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-----Original Message-----
From: Noel Turditch <[FOI #17823 email]>
Sent: Friday, 3 December 2021 3:45 pm
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Request information regarding the
hospitalizations rates after the vaccine.

 

Dear Ministry of Health,

 

As a concerned New Zealander, I do not believe the side effects and risks
of the vaccines are made clear to everybody. Due to the current
"unconfirmed" deaths in NZ following the vaccine and also the thousands of
adverse side effects, I am afraid for the health of my family as we have
underlying health conditions. With data reviewed from NZ's medsafe page it
seems that heart/respitory conditions seem to take an aggressive turn once
the vaccine has been administered and therfore request the following.

 

1: How much people total in NZ have been hospitalized after getting
vaccinated?

 

2: Where is the public evidence proving the vaccine to be safe for short
and long term protection?

 

Data collected from medsafe nz

 

Yours faithfully, Noel Turditch.

 

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Kia ora Noel,   

  

Thank you for your email. Information in response to your request is
outlined below:  

 

1: How many people total in NZ have been hospitalized after getting
vaccinated? 

 

As of 20 November 2021, Medsafe has received 1462 serious adverse events
following immunisation (AEFI) reports. This information is publicly
available
at: [1]www.medsafe.govt.nz/COVID-19/safety-report-37.asp#aefi  An AEFI is
considered serious if it: 

 

·         is a medically important event or reaction 

·         requires hospitalisation or prolongs an existing
hospitalisation 

·         causes persistent or significant disability or incapacity 

·         is life threatening 

·         causes a congenital anomaly/birth defect 

·         results in death. 

 

Please note, the Ministry does not receive notification of everyone who
has been hospitalised after being vaccinated, only when they make an AEFI
report. 

 

2: Where is the public evidence proving the vaccine to be safe for short
and long term protection? 

 

Information regarding the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine can be
found on the Ministry of Health website at the following links:   

o The Coronavirus Immunisation
handbook: [2]www.health.govt.nz/our-work/immunisation-handbook-2020/5-coronavirus-disease-covid-19. This
also provides references to scientific studies conducted regarding
COVID-19 and the vaccine.   
o The Vaccine
datasheet: [3]www.medsafe.govt.nz/profs/Datasheet/c/comirnatyinj.pdf   
o Ministry webpage regarding vaccine safety and
efficacy: [4]www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-vaccines/covid-19-vaccine-effectiveness-and-protection   
o Medsafe  publishes up to date information regarding the Comirnaty
vaccine, including its clinical efficacy and
safety: [5]www.medsafe.govt.nz/profs/PUArticles/June2021/Spotlight-on-Comirnaty-vaccine.html.   

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