Covid-19 Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting
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From: Ryan
Attention Ministry of Health New Zealand and Te Whatu Ora and Health New Zealand and Susan Kenyon for Medsafe
On 14th December 2022 Medsafe published report #46 in relation to Adverse Events following a covid-19 vaccination.
https://www.medsafe.govt.nz/COVID-19/saf...
Contained within the published data were tables 6, 7 & 8 showing the numbers who died from any cause within 21 days of being injected and split into tables by age and dose showing cumulative totals for deaths following Doses 1, 2 and 3 for each age grouping.
Despite Te Whatu Ora website directing us to current information in regard to obvious and widespread concerns around safety & side effects of the covid injections, there has been no further update to these statistics that only report up to and including 30 September 2022 and I quote these numbers from the report specifically as follows:
Dose 1 = 4,350,651 injected - 1114 dead within 21 days of injection
Dose 2 = 4,185,404 injected - 1147 dead within 21 days of injection.
Dose 3 = 2,733,743 injected - 972 dead within 21 days of injection
1. Please provide information under the act anticipated within Report #47 with update as to why we have had no data to allay our concerns for so long and then provide, to the latest date available, if not to the present day, information to show how many injected in total died within 21 days of any cause from Dose 1, Dose 2, Dose 3, Dose 4, Dose 5 et al - please provide number injected and number dead in table form broken into age brackets as per the Medsafe report #46 tables 6, 7 & 8 - no need to provide the background data as we now have this.
2. Please provide information to clarify the cumulative total injected with Dose 1 as there is discrepancy between the 4,350,651 injected as stated in the above mentioned Medsafe report #46 and the Te Whatu Ora current published statistics as at Friday 1st December 2023 being 4,032,197 which indicates 318,454 doses less than stated in the Medsafe total published a year earlier - please clarify which record is correct with statistics quoted from https://www.tewhatuora.govt.nz/our-healt...
3. Medsafe report #46 states 4,185,404 were injected with Dose 2 by 30th September 2022 but Te Whatu Ora says cumulative total for Dose 2 is just 3,985,395 up to & including 1st December 2023 creating a shortfall in latest data of 200,009 - please clarify which record is correct and the reasons for discrepancy.
4. Please provide in table format, the latest data for the next tier of reporting for the ‘number of days’ in which people died from any cause following vaccination - such as those who died within 30 days 45 days 60 days and 120 days et al as well based on data held by the various govt departments.
5. Report #46 from Medsafe to 30th Sept 2022 stated 2,733,743 were injected wth Dose 3 and that by 1st December 2023 that number had risen to 2,775,685 meaning the uptake of Dose 3 across the 14 months was 41,942 - please release the month by month statistics in relation to Dose 3 showing number injected and how many deaths from any cause within 21 days, 30 days and 60 days of taking a covid injection.
6. Regarding vaccine exemptions - according to Medsafe report #46 it appears there was a shortfall of 165,247who were injected with Dose 1 but did not go on to get Dose 2 by 30th Sept 2022 and by 1st December 2023 there were still 46,802 who had one dose but not a second - please provide information on how many sought and how many received vaccine exemptions based on adverse events to Dose 1 and also provide any and all findings into the health outcomes for this cohort who clearly started the treatment but for some reason did not take the second dose which was an accepted follow up for anyone taking the first dose.
7. Please provide information showing how many covid vaccine exemptions were applied for, and how many were granted to individual persons acting as PCBU as a cumulative total & the date range in which they were provided.
8. Regarding the covid vaccine data - please provide information showing how many vaccinated with any dose are now listed as dead / deceased based on the most current data held as a cumulative total along with the background rate of how many people have died in New Zealand since April 2021 to the same most current date period.
Please provide all information in relation to each of these 8 points in a timely manner as soon as available within the statutory period provided for under the Official Information Act as a matter of utmost urgency being of huge public interest and given the growing concern around the world over whether the vaccine rollout caused harm so the release of this data is absolutely necessary for transparency and accountability evident by the many unanswered questions.
