seven-key-findings-from-the-covid-inquiry-on-uks-response-to-crisis>.
    Key points:

    * rCLToo little, too laterCY

    The inquiry found the spread of the virus around the world
    represented rCLclear warning signs,rCY but the four governments across
    the UK did not take the virus seriously enough until it was rCLtoo
    laterCY.

    According to the inquiry, it rCLshould have been clear that the
    virus posed a serious and immediate threatrCY, by the end of January
    2020.

    * Lockdown could have been avoided

    Had more stringent restrictions been introduced earlier than March
    16, rCLthe mandatory lockdown that was imposed might have been
    shorter or conceivably might not have been necessary at allrCY.

    * Repeated mistakes

    Similar mistakes were then repeated later in 2020 as the second
    lockdown approached, all of which were rCLinexcusablerCY.

    * Impact of Downing Street parties

    Alcohol-filled parties in Downing Street rCLundermined public
    confidence in decision-makingrCY and significantly increased the
    risk of the public abandoning lockdown rules.

    * Confusing messaging

    Frequent law changes rCLfuelled confusion, misunderstanding and, at
    times, incorrect enforcementrCY.

    ...

    [The report] added that Mr Johnson rCLshould have appreciated sooner
    that this was an emergency that required prime ministerial
    leadership to inject urgency into the responserCY.

    * 'Lasting scars' on society

    While the lockdowns of 2020 and 2021 undoubtedly saved lives, they
    also rCLleft lasting scars on society and the economy, brought
    ordinary childhood to a halt, delayed the diagnosis and treatment
    of other health issues, and exacerbated societal inequalitiesrCY.

    Slowness to act, reluctance to act decisively, failure to learn from
    initial mistakes, do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do leadership hypocrisy at a
    time of serious crisis ... all added up to suffering that was much
    worse than it needed to be.

    We suffered, too. But we got off lightly compared to them.
    We and in fact almost every country suffered far more than was necessary.
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  • From BR@blah@blah.blah to nz.general on Fri Nov 21 17:49:41 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.general

    On Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:04:54 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D Oliveiro
    <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    Another top-level resignation from the panel conducting the inquiry
    into NZAs handling of the COVID-19 pandemic -- is this the second
    executive director theyAve lost now?

    <https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360893236/covid-inquiry-hit-yet-another-top-level-resignation>

    The circumstances around the setting up of this inquiry always seemed
    a bit dodgy to me. I think certain members of the current Coalition
    harbour lingering resentments over the Ardern-led GovernmentAs
    handling of the crisis, and are determined to settle a score or two
    against those in charge at the time -- purely for ideological reasons.

    Totally overlooking the fact that our decisiveness at the time, for
    all the pain that it caused, made a spectacular difference in our
    avoiding worse pain and suffering -- as amply illustrated by any
    number of other countries (starting with the US and UK) where
    leadership dillied and dallied, or outright insisted that the
    seriousness of the issue was a ohoaxo, that it would all somehow blow
    over if they buried their heads in the sand and forgot about it.

    It didnAt. And millions died.

    Here, let me explain.

    Many governments around the world, including the NZ government,
    removed the option for doctors to prescribe cheap generic drugs like
    ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine for the prevention and treatment of
    covid19 under penalty of de-registration.

    It has been about three decades since I read a book on how drugs are
    developed and marketed. There would be more computational chemistry
    involved these days I expect, but it is still largely a guessing game.

    Drug development would begin with semi-randomly synthesizing chemical
    compounds and testing them one by one. The vast majority of them would
    be rejected during the early stages of testing. Any that showed some
    promise would go on to animal testing. Most of these would fail also,
    and what was left would eventually proceed on to human trials. Very
    few of the initial compounds survive these stringent quality control
    measures. It takes about ten years from a drug's initial synthesis to
    it's clearance for medical use. For this the drug company is rewarded
    with exclusive rights to the drug for the next twenty years. The money
    earned from that must, among other things, redeem the cost of testing
    and trialing all the failures.

    There are now large numbers of drugs in the marketplace that are out
    of patent, and new uses for them continue to be found. In most cases
    these generic drugs are cheap, particularly if they are already in in widespread use. New uses for old drugs have little benefit for the
    drug companies who need to keep developing new drugs in order to stay
    in business.

