Kia ora Steven

  

Thank you for your request for official information. The reference number
for your request is: H2023019217

  

As required under the Official Information Act 1982, Manatū Hauora will
endeavour to respond to your request no later than 20 working days after
the day your request was received. If you'd like to calculate the
timeframe, you can use the Ombudsman's online calculator
here: [1]http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/  

  

If you have any queries related to this request, please do not hesitate to
get in touch. 

 

Ngā mihi 

 

OIA Services Team 

M[2]inistry of Health information releases 
U[3]nite against COVID-19 

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Kia ora Steven,  

Thank you for your request for official information received on 13
January 2023 for:

“A recent Medsafe report titled - Adverse events following immunization
with Covid19 vaccines, has been used by the Ministry of Health to
dismiss concerns that Covid vaccines may result in an increased chance
of death.

This report references deaths that are voluntary reported to CARM so can
not give an accurate assessment of all vaccine related deaths.
Does the Ministry of Health have any research or documents that includes
ALL deaths recorded in the 21 days after receiving a Covid-19 vaccine?
Can the Ministry of Health release all documents or communication
related to the limitations of the Medsafe report relying on voluntarily
reported deaths data?
Does the Ministry of Health have any documents or communication that
demonstrates they acknowledge voluntary reported data is not suitable
for making statistically robust conclusions about Covid-19 vaccine
related deaths?
Can the Ministry of Health provide all communication, emails or
documents between the Ministry of Health and other entities or
individuals relating to the decision to use voluntary reported deaths as
opposed to using data on all deaths?”

We are contacting you to clarify part of your request. Can you please
clarify what the following part of your request about the Ministry of
Health is referring to?

“A recent Medsafe report titled - Adverse events following immunization
with Covid19 vaccines, has been used by the Ministry of Health to
dismiss concerns that Covid vaccines may result in an increased chance
of death.”

If you can please response by COB 10 February 2023 so that we can consider
this part of your request. We look forward to receiving your response.

Ngâ mihi   

OIA Services Team

Manatû Hauora | Ministry of Health

M[1]inistry of Health information releases 
U[2]nite against COVID-19 

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Kia ora,

Thank you for your request for official information received on 13
Janurary 2023 requesting:

"A recent Medsafe report titled - Adverse events following immunization
with Covid19 vaccines, has been used by the Ministry of Health to
dismiss concerns that Covid vaccines may result in an increased chance
of death.

This report references deaths that are voluntary reported to CARM so can
not give an accurate assessment of all vaccine related deaths.
Does the Ministry of Health have any research or documents that includes
ALL deaths recorded in the 21 days after receiving a Covid-19 vaccine?
Can the Ministry of Health release all documents or communication
related to the limitations of the Medsafe report relying on voluntarily
reported deaths data?
Does the Ministry of Health have any documents or communication that
demonstrates they acknowledge voluntary reported data is not suitable
for making statistically robust conclusions about Covid-19 vaccine
related deaths? 
Can the Ministry of Health provide all communication, emails or
documents between the Ministry of Health and other entities or
individuals relating to the decision to use voluntary reported deaths as
opposed to using data on all deaths?”

Manatû Hauora has decided to extend the period of time available to
respond to your request under section 15A of the Official Information Act
1982 (the Act) as consultations necessary to make a decision on the
request are such that a proper response to the request cannot reasonably
be made within the original time limit.

You can now expect a response to your request on, or before, 7 March 2023.

You have the right, under section 28 of the Act, to ask the Ombudsman to
review my decision to extend the time available to respond to your
request.

Ngâ mihi   

OIA Services Team

Manatû Hauora | Ministry of Health

M[1]inistry of Health information releases 
U[2]nite against COVID-19 

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Kia ora Steven,

 

Please find attached the response for your request for official
information.

Ngā mihi   

OIA Services Team

Manatū Hauora | Ministry of Health

M[1]inistry of Health information releases 
U[2]nite against COVID-19 

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Kia ora

  

Thank you for your request for official information. The reference number
for your request is: H2023023117

  

As required under the Official Information Act 1982, Manatū Hauora will
endeavour to respond to your request no later than 20 working days after
the day your request was received. If you'd like to calculate the
timeframe, you can use the Ombudsman's online calculator
here: [1]http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/  

  

If you have any queries related to this request, please do not hesitate to
get in touch. 

