Adverse events following the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine (Pfizer-BioNTech) in Aotearoa New Zealand
P McKenna made this Official Information request to Ministry of Health
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From: P McKenna
Dear Ministry of Health,
The Ministry of Health funded a preprint study: 'Adverse events following the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine (Pfizer-BioNTech) in Aotearoa New Zealand' It was published as a pre-print in the Lancet in January 2023.
1. Please supply the Raw numbers of hospital admissions for each AESI accessed in that study that were recorded for the period of 3 weeks following each dose.
2. Please supply the number of hospital admissions of each AESI for the period of one year following dose 2.
3. Please supply the number of all hospital admissions for each AESI for the period 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021
4. Please supply the unpublished December 2021, Auckland University study titled Background rates of adverse events of special interest (AESIs) for COVID-19 vaccination by Petousis-Harris H.P., J. Zhao,et al. entitled: Background rates of adverse events of special interest (AESIs) for COVID-19 vaccination.
Thankyou very much.
Yours faithfully,
P McKenna
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Kia ora P McKenna
Thank you for your request for official information received on 3 February
2023:
1. Please supply the Raw numbers of hospital admissions for each AESI
accessed in that study that were recorded for the period of 3 weeks
following each dose.
2. Please supply the number of hospital admissions of each AESI for the
period of one year following dose 2.
3. Please supply the number of all hospital admissions for each AESI for
the period 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021
4. Please supply the unpublished December 2021, Auckland University study
titled Background rates of adverse events of special interest (AESIs) for
COVID-19 vaccination by Petousis-Harris H.P., J. Zhao,et al. entitled:
Background rates of adverse events of special interest (AESIs) for
COVID-19 vaccination.
The reference number for your request is: H2023019860.
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Kia ora P McKenna
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Kia ora P McKenna
Please find attached a letter relating to your official information act
request.
Ngā mihi
OIA Services Team
Manatū Hauora | Ministry of Health
M[1]inistry of Health information releases
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Kia ora P McKenna,
It appears that your original request (outlined below) will need to be
clarified or amended to enable us to respond. Please note, any
clarification or amendment of a request is considered to be a new request
for the purpose of calculating the maximum statutory timeframe for
response¡ªsee section 15(1AA) of the Official Information Act.
Your request is as follows:
1. ¡°Please supply the Raw numbers of hospital admissions for each AESI
accessed in that study that were recorded for the period of 3 weeks
following each dose.
2. Please supply the number of hospital admissions of each AESI for the
period of one year following dose 2.
3. Please supply the number of all hospital admissions for each AESI for
the period 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021
4. Please supply the unpublished December 2021, Auckland University study
titled Background rates of adverse events of special interest (AESIs) for
COVID-19 vaccination by Petousis-Harris H.P., J. Zhao,et al. entitled:
Background rates of adverse events of special interest (AESIs) for
COVID-19 vaccination.¡±
Please note, to ensure we are able to answer your request and avoid
refusing, we must narrow the scope we¡¯re looking at. The team responsible
for collating the relevant information to your request has asked for the
following clarification:
2. Please supply the number of hospital admissions of each AESI for the
period of one year following dose 2.
Please note that each individual received a second dose at different
periods of time. Therefore, there will be endless combinations
(¡Ýmillion), are you happy to have this provided with a period of one year
from the start date?
Please provide your clarification as soon as possible. If we do not hear
back from you by 2 March, then we will proceed based on the information we
have available.
Ng¨¡ mihi
Ministerial Services
Te Whatu Ora ¨C Health New Zealand
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From: P McKenna
Dear hnzOIA,
I see your point.
Your suggestion for Q2 would be fine- please proceed.
Yours sincerely,
P McKenna
From: hnzOIA
Tçnâ koe P McKenna,
Time Extension of your Official Information Act request,
reference: HNZ00009632
Thank you for your request for information, which was transferred from the
Ministry of Health to Te Whatu Ora on 15 February 2023, asking for
information relating to hospital admissions for each AESI which has been
considered under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act). You
specifically requested:
"...the Raw numbers of hospital admissions for each AESI accessed in that
study that were recorded for the period of 3 weeks following each dose".
Te Whatu Ora will not be able to respond within the timeframe set out in
the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) because consultation necessary to
make a decision on your request is such that a proper response cannot
reasonably be made within the normal 20 working day time limit. Te Whatu
Ora will reply to your request by no later than 24 March 2023, earlier if
possible.
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at [2]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or by phoning 0800 802 602.
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Kia ora P,
Please find attached a response regarding your request for information.
If you have any questions, please get in touch
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Ngâ mihi
Ministerial Services
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victor left an annotation ()
Follow up questions please Paul.
1. Why were only 12 AESI selected for the MOH report
2. What were the criteria for AESI inclusion/omission to the MOH report
3. What was the process of inclusion/omission of AESI, whom was involved in the process and whom made the final decision on inclusion/omission
4. Where is the equivalent raw data for the numerous AESI's not included in the MOH report
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Apology to P Mckenna.
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P McKenna left an annotation ()
Hi Victor
All good questions. I have OIA'd for the other hospitalisation data. Feel free to OIA for the reasons why they missed them out... I think we can appreciate why.
Paul
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