    Enter covid-19. The whole thing started with video clips circulating
    around the world showing people suddenly falling down dead in the
    street and reports of bodies piling up on kerbs. The result of this
    was global panic and predictable demands for governments to "do
    something". President Trump at the time said that he had taken medical
    advice about an inexpensive drug called hydroxychloroquine. He said he
    had a "good feeling" about it and had been taking it himself on his
    own doctor's advice as a preventative measure. Sometime later the
    president tested positive for covid19 and he and his wife went into
    isolation. They both later emerged unscathed despite the president
    being part of a high risk group.

    This was not what drug companies like Pfizer wanted to hear. They had
    been licking their chops at the prospect of marketing a new product
    whilst bypassing much of the expensive and rigorous testing that is
    typically required. Cheap and effective generic alternatives would
    scuttle that opportunity. The usual suspects in the media did a
    hatchet job on hydroxychloroquine and "experts" convinced the
    president that a vaccine was urgently needed. President Trump
    responded by granting the drug companies special dispensation to
    fast-track the development of a vaccine.

    So why was a cheap and safe drug like ivermectin so quickly taken off
    the table? Even if it were ineffective, it would have done no harm and
    it's inefficacy would have quickly become apparent, vindicating the
    drug companies' recommendations for a vaccine.

    It seems evident that the NZ government (and other governments) had
    signed a sale and purchase agreement with Pfizer which required them
    to forbid doctors from prescribing any generic drugs for the treatment
    and prevention of covid-19.

    If this is indeed what happened, it would represent the greatest
    medical scandal in NZ history; that is if the media got off their
    lazy, compromised behinds and launched a full investigation. Instead,
    the media, Pfizer and the tech companies all circled the wagons and
    shut down any debate over the wisdom of withdrawing a cheap, safe and
    possibly effective drug.

    What is so unavoidably hypocritical about all this is that leftist
    narrative has traditionally defined "big pharma" as public enemy
    number one, unrivaled in their greed and ruthlessness. However all
    that changed once their favourite politicians started doing deals with
    them. The narrative then flipped, and the likes of Pfizer could do no
    wrong, and their expertise was never to be questioned.

    Bill.
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  • From Your Name@YourName@YourISP.com to nz.general on Fri Nov 21 18:45:13 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.general

    On 2025-11-20 22:58:06 +0000, Crash said:
    On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 10:38:03 +1300, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
    wrote:
    On 2025-11-20 20:42:01 +0000, Gordon said:
    On 2025-11-20, Lawrence DAOliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
    Another top-level resignation from the panel conducting the inquiry
    into NZAs handling of the COVID-19 pandemic -- is this the second
    executive director theyAve lost now?

    <https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360893236/covid-inquiry-hit-yet-another-top-level-resignation>



    The circumstances around the setting up of this inquiry always seemed
    a bit dodgy to me. I think certain members of the current Coalition
    harbour lingering resentments over the Ardern-led GovernmentAs
    handling of the crisis, and are determined to settle a score or two
    against those in charge at the time -- purely for ideological reasons.

    It maybe the Arden's response which has so many people angry was more
    to do with the authorian approach than the party/Government in power.

    The people whant to know what had happen behind the scenes and thus
    complete transparancy of the whole event.

    "The people" couldn't care less. It's history and they simply want to
    get on with their lives.

    The whinging morons who have nothing better to do are the one's
    continually dragging this crap up ... and it's not just in New Zealand
    either. There are morons all over the world whining on about how their
    government was "too quick", "too slow", "too long", "too short", ...
    :-\

    UK did 'too little, too late', leading to thousands more
    Covid deaths, says inquiry
    <https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8030xvvlv0o>

    Fankly, with the next pandemic, government should just say sod it" and
    let millions of people die if they don't want to get vaccinated, stay
    home, etc. At least it would then massively increase the average
    intelligence of the human race by getting rid of all the morons!

    Vaccination rates are dependent on the fatality rate for those
    infected. With Covid 19 this was low, compared to other plagues of the past.

    Fatality rates were "low" because governments acted relatively quickly,
    but still millions of people died, many of them simply because they
    were too stupid to get vaccinated or stay at home.



