PVSC 2023 medical diagnoses
A Goodwin made this Official Information request to Health New Zealand
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From: A Goodwin
Dear Health New Zealand,
In the 2023 Post Vaccine Symptom Check (PVSC) survey, participants who completed a follow up survey at Day 42 were asked if they had been diagnosed by a medical professional with any of the following:
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS)
Bell’s palsy
Neuritis or Neuropathy
Other neurological condition
Seizures
Febrile seizures
Myocarditis
Pericarditis
Other heart issues
Blood vessel issues
Blood and lymphatic system disorders
Immune system disorders
Anaphylaxis
Cellulitis
Diagnosis of other conditions – [please explain]
No, I have not been diagnosed with a rare condition
Please provide the numbers of respondents who indicated they had been diagnosed with each of these conditions.
Please provide the number of people who were asked this question.
Please provide the number of people who responded to this question.
Yours faithfully,
A Goodwin
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A Goodwin left an annotation ()
"The results of the 2023 PVSC follow-up survey (day 42) are also unavailable. Any raw data that may have been collected was not organised, collated, analysed, or quality‑assured before the cessation of the work. Further, any data, if still held, sits within a system that is no longer accessible to Health NZ staff who conducted this work."
New Zealanders provided their data for the benefit of their fellow citizens. It seems inappropriate that the data was not analysed and is now inaccessible.
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