Reports to CARM & 2023 Medsafe Reports
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From: Chris McCashin
Dear Ministry of Health,
I note that the Covid-19 Vaccine Safety reports ended on 30 November 2022
Are you able to direct me to the reports for 2023 and / or where I find that data
The final report dated 30 November 2022 noted that there were 184 deaths reported to CARM
Are you able to provide for all of those 184 deaths
Causes of Deaths
Coding
I don't require any personal data
Yours faithfully,
Chris
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From: Chris McCashin <[FOI #23525 email]>;
Received: Tue Jul 18 2023 16:56:20 GMT+1200 (New Zealand Standard Time)
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>; OIA <[email address]>;
Subject: Official Information request - Reports to CARM & 2023 Medsafe
Reports
Dear Ministry of Health,
I note that the Covid-19 Vaccine Safety reports ended on 30 November 2022
Are you able to direct me to the reports for 2023 and / or where I find
that data
The final report dated 30 November 2022 noted that there were 184 deaths
reported to CARM
Are you able to provide for all of those 184 deaths
Causes of Deaths
Coding
I don't require any personal data
Yours faithfully,
Chris
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Kia ora Chris,
Please find attached the response for your request for official
information.
Ngā mihi
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From: Chris McCashin
Dear OIA Requests / Derek Fitzgerald,
Please note there is no privacy data in the previous reports so I don't see how Section 9(2)(a), Section 9(2)(ba) and Section 9(2)(c) are relevant at all and so I request again for the information that I have asked for and has previously been provided so there is no reason to with hold this information now.
The safety reports are quite clear - and thank you for republishing what I have already read in the Medsafe report so this is all irrelevant. I have asked for the causes of deaths for all of these cases. I don't require any personal data. 163 people have died not from the vaccine, so they must have a cause of death and I require what the causes of death are.
This response does not come close to fulfilling any obligations under the OIA processes. Respectfully I ask that you provide all of the information in full and have another go instead of dodging you obligations to the NZ Taxpayer.
So please have another go.
Yours sincerely,
Chris McCashin
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From: Chris McCashin <[FOI #23525 email]>
Sent: Thursday, 27 July 2023 14:50
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Re: Response to your official information act request, ref:
H2023029281 CRM:0001096
Dear OIA Requests / Derek Fitzgerald,
Please note there is no privacy data in the previous reports so I don't
see how Section 9(2)(a), Section 9(2)(ba) and Section 9(2)(c) are relevant
at all and so I request again for the information that I have asked for
and has previously been provided so there is no reason to with hold this
information now.
The safety reports are quite clear - and thank you for republishing what I
have already read in the Medsafe report so this is all irrelevant. I have
asked for the causes of deaths for all of these cases. I don't require
any personal data. 163 people have died not from the vaccine, so they
must have a cause of death and I require what the causes of death are.
This response does not come close to fulfilling any obligations under the
OIA processes. Respectfully I ask that you provide all of the information
in full and have another go instead of dodging you obligations to the NZ
Taxpayer.
So please have another go.
Yours sincerely,
Chris McCashin
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Kia ora Chris,
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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From: Chris McCashin
Dear OIA Requests,
Please note a complaint has been made to the Ombudsman and suspect the only reason the information hasn't been provided is because the injury and death numbers are so bad
Yours sincerely,
Chris McCashin
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Catherine Jamieson left an annotation ()
H2023021744 claims serious adverse events at just shy of 14,000 whereas the last Medsafe Safety Report for Covid 19 claims 3688. This infers there has been a backlog not publicly reported, even if the claim in the above is true that injections are no longer happening at a rate that justifies reporting outside of SMARS.
Covid specific eporting is justified until this backlog has been reported.
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