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I am writing on behalf of the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, to acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act request.

Your request will be responded to under the provisions of the Official Information Act 1982.

Yours sincerely

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From: Chuck Schooner [mailto:[FOI #17809 email]]
Sent: Thursday, 2 December 2021 2:34 PM
To: J Ardern (MIN) <[Jacinda Ardern request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Misinformation from PM or Director General of Health

Dear Jacinda Ardern, Ashley Bloomfield,

Prime Minister you are on record as saying the following

"People who are vaccinated will still get Covid-19 it just means that they won't get sick and they won't die".

Director General of Health you are on record as saying the following

"As I mentioned before in this forum and in a separate briefing on the 16th November as our vaccinations rise somewhat counterintuitively the proportion of cases, hospitalizations and deaths rise amongst those who are fully vaccinated".

I can provide video if required.

Pm can you please provide any and all evidence that supports your assertion that the vaccine will mean you won't get sick.

Director General of Health - can you please provide any and all evidence, briefings, papers that support your statement that deaths rise amongst those that are fully vaccinated. Can you also provide any and all evidence showing that more deaths in the vaccinated is a good thing for New Zealand?

I was of the impression lockdowns, masks vaccines were all designed to reduce death rates?

Director General of Health - can you please provide any and all information that Medsafe or MOH hold and if there was a warning of the Pfizer mRNA vaccine to the heart. A recent study titled "mRNA Covid Vaccines Dramatically Increase Endothelial Inflammatory Markers and ACS Risk as Measured by the PULS Cardiac Test - a Warning"

The study concludes that the mRNA vaccines dramatically increase inflammation on the endothelium and T cell infiltration of cardiac muscles which is likely to account for the increased number of adverse cardiac or vascular events and side effects such as thrombosis, caridomyopathy and others post vaccination".

The above effectively mirrors the side effects in the Medsafe reporting and the very large amount of side effects the vaccine is doing to people.

Can you please provide any and all information that Medsafe holds that refutes this study and states that the vaccine is safe for the heart?

Is a cost benefit analysis available to show that an increase risk in heart attacks in the whole population versus limited immunity from the vaccine has benefits that outweighs the risks?

Yours faithfully,

Chuck Schooner

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Tēnā koe,

 

On behalf of Raj Nahna, I attach a letter in response to your OIA request.

 

Ngā mihi,

 

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Office of the Prime Minister

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Kia ora Chuck,

 

Thank you for your request for official information which was transferred
from the Office of the Prime Minister and received by the Ministry of
Health on 16 December 2021.

You requested:

 

“Prime Minister you are on record as saying the following

"People who are vaccinated will still get Covid-19 it just means that they
won't get sick and they won't die".

Director General of Health you are on record as saying the following

"As I mentioned before in this forum and in a separate briefing on the
16th November as our vaccinations rise somewhat counterintuitively the
proportion of cases, hospitalizations and deaths rise amongst those who
are fully vaccinated".

I can provide video if required.

Pm can you please provide any and all evidence that supports your
assertion that the vaccine will mean you won't get sick.

Director General of Health - can you please provide any and all evidence,
briefings, papers that support your statement that deaths rise amongst
those that are fully vaccinated. Can you also provide any and all evidence
showing that more deaths in the vaccinated is a good thing for New
Zealand?

I was of the impression lockdowns, masks vaccines were all designed to
reduce death rates?

Director General of Health - can you please provide any and all
information that Medsafe or MOH hold and if there was a warning of the
Pfizer mRNA vaccine to the heart. A recent study titled "mRNA Covid
Vaccines Dramatically Increase Endothelial Inflammatory Markers and ACS
Risk as Measured by the PULS Cardiac Test - a Warning"

The study concludes that the mRNA vaccines dramatically increase
inflammation on the endothelium and T cell infiltration of cardiac muscles
which is likely to account for the increased number of adverse cardiac or
vascular events and side effects such as thrombosis, caridomyopathy and
others post vaccination".

The above effectively mirrors the side effects in the Medsafe reporting
and the very large amount of side effects the vaccine is doing to people.

Can you please provide any and all information that Medsafe holds that
refutes this study and states that the vaccine is safe for the heart?

Is a cost benefit analysis available to show that an increase risk in
heart attacks in the whole population versus limited immunity from the
vaccine has benefits that outweighs the risks?”

The Ministry received a secondary request for official information on 19
December 2021 for:

 

“Am I correct in saying

 

Are you telling people to get the vaccine because it works? Please provide
any and all documentation confirming that the Ministry of Health relied on
that confirmed two doses works.

 

If the vaccine worked then why are you telling vaccinated to get a
booster.  Please provide any and all documentation confirming that a
booster will work.  Boosters overseas haven’t seem to worked.  What
documentation can MOH provide that a booster will work?

 

So are you telling the unvaccinated to get a vaccine to protect the
vaccinated because the two shots haven’t worked for them? 

 

How is MOH comparing current cases as to who is getting infected? Did MOH
put anything in place in terms of trial groups before you started a
nationwide drug trial on New Zealanders?”

 

The Ministry of Health has consolidated your requests under reference
number: H202117691.

 

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If you have any queries related to this request, please do not hesitate to
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Kia ora 

 

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23 December 2021—Monday 10 January 2022. We will respond to your email
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·    the National Depression Helpline: free call 24/7 on 0800 111 757,
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Please find attached a letter regarding your request for information.

 

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Kia ora Chuck,

 

Thank you for your email, received on 16 May 2022, which was a follow up
from your previous requests (H202117961 and H202117851 refer) for:

 

Just a follow up on this - the PM I understand is currently sick so just
wanted some clarification on the current situation.

 

You stated that you will still get Covid-19 it just means they won't get
sick and die.  Media reports state that you yourself are sick so can you
confirm this was previously a lie?

Unless of course you aren't vaccinated which is maybe the reason while you
are sick?

If the PM has been struck down can you please provide how effective the
vaccine is and how the MOH are measuring the efficacy?

 

As far as I can tell - real world examples including that of the PM show
the vaccine hasn't done anything or our Health Ministry can not or will
not try and produce measurable outcomes of mass vaccination.

 

What is the current situation?

 

While the Act allows New Zealanders to ask for information from Ministers
and government agencies, there is no requirement for 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 COVID-19 vaccination
programme, rather than a request for official information. The Act does
not support requests where an opinion, comment, argument, or hypothetical
statement is put to the Ministry 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 the
Ministry. 

 

You may wish to contact the the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet
for information regarding the prime
minister: [1]https://dpmc.govt.nz/contact-us.

 

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: [2][email address] or by calling 0800
802 602.   

 

Ngā mihi,

 

OIA Services

Government Services

Office of the Director-General

Ministry of Health

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