Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: Public Address Word of the…, in reply to cindy baxter,
we only did bubbles for a short while
They are re- screening TVCs for the It's Not OK campaign this week and the associated address is still .. safebubble
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zui
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Speaker: Rewarding competence, in reply to BenWilson,
it’s authoritarian response to the pandemic, which was a victory for the complete absence of any sensible democratic debate.
The govt created a specific select committee to provide a venue for that debate. They are not responsible for what chair Simon Bridges did with it.
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Hard News: Cannabis: legalisation versus…, in reply to Neil,
There are never enough resources to go around in any health system, so there will always be trade-offs about who receives which care.
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Hard News: The long road to "Yes", in reply to Sacha,
Benedict’s article:
The New Zealand Medical Association chair, who was forced to apologise and clarify the union’s stance on the cannabis referendum, has been criticised by former Prime Minister Helen Clark, who said it previously “gave a false impression to voters of what doctors think”.
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On if it was irresponsible to come out as an ‘against’ voice repeatedly and only clarifying its position less than two weeks before election day, NZMA said it is often “invited by the media to discuss any number of health issues”.Article includes link to NZMA’s open letter to its members, dated Friday 9 October.
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Tweet from TVNZ reporter Benedict Collins:
So after staunchly opposing the legalisation of cannabis all year NZ Medical Association chair Kate Baddock has issued a statement and apology, in the middle of voting, saying actually the NZMA has "no position regarding the cannabis referendum".
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Hard News: Cannabis: legalisation versus…, in reply to Neil,
Acuteness is not the same as overall level of harm across a population, nor a guarantee of greatest benefit. It is natural when you work in acute care to think that should be the priority.
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Thank you, Graham.