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Wednesday, 3 March 2021, 9:55 pm
Three public health advocates are relieved that their
long-standing Whale Oil defamation trial against Cameron
Slater, Carrick Graham, Katherine Rich and the Food and
Grocery Council has finally concluded and they are pleased
that the truth has come out. Shane Bradbrook, Doug Sellman
and Boyd Swinburn settled their case at the High Court
today, just as the evidence was being heard. Graham’s
unreserved apology for his part in defaming the three health
professionals was read out in court (see below). The
settlements from Graham, Rich and the Food and Grocery
Council included confidential payments to the
Covid 19 coronavirus: Government social media moderators set to pounce on vaccine misinformation
16 Feb, 2021 09:23 PM
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The first batch of the Pfizer vaccine arrived in the country about 9.30am on a flight - the first batch is 60,000 doses or 30,000 courses. Video / Supplied
The first batch of the Pfizer vaccine arrived in the country about 9.30am on a flight - the first batch is 60,000 doses or 30,000 courses. Video / Supplied
Political reporter, NZ Herald@AmeliaJWade
An army of Government social media moderators are set to pounce on vaccine misinformation spread online and quickly counter it with facts.
And the vaccination campaign won t aim to convert the hardcore 10 per cent of Kiwis likely to outright refuse to get jabbed, and will instead focus on convincing the vaccine hesitant .
Convincing vaccine fence sitters crucial to COVID herd immunity
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In this life-or-death battle against coronavirus, convincing millions of Australians still sitting on the fence about the vaccine to get the jab will be critical to the success of the countryâs immunisation strategy.
Distinctly separate from anti-vaxxers and conspiracy theorists, the estimated 3.2 million vaccine-hesitant Australians are often naturally cautious but generally vaccinate their children and are largely receptive to public-health guidance.
Claire Thwaites is 22-weeks pregnant and hesitant to take the COVID-19 vaccine due to the lack of testing on pregnant women.
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Press Release – University of Auckland
A century of sexual abuse of women in New Zealand is analysed in a University of Auckland study.
The newly-published research looks back as far as 1922 by analysing interviews with thousands of women about their lifetime experiences.
The study indicates that one in six New Zealand women experience sexual violence from an intimate partner during their lifetime, a rate that has remained remarkably constant over the past century.
Rates of child sexual abuse and non-partner sexual assault seem to have declined slightly but remain alarmingly high at 1 in 5 for child sexual abuse and 1 in 14 for non-partner sexual assault, according to Associate Professor Janet Fanslow, of the School of Population Health, who led the research.