COVID-19 Elimination Strategy

Malcolm France made this Official Information request to Chris Hipkins

The request was refused by Chris Hipkins.

From: Malcolm France

Dear Chris Hipkins,

For purposes of this document and attached process, if any, the term “NEW ZEALAND” hereafter NZ means the corporation NZ, and all officers, agents, employees, subdivisions and representatives thereof”

I request to be provided with the all evidence and facts of the following questions under section 12 of the Official Information Act 1982 ,and The Declaration on Open and Transparent Government as approved by Cabinet on 8 August 2011.

There is much conflicting information out in public mostly on social media about SARS-COV- and COVID-19

Government is providing confusing or changing information. Official information is hard and time consuming to find and then decipher . Making it hard to fact check governments information including suspicious and/or lack of information.

GIVEN

The death rates in new York are as follows 45-64 yrs 22.4 %
65-74 yrs 4.9%
75 + yrs 48.7%

That means 96 % of deaths are over 45 years old with nearly half of deaths over 75 yrs old.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronaviru...

Coincidentally and more importantly 75 % of those deaths have a coexisting condition and 24% are unknown with only 0.7% dying of COVID-19 without other conditions

Given that the death rate of those who get COVID-19 in New York is 57k /2274k @ 2.5% or in total USA is 771k/37,117 @ 2.1% then the real COVID-19 alone death rate is 0.014-0.0175% (0.7% of 2.1 -2.5%).

Therefore the problem is not catching the virus per se , but the resulting disease itself , which is a health issue of lifestyle non communicable diseases. Which coincidently make up the unnecessary health epidemic happening in western world . As shown by the top 10 deaths of USA in a normal year. (which includes related to being older).
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/leading...

This requires I obtain information from you as follows asap in days not weeks in order to make an informed decision about the vaccine choice.

1) Why is there no mention of a humans optimal health and natural immunity status in any discussions and information coming from you , and other government ministers and officials on COVID-19 strategy ?

2) Why is there no mention of prevention of ill health in any discussions and information coming from you , and other government ministers and officials on COVID-19 strategy ?

3) Why are you and NZ still pursuing an elimination strategy in light of DR Jay Bhattacharya's recent October 2021 claims producing the Great Barrington Declaration declares no lock down's , no coerced/mandated vaccines with targeted strategy of protection for the vulnerable is more efficient, with better well being outcomes for everyone ?

https://gbdeclaration.org/

4) Given all the preceding, what reason and justification do you and NZ have for authorizing a mandated COVID-19 vaccine in the public and private sector that breaches and overrides s10 and 11 of the Bill of Rights 1990 that is written to protect humans from government and ultimately proves humans have no rights under that Act?

As the Minister of COVID-19 Response you will already have these answers to competently do your job, so they should take no time at all. While i have checked for same or similar requests on FYI and found none, if this specific OIA has been answered , then forward them, in order to save time .

I look forward to your personal response in the manner and less than the time required under the NZ Official Information Act to the above contacts due to urgency.

Yours faithfully,

legal person and said citizen
Mr Malcolm France

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From: C Hipkins (MIN)
Chris Hipkins

Kia ora

 

Thank you for taking the time to write to Hon Chris Hipkins, Minister for
COVID-19 Response, Minister of Education, Minister for the Public Sector
and Leader of the House.

We are receiving a significant amount of correspondence at the moment and,
although your email will be carefully considered and noted, it is not
possible to respond to each individual email. However, please note that
this is an automatic response and we will endeavour to respond to your
individual queries as soon as we can.

You can find the latest information and guidance about Alert Levels at
[1]https://covid19.govt.nz/alert-levels-and...
The locations of interest are set out
at [2]https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/dise...
encourage anyone who has been at one of the locations of interest at the
time specified to self-isolate and call Healthline on 0800 358 5453. You
can find the nearest testing centre to you
at [3]https://www.healthpoint.co.nz/covid-19/.

We appreciate that this is a challenging time. If you need to talk, you
can call or text 1737 at any time. Mental health and wellbeing resources
are also available
at [4]https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/dise...
about the financial support available to individuals and businesses can be
found at [5]https://covid19.govt.nz/business-and-mon....

We also understand that there are several other aspects to the response
that are very important to people. You can find more information about:

o Managed Isolation and Quarantine (MIQ)
at [6]https://www.miq.govt.nz/, including how to request an emergency
allocation
at [7]https://www.miq.govt.nz/travel-to-new-ze...
make a complaint or request a review of your application by
emailing [8]https://www.miq.govt.nz/about/contact-us....
o Travel with Australia
at [9]https://covid19.govt.nz/travel/quarantin...
you are in Australia, please register
at [10]https://www.safetravel.govt.nz/ and if it is an emergency,
contact the Consulate on +64 99 20 20 20.
o Vaccines at [11]https://covid19.govt.nz/covid-19-vaccines/, including
how to book your vaccine
at [12]https://bookmyvaccine.covid19.health.nz/... by calling 0800 28
29 26.
o Vaccine data and statistics
at [13]https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/dise...
Medsafe’s vaccine safety monitoring reports
at [14]https://www.medsafe.govt.nz/COVID-19/vac...
o The Government’s plan to reconnect New Zealand with the rest of the
world
at [16]https://covid19.govt.nz/reconnecting-new....