    It will also be dependent in how preventive the 'vaccine' is. Covid 19 vaccines are nothing more than immunity boosters.

    Many vaccines are "nothing more than immunity boosters" that you're
    supposed to get every so often ... tetanus, flu, shingles, etc.


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  • From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@ldo@nz.invalid to nz.general,alt.politics.international on Fri Nov 21 07:05:15 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.general

    On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 17:49:41 +1300, BR wrote:

    Many governments around the world, including the NZ government,
    removed the option for doctors to prescribe cheap generic drugs like ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine for the prevention and treatment of
    covid19 under penalty of de-registration.

    LetrCOs just say, the country where that ivermectin/hydroxychloroquine bullshit originated was the one that suffered most from COVID-19.

    Coincidence? You be the judge.
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  • From BR@blah@blah.blah to nz.general,alt.politics.international on Sun Nov 23 05:15:06 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.general

    On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 07:05:15 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D Oliveiro
    <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 17:49:41 +1300, BR wrote:

    Many governments around the world, including the NZ government,
    removed the option for doctors to prescribe cheap generic drugs like
    ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine for the prevention and treatment of
    covid19 under penalty of de-registration.

    LetAs just say, the country where that ivermectin/hydroxychloroquine >bullshit originated was the one that suffered most from COVID-19.

    Coincidence? You be the judge.

    How do you even know that? The covid death statistics were so fudged
    and politicised that nobody really knows how many people actually died
    of covid.

    Remember that time somebody who was shot dead in the street was
    included in the covid death statistics because covid was found in him
    later during the post mortem?

    Bill.
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  • From wn@wn@nosuch.com (Willy Nilly) to nz.general on Sat Nov 22 23:06:45 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.general

    On Fri, 21 Nov 2025, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
    Fankly, with the next pandemic, government should just say sod it" and
    let millions of people die if they don't want to get vaccinated, stay
    home, etc. At least it would then massively increase the average >intelligence of the human race by getting rid of all the morons!

    Your recommended course of action is correct, but for the wrong
    reasons. You still think vaccinations are a good thing -- you haven't
    learned. People on this newsgroup had the benefit of my cogent
    analysis throughout the 2020-2022 period. You missed that. If you
    look at my 2020-2022 postings at: https://groups.google.com/g/nz.general/search?q=willy%20nilly
    then you will catch on.

    The easy way to prevent the next pandemic is to convict and imprison
    those people responsible for the last one. Fauci, etc.

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  • From Your Name@YourName@YourISP.com to nz.general on Sun Nov 23 13:22:34 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.general

    On 2025-11-22 23:06:45 +0000, Willy Nilly said:

    On Fri, 21 Nov 2025, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
    Fankly, with the next pandemic, government should just say "sod it" and
    let millions of people die if they don't want to get vaccinated, stay
    home, etc. At least it would then massively increase the average
    intelligence of the human race by getting rid of all the morons!

    Your recommended course of action is correct, but for the wrong
    reasons. You still think vaccinations are a good thing -- you haven't learned.

    What I want to believe is irrelevant - that was the point.

    The health experts should still give the advice and tose who want to
    get vaccines and stay home can, while those who don't want to need not
    ... BUT those who don't and get sick should not get any government paid medical care because *they* chose to ignore the advice, they should
    live, or die, with the consequences.

    The same should happen elsewhere too. If, for example, some fool
    decides to climb a mountain and falls off or gets lost, then tough.
    Don't waste money and other people's lives trying to rescue them - it
    was their own choice, they should deal with the consequences.




    People on this newsgroup had the benefit of my cogent analysis
    throughout the 2020-2022 period. You missed that. If you look at my 2020-2022 postings at: https://groups.google.com/g/nz.general/search?q=willy%20nilly
    then you will catch on.

    The easy way to prevent the next pandemic is to convict and imprison
    those people responsible for the last one. Fauci, etc.




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  • From Gordon@Gordon@leaf.net.nz to nz.general on Sun Nov 23 03:19:31 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.general

    On 2025-11-23, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
    On 2025-11-22 23:06:45 +0000, Willy Nilly said:

    On Fri, 21 Nov 2025, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
    Fankly, with the next pandemic, government should just say "sod it" and
    let millions of people die if they don't want to get vaccinated, stay
    home, etc. At least it would then massively increase the average
    intelligence of the human race by getting rid of all the morons!