 

Ngā mihi 

 

OIA Services Team 

M[2]inistry of Health information releases 
U[3]nite against COVID-19 

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Kia ora Steven,

As required under the Official Information Act 1982, Manatū Hauora will
endeavour to respond to your request no later than 20 working days after
the day your request was received. If you'd like to calculate the
timeframe, you can use the Ombudsman's online calculator
here: [1]http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/  

Ngā mihi 

  

OIA Services Team

Manatū Hauora | Ministry of Health

M[2]inistry of Health information releases 
U[3]nite against COVID-19 

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From: Steven Cranston <[FOI #21556 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 4 April 2023 15:24
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Re: Acknowledgement of your request for official information
(ref: H2023023117) CRM:0114448
 
Dear OIA Requests,

Will the full information requested be coming soon or should this go to
the ombudsman? Please confirm this week, I will not be waiting another 20
days as outlined in your last response.

Yours sincerely,

Steven Cranston

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Kia ora Steven,
As previously stated, your request is refused under section 18(e) of the
Act, as the information requested does not exist. Manatū Hauora (the
Ministry of Health) stands by its decision and has nothing further to add.
 
Please note that continuing to request the same information after you have
been advised that it does not exist and using the Act in this manner could
be construed as vexatious and result in such requests being refused under
section 18(h) of the Act. 
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 calling 0800 802
602.

Ngā mihi 

OIA Services Team

Manatū Hauora | Ministry of Health

M[1]inistry of Health information releases 
U[2]nite against COVID-19 

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From: Steven Cranston <[FOI #21556 email]>
Sent: Monday, 3 April 2023 12:02
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Re: Response to your official information act request, ref:
H2023019217 (CRM:0114085)
 
Dear OIA Requests,

Your recent response did not provide the specific information i was
seeking. This is now long overdue so can you please provide an immediate
response.  

please answer each question individually

Does the Ministry of Health have any research or documents that includes
ALL deaths recorded in the 21 days after receiving a Covid-19 vaccine?
(please confirm if voluntary provided data is used instead of data for all
confirmed deaths)

Can the Ministry of Health release all documents or communication
related to the limitations of the Medsafe report relying on voluntarily
reported deaths data?

Does the Ministry of Health have any documents or communication that
demonstrates they acknowledge voluntary reported data is not suitable
for making statistically robust conclusions about Covid-19 vaccine
related deaths?

Can the Ministry of Health provide all communication, emails or
documents between the Ministry of Health and other entities or
individuals relating to the decision to use voluntary reported deaths as
opposed to using data on all deaths?”

We are contacting you to clarify part of your request. Can you please
clarify what the following part of your request about the Ministry of
Health is referring to?

Yours sincerely,

Steven Cranston

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Kia ora Steven,

The Medsafe Safety Report provides an overview of Adverse Events Following
Immunisation (AEFIs) reported to the Centre for Adverse Reactions
Monitoring (CARM), where the person who was vaccinated was reported to
have died, and analysis of observed versus expected deaths using data from
the New Zealand mortality register (not voluntary data). More information
on this is available on the Medsafe
website: [1]www.medsafe.govt.nz/COVID-19/vaccine-report-overview.asp  

  

The analysis uses the mortality database for New Zealand to identify
anyone who died from any cause (including a traffic accident for example)
within 21 days of being vaccinated and compares that to the number of
people who would normally die in that time period using data from previous
years. The mortality database tool is available here:
[2]www.tewhatuora.govt.nz/our-health-system/data-and-statistics/mortality-web-tool. These
tables show that the actual deaths that have occurred among the vaccinated
population are lower than the average number of expected deaths, based on
the mortality data. Please note that the mortality collections operate
many weeks in arrears. This is considered in the analysis and outlined in
the report.  

Manatū Hauora (the Ministry of Health) stands by the decisions made in
response to your previous requests for information and as you have been
previously informed under section 28(3) of the Act, you have the right to
ask the Ombudsman to review any decisions made under your requests. The
Ombudsman may be contacted by email at: [email address] or by
calling 0800 802 602.
Please note that continuing to request the same information after you have
been advised that it does not exist and using the Act in this manner could
be construed as vexatious and result in such requests being refused under
section 18(h) of the Act.

Ngā mihi 

  

OIA Services Team

Manatū Hauora | Ministry of Health

M[3]inistry of Health information releases 
U[4]nite against COVID-19 

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From: Steven Cranston <[FOI #21556 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 19 April 2023 15:41
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Re: Re Response to your official information act request, ref:
H2023019217 (CRM:0114085)
 
Dear OIA Requests,

If the Ministry of Health has no data on ALL deaths in the 21 days after
vaccination, can you please take the time to confirm that specifically.
You have not yet answered my question.

It is obvious from my line of questioning that I’m seeking to decipher why
voluntary data was used instead of assessing all deaths.

This is important information as it relates to the accuracy of accidental
deaths reported from vaccination.

Yours sincerely,

Steven Cranston

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