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  • Tax policy as a key health determinant: Reform for the Covid-19 reset

    … is the way we all share our resources in contributing to a healthy, decent and just society. Tax reform options should … become less progressive than they were in the 1980s. 1 As a flat tax, GST takes a bigger chunk out of the incomes of … Marshall Plan’, similar to that used to rebuild Europe after World War II. This should require multinational …
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  • Dropping the ball on measles? Aotearoa must close an ‘immunity gap’ to avoid a measles epidemic

    … requirements for primary schools and pre-schools to reach a 95% plus coverage target. It is these institutions that … to new measles cases arising in the community to have a stronger immunisation component.  The global increase in … exposure to the case and mostly contacts are identified after this time. To date, there has been limited use of wider …
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  • More evidence that elimination is the best COVID-19 control strategy for health and the economy

    … In this blog we briefly consider a new report from a European think tank that aims to identify an optimal … in health and economic terms. Nevertheless, more data and a longer-term perspective is needed, before we can be really …
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  • Tax policy reform: equity, fairness, and health

    … money for public services  to deal effectively with a daunting range of economic, social, health and climate … change crises . Our tax system does not regard wealth as a source of revenue: we do not tax assets, inheritances, or … over $180,000. A 2% annual tax on net wealth over $2m (net after debts subtracted) eg, an annual $20,000 on $3m net …
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  • Faster mortality decline – slower population ageing. How could this be?

    … of number of New Zealanders aged 65 plus Have you sat in a meeting recently, or listened to the radio, where someone is invoking the aging population as a harbringer of doom and gloom due to the tsunami of older … are other significant differences as well. These include cognitive improvements (the “Flynn effect” applies at all …
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  • Capitalising on NZ’s linked data by increasing IT and researcher capacity: Opportunity is knocking

    … A key strategic advantage for NZ and research is our national … these opportunities and barriers.  We believe we are at a moment in time when a major centralized investment is … messy and mis-measured data longitudinal analyses (often researchers analyse longitudinal data as though it is …
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  • The science is certain: masks work. Policy and practice must support their use

    … Summary A new comprehensive evidence review has concluded that masks have a valuable role in preventing the spread of infectious … and widely worn when indoor air quality is poor and infection risk is high. Why Aotearoa New Zealand needs to act …
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  • Severe domestic squalor in Aotearoa New Zealand: A preliminary survey

    … Summary A preliminary survey of local Age Concerns and district and … neighbours, and their pets. Respondents ranked having a lead agency that coordinates a multi-agency response and … Most helping agencies have limited resources and often struggle unsuccessfully by themselves. A coordinated …
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  • Children and young people and COVID-19: The urgent need for improved guidance in NZ

    … children and young people in the Auckland outbreak may be a preview of what an uncontrolled COVID-19 pandemic would … Early reports suggested that COVID-19 was typically a mild and self-limiting disease in children, with a very low … understood to be a significant feature of COVID-19 infection. It is now clear that post-infectious phenomena …
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  • Using a fun “Mask Day” at school to promote pandemic protection in the NZ community

    … recommended using face coverings or fabric masks as a strategy to contain COVID-19 pandemic virus transmission, … community. Aotearoa New Zealand is currently experiencing a second outbreak of COVID-19, necessitating Alert Level 3 … led to complacency by the general public in maintaining infection control measures throughout Alert Level 1. The …
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