Gordon Campbell on the changes that Covid-19 is causing, plus a Spotify playlist for y’all
Will life (and the economy) ever be the same again after the Covid-19 crisis is over? Obviously not, even leaving aside the impact on people […]
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Gordon Campbell on the changes that Covid-19 is causing, plus a Spotify playlist for y’all
No CommentsByWill life (and the economy) ever be the same again after the Covid-19 crisis is over? Obviously not, even leaving …
Gordon Campbell on the rationing of PPE gear, masks and everything else
No CommentsByFrom the outset, the perceived need to ration our scarce resources seems to have driven the response to Covid-19. Rationing …
Gordon Campbell on the ethics (and some of the economics) of lifting the lockdown
No CommentsByAs New Zealand passes the half-way mark towards moving out of Level Four lockdown, the trade-offs involved in life-after-lockdown are …
Gordon Campbell on the lockdown, masks and aerosol transmission
No CommentsByI ronically, our relative success in suppressing the exponential spread of Covid-19 is only increasing the pressure to ease back …
Gordon Campbell on wage cuts, and the Listener’s demise
No CommentsByVarious levels of across the board wage cuts – 10%? 15% ?- are being mooted for workers in some of …
Gordon Campbell on the changes hitting the economy, work, and the benefit system
No CommentsByThe economy may be falling like a rock but it hasn’t hit the bottom of the well yet, here or …
Gordon Campbell on buying ventilators, and expanding the testing for Covid-19
No CommentsByBefore getting into recent developments….. who knew that Covid-19 was so powerful it could make NZ parliamentarians act like adults, …
Gordon Campbell on our (fatal?) shortage of ventilators
No CommentsByWith a few honourable exceptions there has been a striking lack of focus on the (insufficient) number of ventilators in …
Gordon Campbell on what leadership ( and the lack of it) looks like
No CommentsByL eadership is an intangible quality, but most New Zealanders will be thanking their lucky stars for what’s being provided …
Gordon Campbell and six short takes about the lockdown
No CommentsByTo begin with, a correction : in yesterday’s column I said that there were 650,000 New Zealanders in Australia that …
Gordon Campbell on Australia’s callousness, and grandparents as parents amid Covid-19
No CommentsByReportedly, there are some 650,000 New Zealanders living in Australia. Many will lose their jobs in the economic crash caused …
Gordon Campbell on how long lockdowns need to last, and the ventilator shortages
No CommentsByThe lockdown announced yesterday by PM Jacinda Ardern is consistent with the advice from the Imperial College Covid-19 team in …