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  • An upgraded Alert Level 2 is urgently needed to address the Delta Variant threat

    … landscape has changed, and the system must be updated to address the threat of the highly transmissible Delta … circulation is elevated.   Photo by  Anna Tarazevich  from  Pexels On 17 August 2021, a community case with Delta … in a  recent paper for the NZ context [5]). Regardless of how the Alert Levels are labelled, the key logic of the …
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  • Water infrastructure failures from Cyclone Gabrielle show low resilience to climate change

    … and closed roads. Here we assess the reported damage to water infrastructure in this disaster and find evidence of … facing structural disadvantage. 14  Inability to access safe drinking water can be another stress on already … Cyclone Gabrielle has provided additional lessons on how the country has neglected building resiliency into its …
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  • The need for long-term thinking – Especially for preventing catastrophic risks

    … NZ. This Briefing highlights the problem and the need to strengthen long-term thinking. Short-term thinking leads … this threat also demands a long-term focus on building in safe locations and having the appropriate infrastructure such … levied on low-income people who don’t own houses – given how capital gains and assets are not taxed (see an upcoming …
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  • Emphasis on indigenous forests in ETS would benefit public health

    … that in its current form, the ETS is not expected to drive gross emissions reductions. Instead, the ETS has … to the review . We touch on the impacts to human health from climate change and then outline the problems for public … or through restoring native vegetation— should address how the changes in composition and configuration of …
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  • Lessons from jurisdictions that are battling their own Delta variant outbreaks

    … outbreak in the community brings a new challenge to Aotearoa New Zealand’s COVID-19 response. A Delta outbreak … border . Queensland’s border restrictions with NSW will stay in place until at least October, with the Queensland … ‘aggressive suppression’ COVID-19 strategy going forward . How are other jurisdictions responding to Delta? Taiwan was …
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  • Risk proportionate regulation of nicotine and tobacco products: More rhetoric than reality

    … Summary The Government, and almost everyone considering how to achieve a Smokefree Aotearoa, agrees that nicotine and … must implement robust policies to protect young people from addiction to alternative nicotine and tobacco products.  …
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  • Strengthening Omicron mitigation strategies in Early Childhood Education settings

    … doubling every few days, what opportunities are there to strengthen the mitigation approaches in early education … hospitalisations also tend to be brief (median length of stay 2 to 3 days) and are often for croup, bronchiolitis, and … of Education is providing information to ECEs about how to measure and improve ventilation, there has been less …
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  • Tobacco industry ‘transformation’ – more smoke and mirrors?

    … on an article examining tobacco industry transformation 1 from the Tobacco Control 30 th anniversary issue and consider … 2 Finally, we review tobacco companies’ responses to the Smokefree Aotearoa Action Plan and whether their … tobacco control policies. This threat underlines how crucial complete and timely implementation of the …
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  • Preventing outbreaks of COVID-19 in NZ associated with air travel from Australia: New Modelling study of alternatives to quarantine

    … the risk of COVID-19 outbreaks associated with air travel from Australia (with a low prevalence of COVID-19 infection) to NZ. We found that the combined use of exit and entry … (simplified and not showing the precise details for how the cabin crew move back and forward between countries …
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  • Public health response to report on potential risk of nitrate from drinking water

    … the relative contributions of nitrate in our diet from water and food. The report comes in response to emerging epidemiological evidence observing nitrate in … explain why the evidence in this report is not sufficient to draw these conclusions by highlighting some key …
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