Regards - Ryan
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Tēnā koe Ryan
Thank you for your email of 12 December 2023, asking for the following
information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):
1. Please provide information under the act anticipated within
Report #47 with update as to why we have had no data to allay our concerns
for so long and then provide, to the latest date available, if not to the
present day, information to show how many injected in total died within 21
days of any cause from Dose 1, Dose 2, Dose 3, Dose 4, Dose 5 et al -
please provide number injected and number dead in table form broken into
age brackets as per the Medsafe report #46 tables 6, 7 & 8 - no need to
provide the background data as we now have this.
2. Please provide information to clarify the cumulative total
injected with Dose 1 as there is discrepancy between the 4,350,651
injected as stated in the above mentioned Medsafe report #46 and the Te
Whatu Ora current published statistics as at Friday 1st December 2023
being 4,032,197 which indicates 318,454 doses less than stated in the
Medsafe total published a year earlier - please clarify which record is
correct with statistics quoted
from [1]https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlo...
3. Medsafe report #46 states 4,185,404 were injected with Dose 2 by
30th September 2022 but Te Whatu Ora says cumulative total for Dose 2 is
just 3,985,395 up to & including 1st December 2023 creating a shortfall in
latest data of 200,009 - please clarify which record is correct and the
reasons for discrepancy.
4. Please provide in table format, the latest data for the next tier
of reporting for the ‘number of days’ in which people died from any cause
following vaccination - such as those who died within 30 days 45 days 60
days and 120 days et al as well based on data held by the various govt
departments.
5. Report #46 from Medsafe to 30th Sept 2022 stated 2,733,743 were
injected wth Dose 3 and that by 1st December 2023 that number had risen to
2,775,685 meaning the uptake of Dose 3 across the 14 months was 41,942 -
please release the month by month statistics in relation to Dose 3 showing
number injected and how many deaths from any cause within 21 days, 30 days
and 60 days of taking a covid injection.
6. Regarding vaccine exemptions - according to Medsafe report #46 it
appears there was a shortfall of 165,247who were injected with Dose 1 but
did not go on to get Dose 2 by 30th Sept 2022 and by 1st December 2023
there were still 46,802 who had one dose but not a second - please provide
information on how many sought and how many received vaccine exemptions
based on adverse events to Dose 1 and also provide any and all findings
into the health outcomes for this cohort who clearly started the treatment
but for some reason did not take the second dose which was an accepted
follow up for anyone taking the first dose.
7. Please provide information showing how many covid vaccine
exemptions were applied for, and how many were granted to individual
persons acting as PCBU as a cumulative total & the date range in which
they were provided.
8. Regarding the covid vaccine data - please provide information
showing how many vaccinated with any dose are now listed as dead /
deceased based on the most current data held as a cumulative total along
with the background rate of how many people have died in New Zealand since
April 2021 to the same most current date period."
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From: Ryan
Whilst I accept that more time may be required to complete this request, I am concerned that it appears the time delay is due to a decision on transparency of information already held, is still to be made with regard to this matter.
I remind you of your obligation to supply or refuse information under the Act and to state the grounds - extension of time is for compilation of information, which on these matters of importance, should already be on hand and being studied by medical professionals to monitor and evaluate ongoing safety and efficacy markers and promptly available to the public.
Notwithstanding, I accept your request for more time to fulfil your obligations, but due to the serious nature of the matter, I require timely fulfilment of any aspect of this request during this extended period with all information being supplied in full by 28 March 2024.
Ryan
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Kia ora Ryan,
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act) for:
"On 14th December 2022 Medsafe published report #46 in relation to Adverse
Events following a covid-19 vaccination.
[1]https://www.medsafe.govt.nz/COVID-19/saf...
Contained within the published data were tables 6, 7 & 8 showing the
numbers who died from any cause within 21 days of being injected and split
into tables by age and dose showing cumulative totals for deaths following
Doses 1, 2 and 3 for each age grouping.
Despite Te Whatu Ora website directing us to current information in regard
to obvious and widespread concerns around safety & side effects of the
covid injections, there has been no further update to these statistics
that only report up to and including 30 September 2022 and I quote these
numbers from the report specifically as follows:
Dose 1 = 4,350,651 injected - 1114 dead within 21 days of injection
Dose 2 = 4,185,404 injected - 1147 dead within 21 days of injection.
