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Kia ora Annie,

Thank you for your latest email. 

 

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From: Annie Weston <[FOI #17829 email]>
Sent: Friday, 3 December 2021 18:27
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Informed Consent #13 - Death of
kids
 
Dear Ministry of Health,

One of your OIA responders recently stated in public that:

“As approximately 90 percent of the people in New Zealand over the age of
12 have now received at least one dose of the Comirnaty vaccine, there is
a high probability that anyone who has an illness or condition in New
Zealand will have been vaccinated.”

Question please: 

What is the official informed Govt probability on death of kids, under the
age of 12, whether or not they have an illness or condition, after taking
the vaccine. 

I understand the information you give is not proof or opinion or a comment
on a statement.

I understand that you can’t give an opinion, a comment, or answer a
hypothetical statement.

I would just like a percentage of the number of kids under 12 who you
think will die after taking the vaccine please.

Yours faithfully,

Annie Weston

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