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COVID Mandates: Rights of Individuals versus the Collective
Victor Luca, 2-Mar-22 Unpublished New Zealand is more a social democracy than a liberal one in the sense that the rights of the...
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Mar 2, 20224 min read


Vaccine Adverse Events
COVID-19, vaccine side effects, vaccine adverse events
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Feb 28, 20227 min read


Dealing with a Respiratory Virus Two Years On
Dr Victor Luca Published in The Beacon 21-Jan-22 Two years have now passed since COVID-19 first disrupted our lives. On the 8th of April...
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Jan 19, 20225 min read


Smoking and COVID-19
Dr Victor Luca Published, Whakatāne Beacon, Wednesday 29-Dec-21 Air pollution is a leading cause of global mortality, being responsible...
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Jan 17, 20223 min read


Voices for Freedom are Voices for BS
COVID-19, Voices for Freedom, Vaccines, Misinformation, Social Media
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Nov 28, 20215 min read


What does history teach us about plagues & vaccines?
Vaccine certificates, COVID-19, smallpox, Marcus Aurelius
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Nov 19, 20213 min read


Zoonotic transmission of Covid-19
Published in the Beacon 29-Sep-21 The views expressed here are solely my own and do not express the views or opinions of any organization...
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Oct 17, 20213 min read


SARS-CoV-2: A tricky little virus
Some thoughts on COVID-19 transmission
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Oct 17, 20212 min read


COVID-19 Transmission Back in the News
Dr Victor Luca Published The Beacon 11-Jun-21 This pamphlet was delivered to letter boxes in the district in May. On the 8th of April...
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Jun 12, 20215 min read


The Virtues of Face Masks in the Fight Against COVID
Victor Luca, 12-Jan-21. Unpublished Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic there was considerable denial regarding the benefits of wearing...
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Jan 12, 20213 min read


COVID-19: Does Dose Make the Poison?
Victor Luca, 3-Jan-21. Unpublished The Swiss-German physician, Paracelsus (1493-1541) first stated that "dose makes the poison". Here I...
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Jan 3, 20215 min read


On COVID-19 Vaccines
Victor Luca, Published in The Beacon 31-Dec-20. COVID Free for Now Dr Victor Luca The views expressed here are solely our own and do not...
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Dec 31, 20205 min read


Revenge of the Animals
Victor Luca, 11-Nov-20. Published in The Beacon, 3-Feb-21. I am no animal rights activist, far from it. When I was growing up in...
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Nov 11, 20204 min read


Our Health System in the Age of COVID-19
Victor Luca, 28-Sep-20. Published, The Beacon, 9-Oct-20. I have always been exceedingly grateful that we have in our country an...
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Oct 9, 20205 min read


COVID-19: Will we Squander an Opportunity to Act on Climate?
Victor Luca, 18-Aug-20. For decades now science has been warning us of an impending pandemic, as bad, if not worse than that of 1918. The...
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Aug 18, 20204 min read


COVID-19 Transmission – Was our Ministry of Health was Caught Napping at the Wheel?
Victor Luca 15-Aug-20. COVID-19 can be transmitted through contact (fomites), droplets and via aerosols (airborne). Yet, our Ministry of...
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Aug 15, 20207 min read


Accuracy of the COVID-19 Test
Victor Luca, 1-Jul-20 Published in The Beacon 19-Aug-20 Influenza is the Italian word for “influence” and came to be used for the disease...
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Jul 1, 20207 min read


Where to from here with Infectious Diseases?
Victor Luca, 12-Jun-20. The Beacon 17-Jun-20 The COVID-19 pandemic has given us a baptism of fire in infectious disease and pandemics and...
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Jun 12, 20205 min read


MoH Review of science and policy around face masks and COVID-19
The following is a review of science and policy relating to face masks and COVID-19 by the NZ Ministry of Health as at 15-May-20. It is...
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May 15, 20201 min read


Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Virus the Cause of COVID-19 Disease - Comparison with Influenza A
VIctor Luca & Sandy Milne Published Whakatāne Beacon 8-Apr-20 How does the virus transmit and what can we do about it? There are four...
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Apr 6, 20205 min read
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