Dose 3 = 2,733,743 injected - 972 dead within 21 days of injection
1. Please provide information under the act anticipated within Report #47
with update as to why we have had no data to allay our concerns for so
long and then provide, to the latest date available, if not to the present
day, information to show how many injected in total died within 21 days of
any cause from Dose 1, Dose 2, Dose 3, Dose 4, Dose 5 et al - please
provide number injected and number dead in table form broken into age
brackets as per the Medsafe report #46 tables 6, 7 & 8 - no need to
provide the background data as we now have this.
2. Please provide information to clarify the cumulative total injected
with Dose 1 as there is discrepancy between the 4,350,651 injected as
stated in the above mentioned Medsafe report #46 and the Te Whatu Ora
current published statistics as at Friday 1st December 2023 being
4,032,197 which indicates 318,454 doses less than stated in the Medsafe
total published a year earlier - please clarify which record is correct
with statistics quoted from
[2]https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlo...
3. Medsafe report #46 states 4,185,404 were injected with Dose 2 by 30th
September 2022 but Te Whatu Ora says cumulative total for Dose 2 is just
3,985,395 up to & including 1st December 2023 creating a shortfall in
latest data of 200,009 - please clarify which record is correct and the
reasons for discrepancy.
4. Please provide in table format, the latest data for the next tier of
reporting for the ‘number of days’ in which people died from any cause
following vaccination - such as those who died within 30 days 45 days 60
days and 120 days et al as well based on data held by the various govt
departments.
5. Report #46 from Medsafe to 30th Sept 2022 stated 2,733,743 were
injected with Dose 3 and that by 1st December 2023 that number had risen
to 2,775,685 meaning the uptake of Dose 3 across the 14 months was 41,942
- please release the month-by-month statistics in relation to Dose 3
showing number injected and how many deaths from any cause within 21 days,
30 days and 60 days of taking a covid injection.
6. Regarding vaccine exemptions - according to Medsafe report #46 it
appears there was a shortfall of 165,247who were injected with Dose 1 but
did not go on to get Dose 2 by 30th Sept 2022 and by 1st December 2023
there were still 46,802 who had one dose but not a second - please provide
information on how many sought and how many received vaccine exemptions
based on adverse events to Dose 1 and also provide any and all findings
into the health outcomes for this cohort who clearly started the treatment
but for some reason did not take the second dose which was an accepted
follow up for anyone taking the first dose.
7. Please provide information showing how many covid vaccine exemptions
were applied for, and how many were granted to individual persons acting
as PCBU as a cumulative total & the date range in which they were
provided.
8. Regarding the covid vaccine data - please provide information showing
how many vaccinated with any dose are now listed as dead / deceased based
on the most current data held as a cumulative total along with the
background rate of how many pehave died in New Zealand since April 2021 to
the same most current date period."
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April 2024.
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From: Ryan
I made this request 4 months ago seeking information urgently as a matter of public concern.
The combined government agencies responsible for the answers that somehow make up the rules as they go but then can even follow them is a national scandal.
This feels like a cover up at the most serious degree with data being minimised or hidden while still continuing to push this novel treatment without being able to produce evidence of its safety or efficacy in the face of mounting claims of vaccine injury and so called long covid affecting the vaccinated and growing calls around the world to STOP.
Let it be known that when asked last year to prove the safety & efficacy and that harm was not being caused, now on the eve of Anzac Day - we are all still waiting as another self imposed deadline passes - shame on you all and I know what our forefathers would have said of this type of totalitarian disrespect - it’s certainly not what they fought for but what they stood up against to prevent - shame on you.
Ryan
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Kia ora Ryan,
Thank you for your request for information regarding COVID-19 vaccine
data on 12 December 2023. Please find attached our response to your
request in two parts - Part 1 and Part 2.
An excel spreadsheet with data related to Part 1 is currently being
prepared for release and will be sent to you within the next couple of
business days.
If you have any questions, please get in touch at
[1][email address].
If you are not happy with this response, you have the right to make a
complaint to the Ombudsman. Information about how to do this is available
at [2]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or by phoning 0800 802 602.
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Kia ora Ryan,
Further to our response to your request regarding COVID-19 vaccine data on
24 April 2024, please see the attached excel spreadsheet - Part 1 Response
Attachment.
If you have any questions, please get in touch
at [1][email address]
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phoning 0800 802 602.
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