Please remember to take care, and be kind. We have beaten COVID-19 before,
and we can do it again.

Ngā mihi,

Office of Hon Chris Hipkins

Minister for COVID-19 Response | Minister of Education | Minister for the
Public Sector | Leader of the House | MP for Remutaka

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From: Tiffany Vail

Kia ora Malcolm

Thank you for your email received on 4 November 2021 in which you submitted a request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) to Hon Chris Hipkins, Minister for COVID-19 Response. You have requested:

“1) Why is there no mention of a humans optimal health and natural immunity status in any discussions and information coming from you , and other government ministers and officials on COVID-19 strategy ?

2) Why is there no mention of prevention of ill health in any discussions and information coming from you , and other government ministers and officials on COVID-19 strategy ?

3)Why are you and NZ still pursuing an elimination strategy in light of DR Jay Bhattacharya's recent October 2021 claims producing the Great Barrington Declaration declares no lock down's , no coerced/mandated vaccines with targeted strategy of protection for the vulnerable is more efficient, with better well being outcomes for everyone ?

https://gbdeclaration.org/

4) Given all the preceding, what reason and justification do you and NZ have for authorizing a mandated COVID-19 vaccine in the public and private sector that breaches and overrides s10 and 11 of the Bill of Rights 1990 that is written to protect humans from government and ultimately proves humans have no rights under that Act?”

While the Act allows New Zealanders to ask for information from Ministers and government agencies, there is no requirement for Ministers or agencies to create new information, compile information they do not hold or provide or prove an opinion. Your questions and the statements that support them appear designed to engage in a debate about the Government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, rather than a request for official information. The Act does not support requests where an opinion, comment, argument, or hypothetical statement is put to Ministers or agencies for response, couched as a request for information. These questions are therefore refused under section 18(g) of the Act on the grounds that the information sought is not held by this office.

Vaccines are a critical aspect of the package of measures used to reduce the risk of COVID-19. The vaccination programme is expected to reduce the overall infection rate and the incidence of symptomatic disease, and therefore the risk of onward transmission within our communities.

The following link to the Ministry of Health's website provides information on vaccine effectiveness and other health measures: https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/dise...

The statistics on the Ministry of Health’s website show that the majority of the people who are infected with COVID-19 and/or in hospital are unvaccinated:
https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/dise....

The Government is acting consistently and in compliance with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 and Human Rights Act 1993. Human rights matters are considered as part of the making of legal instruments as part of the COVID-19 response, and section 5 of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 provides that the rights can be subject to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society. You may wish to refer to the following link regarding Human Rights and COVID-19:
https://www.hrc.co.nz/resources/human-ri...

Under section 28(3) of the Act you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review any decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may be contacted by email at: [email address] or by phone on 0800 802 602.

Ngā mihi

Tiffany Vail | Private Secretary, Health
Office of Hon Chris Hipkins
Minister for COVID-19 Response

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From: Malcolm France

Dear Tiffany Vail,

I find this reponse inadequate given the seriousness of the topic but spoken like a true politician

As the questions where written to illicit information , before any debate could be had ( debating not being the purpose of either FYI or the OIA as you well know) . Although OIA are often preludes to debate (held in diferent places) depending on the information recieved .

I clarify the questions and request and require you to answer them;

1) & 2) What records , studies , surveys , reseaerch., reports, and other information destroyed, looked at , searched for or been given (even if not looked at) , what meetings were held , conference calls made, phone conversations had , emails echanged and other communication was had when making decisions about the level of public ill health (comorbidities) and combating it to reduce the deaths from covid-19 as part of the sars-cov-2 and covid19 pandemic strategy by you (Chris Hipkins) , and other government ministers and officials ? including what lead to decisions about minimising it .?

Provide copies of all of the above .

3) What records , studies , surveys , reseaerch., reports, and other information destroyed, looked at , searched for or been given (even if not looked at) , what meetings were held , conference calls made, phone conversations had , emails echanged and other communication was had when making decisions about the Covid19 pandemic response strategy by you (Chris Hipkins) , and other government ministers and officials with regard to information/studies like DR Jay Bhattacharya's recent October 2021 claims producing the Great Barrington Declaration ( that declared no lock down's , no coerced/mandated vaccines with targeted strategy of protection for the vulnerable is more efficient, with better well being outcomes for everyone) and others that contradicted your Covid19 pandemic response strategy ?

https://gbdeclaration.org/

Please provide copies of all.

4) What records , studies , surveys , reseaerch., reports, and other information destroyed, looked at , searched for or been given (even if not looked at) , what meetings were held , conference calls made, phone conversations had , emails echanged and other communication was had when making decisions about using section 5 of The Bill of Rights Act 1990 for NZ to authorize a mandated COVID-19 vaccine in the public and private sector that breaches and overrides s10 and 11 of the Bill of Rights 1990 that is written to protect humans from over-reaching/bad government , that takes away the rights of those who chose not to have a experimental vaccine (both medical procedure and experiment) ?

Please provide copies of all of ot.

As the Minister of COVID-19 Response you will already have these answers to competently do your job, so they should take no time at all. While i have checked for same or similar requests on FYI and found none, if this specific OIA has been answered , then forward them, in order to save time .
I look forward to your personal response in the manner and less than the time required under the NZ Official Information Act to the above contacts due to urgency.

Yours sincerely,

Malcolm France
by AR

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