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  • Why eliminating Covid-19 is critical: Since more waves of infection, hospitalisations and deaths are inevitable for other countries until a vaccine arrives

    … (ii) allow a sufficient proportion of the population to get infected and become immune to re-infection so there are no longer enough non-immune … have tried to make this calculation using information from a range of sources, including the quarantined Diamond …
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  • Why the New Zealand Government should reconsider abandoning denicotinised cigarettes

    … Summary New Zealand is the first country to enact legislation to “denicotinise” cigarettes to minimally addictive levels. … around 5000 New Zealanders continue to die every year from smoking and a persistence of associated health …
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  • What does recent biomarker literature say about the likely harm from e-cigarettes?

    … levels in e-cigarette users (vapers) are compared to those from tobacco smokers. The results are highly … of e-cigarette products in the international market. How vapers actually use these products is also a likely … chronic disease would be expected to decline. But if they stay vaping long-term – then they may still be exposed to …
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  • Regulator failure on nitrate in drinking water dumps escalating costs on those downstream

    … region. Furthermore the area under irrigation, also linked to increased nitrate pollution, has continued to increase. As … demonstrates failure by ECan to protect drinking water from nitrate contamination but also suggests the regulator’s … to know, but appears not to be publicly available, is how this increase in dairy cattle is distributed between …
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  • Using a fun “Mask Day” at school to promote pandemic protection in the NZ community

    … using face coverings or fabric masks as a strategy to contain COVID-19 pandemic virus transmission, the uptake … Organization. Our successful elimination of SARS-CoV-2 from the first stringent lockdown has led to complacency by … of the classes, whilst learning about the pandemic and how masks work to protect others in the community. The …
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  • The need for a robust scientific definition for the elimination of COVID-19 from New Zealand

    … the case for a scientific definition of elimination to help guide our national COVID-19 response. The definition … epidemiology. Eradication is the “permanent reduction to zero of the worldwide incidence of infection caused by a … it has not yet adopted such a goal. Nevertheless, a report from Australia’s leading research universities (“The Group of …
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  • NZ should prepare for a potentially severe global coronavirus pandemic

    … summarise our assessment of the highly uncertain new coronavirus threat. Given its potential to become a severe and prolonged global pandemic, a … because of uncertainties in both the numerator (fatalities from this infection) and denominator (those infected, …
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  • Increases in speed limits: Unjust and unjustifiable

    … explores the tension between international attempts to increase road safety and the speed limit increases in the … times, based on an economic rationale: weighing time saved from faster travel against increased injuries and deaths, … road, as people—quite correctly—see the road as being less safe for them to use. Our walking and cycling rates, …
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  • New Vaping Bill: Some important progress but critical gaps remain

    … Summary The coalition Government has moved quickly to “crack down” on youth vaping and proposes introducing new … youth was 17.3%, nearly twice as high as estimates from England (9.7%), and almost three times as high Canadian … than disallowing particular product types, given how easily the vaping industry circumvents regulations and …
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  • Calling for action on suicide prevention in Aotearoa

    … Action Plan for 2025-2029. We have a unique opportunity to craft a Suicide Prevention Action Plan that is … than additive and acknowledges that the solutions required to prevent suicide are broad and far-reaching.  A … trends).  Yet suicides are preventable. 2 Suicide results from a complex interaction of systemic, societal and …
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