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Jai Ganesh 
[FYI request #21182 email] 
 
Reference: OIA-2022/23-0354 
 
Dear Jai Ganesh 
 
Official  Information  Act  request  for  evidence  relating  to  the  document:  COVID-19 
Communications approach for COVID-19 disinformation, online harms, and scams
 
 
Thank you for your request made under the Official Information Act (the Act), received on 22 
November 2022. You requested: 
 
“Could you please provide evidence used to support the production of this document:  
 
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In particular that the following are true: 
 
Covid was not manufactured in a lab 
The benefits of the Pfizer vaccine for children outweigh the risks for them The media is 
independent and trustworthy The vaccine has no side effects That these were all 
scientifically studied and proven ” 
 
I believe that the information you have requested is more closely connected with the functions 
of  the  Ministry  of  Health.  Accordingly,  I  have  decided  under  section  14(b)(ii)  of  the  Act  to 
transfer your request to the Ministry of Health. 
 
The Ministry of Health has the usual timeframes under the Act from receipt of this transfer to 
make a decision on your request.  
 
 
Yours sincerely 
 
 
Amy Teague  
Manager Ministerial Services 
 
 
Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings, Wellington, New Zealand 6011 
4673997 
 
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