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Olivia

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Catherine Jamieson
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Sent: Sunday, 3 August 2025 8:00 pm
To: OIA <[3][DIA request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - KC Levy's Opening Remarks Thursday
10 July 2025

 

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Dear New Zealand Royal Commission Covid 19 Lessons Learned,

 

With regard to the opening statement by KC Nicolette Levy made on Thursday
10 July 2025, prior to videos of the three people who made submissions
about vaccine use or adverse effects to the inquiry, please provide:

 

-draft versions of this opening statement -any communications referencing
authorship or contributions -the research that formed the basis for the
following statement and the source from which it was directly obtained by
the Commission.

 

'There is research showing that most. Myocarditis, um, with or without
Covid, appears in younger men and that it is up to 15 times more likely.
In young men with Covid than without Covid.'

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Catherine Jamieson

 

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