J.R. Bruning, Author at Brownstone Institute

J.R. Bruning

J.R. Bruning is a consultant sociologist (B.Bus.Agribusiness; MA Sociology) based in New Zealand. Her work explores governance cultures, policy and the production of scientific and technical knowledge. Her Master’s thesis explored the ways science policy creates barriers to funding, stymying scientists’ efforts to explore upstream drivers of harm. Bruning is a trustee of Physicians & Scientists for Global Responsibility (PSGR.org.nz). Papers and writing can be found at TalkingRisk.NZ and at JRBruning.Substack.com and at Talking Risk on Rumble.

The Silent Shame of Health Institutions

By J.R. Bruning | March 12, 2024

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There is no scientific agency outside the Ministry of Health that has flexibility and the capacity to undertake autonomous, long-term monitoring and research in... Read more.

The ‘Re-Education’ of New Zealand Medical Doctors

By J.R. Bruning | January 23, 2024

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During 2020-2023, professional regulatory associations became de-facto wardens of the more authoritarian Covid-19 nation-states, which included New Zealand. The... Read more.

New Zealand Government Data Suggests Alarming Pfizer Death Rate

By J.R. Bruning | December 1, 2023

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A statistician has come forward with disturbing information that, if correct, will promote doubt on the safety of mRNA vaccination for decades into the future. ... Read more.

Locking in Mandated Medicine by Short-Circuiting Democracy

By J.R. Bruning | November 28, 2023

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What we see in command medication and digital is a general failure to require and include in these policies a place for the production of scientific information... Read more.

Regulatory Science as Propaganda

By J.R. Bruning | August 13, 2023

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In a pattern akin to the respect demanded of high priests, the only purveyors of God’s message; special scientists were the Final Word when it came to The Sci... Read more.

New Zealand’s International Travel Vaccination Certificate: A Ponzi Scheme?

By J.R. Bruning | November 17, 2022

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The ludicrous stupidity of vaccine passports for a rapidly mutating respiratory virus is patently clear for anyone with either awareness of the history of publi... Read more.

A Revolution Under the Cloak of Normalcy

By J.R. Bruning | October 21, 2022

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When tied to central bank digital currency, access to resources (through digital currency and/or tokens) can be time specified and for a limited purpose. Permis... Read more.

Legacy Media Pushes the Mask Mandate: The New Zealand Case

By J.R. Bruning | June 7, 2022

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This media are not the arbiters of truth. They are tamed and compliant, and overly-dependent on opinion-based Op-eds while lacking resources, media freedom guid... Read more.

New Zealand Used Selective Science and Force to Drive High Vaccination Rates

By J.R. Bruning | April 26, 2022

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It’s probable that the mountain of legislation produced over the last two years never fulfilled democratic norms of accountability and transparency. For scien... Read more.