Welcome to the NZ Skeptics newsletter.
We're very close to our annual conference which we're running in conjunction with the Australian Skeptics. I encourage you to check it out - and we'd love to have you there.
This past week's seen more drama around COVID and vaccinations, and worryingly, increased cases and spread outside of Auckland.
Read on below...
…or up to 3 months after? Our fantastic online conference - Skepticon 2021 - in conjunction with the Australian Skeptics is fast approaching. We're online on 20th and 21st of November, but if you buy ... (160 words)
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In my last newsletter from two weeks ago, I wrote about the vaccine exemptions that anti-vaxxers wanted to use. They intended to use the wording of section 7A of the COVID response act to exempt ... (347 words)
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This coming week has the threat of action against the government with yet another protest organised by Destiny Church and its leaders Brian (variously adorned with the title of Bishop, or Apostle) ... (332 words)
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It continues to amaze me the lengths science deniers and anti-vaxxers will go to to try to convince people of vaccine harm. This week, Daniel published some pictures from an anti-vax group on our ... (180 words)
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Over the past couple of weeks, I've seen articles about Dominic Bowden on a new podcast about “wellbeing” called WellBeings. Dominic Bowden is a bit of a celebrity - having appeared on The Bachelor ... (300 words)
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Last week Mark published an item from Stuart Landsborough, from Wanaka's Puzzling World about his recent epiphany about how we can deal with climate change. I found Stuart's item contained some great ... (601 words)
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Covid-19 The Pandemic That Should Never Have Happened - by Debra MacKenzie 2020 (available on Amazon) MacKenzie is a journalist who has covered infectious diseases for New Scientist for several ... (335 words)
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