    Your recommended course of action is correct, but for the wrong
    reasons. You still think vaccinations are a good thing -- you haven't
    learned.

    What I want to believe is irrelevant - that was the point.

    The health experts should still give the advice and tose who want to
    get vaccines and stay home can, while those who don't want to need not
    ...

    In others a decomacray as normal, no mandates

    BUT those who don't and get sick should not get any government paid
    medical care because *they* chose to ignore the advice, they should
    live, or die, with the consequences.

    Some too the shot and died suddenly.

    Let us also remember that President Biden has 6 booster shots and got covid
    3 times. He was not along in this.


    The same should happen elsewhere too. If, for example, some fool
    decides to climb a mountain and falls off or gets lost, then tough.
    Don't waste money and other people's lives trying to rescue them - it
    was their own choice, they should deal with the consequences.




    People on this newsgroup had the benefit of my cogent analysis
    throughout the 2020-2022 period. You missed that. If you look at my
    2020-2022 postings at:
    https://groups.google.com/g/nz.general/search?q=willy%20nilly
    then you will catch on.

    The easy way to prevent the next pandemic is to convict and imprison
    those people responsible for the last one. Fauci, etc.

    It certainly would be a good start.


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  • From Gordon@Gordon@leaf.net.nz to nz.general on Sun Nov 23 03:21:22 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.general

    On 2025-11-22, BR <blah@blah.blah> wrote:
    On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 07:05:15 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D|+Oliveiro
    <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 17:49:41 +1300, BR wrote:

    Many governments around the world, including the NZ government,
    removed the option for doctors to prescribe cheap generic drugs like
    ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine for the prevention and treatment of
    covid19 under penalty of de-registration.

    Let-As just say, the country where that ivermectin/hydroxychloroquine >>bullshit originated was the one that suffered most from COVID-19.

    Coincidence? You be the judge.

    How do you even know that? The covid death statistics were so fudged
    and politicised that nobody really knows how many people actually died
    of covid.

    Then there was those who died with covid, the example below is an example.


    Remember that time somebody who was shot dead in the street was
    included in the covid death statistics because covid was found in him
    later during the post mortem?

    Bill.

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  • From Your Name@YourName@YourISP.com to nz.general on Sun Nov 23 18:02:04 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.general

    On 2025-11-23 03:19:31 +0000, Gordon said:

    On 2025-11-23, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
    On 2025-11-22 23:06:45 +0000, Willy Nilly said:

    On Fri, 21 Nov 2025, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
    Fankly, with the next pandemic, government should just say "sod it" and >>>> let millions of people die if they don't want to get vaccinated, stay
    home, etc. At least it would then massively increase the average
    intelligence of the human race by getting rid of all the morons!

    Your recommended course of action is correct, but for the wrong
    reasons. You still think vaccinations are a good thing -- you haven't
    learned.

    What I want to believe is irrelevant - that was the point.

    The health experts should still give the advice and tose who want to
    get vaccines and stay home can, while those who don't want to need not
    ...

    In others a decomacray as normal, no mandates

    BUT those who don't and get sick should not get any government paid
    medical care because *they* chose to ignore the advice, they should
    live, or die, with the consequences.

    Some too the shot and died suddenly.

    Yes, most, if not all, due to some other complication, not the vaccine itself.



    Let us also remember that President Biden has 6 booster shots and got covid
    3 times. He was not along in this.

    Here we go yet again. :-\

    The vaccine was *never* *ever* said to give 100% immunity and wasn't
    meant to. It simply gives your body's immune system a "heads up" so it
    then knows better how to fight the infection when you do get it, thus lessening the severity and the length of your illness.

    That's exactly the same as with many other vaccines that you are meant
    to get regular boosters for, such as tetanus, flu, shingles, etc.




    The same should happen elsewhere too. If, for example, some fool
    decides to climb a mountain and falls off or gets lost, then tough.
    Don't waste money and other people's lives trying to rescue them - it
    was their own choice, they should deal with the consequences.



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