Back into red, Wordle, Life on Mars, and the usual anti-vax roundup
24 January 2022
Welcome to the NZ Skeptics newsletter.
Articles tagged with "variant"
Omicron is here, and we're red!
24 January 2022
As you read this you'll know that the country is now back into the red traffic light setting. The Omicron variant of COVID is now out in the community and, given its transmissibility, expected to spread widely and quickly. In the press conference yesterday it was acknowledged that there is likely undetected transmission of Omicron in the community. Omicron has likely been transmitted by flights around the country (a flight attendant was infected with Omicron) and people also have attended a wedding and visited various venues.
Omicron
29 November 2021
As I write this there's news breaking about a new variant of concern of the COVID virus, now named as Omicron.
You can do anything that you wanna do
20 September 2021
Thanks to everyone who joined our online Skeptics in the Pub meetings over the last two weeks. We've had such a good time chatting with skeptics who we usually only see once or twice a year that we've decided to make our national online meetings a regular event.