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Core messages on COVID vaccination (the subject of the email)

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There is no evidence that vaccination is responsible for excess mortality in New Zealand.
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Publicly available data shows that four deaths in New Zealand are possibly linked to adverse reactions
following COVID‐19 vaccination.
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This is in the context of 3,361 people whose deaths have to date been directly attributed to COVID‐19 in
New Zealand, with more than 12.6 million vaccines administered to eligible New Zealanders as of 2 October
2023.
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By chance and separate to a prior COVID‐19 vaccination event, some people will experience new illnesses or
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The Centre for Adverse Reactions Monitoring (CARM) and Medsafe have investigated these deaths.
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In addition to this, the COVID‐19 Vaccine Independent Safety Monitoring Board (CV‐ISMB) has compared
natural death rates to observed death rates following vaccination.
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In the monitoring period for the Pfizer/ BioNTech COVID‐19 vaccine (19 February 2021 to 30 September
2022), the observed number of deaths was less than the expected number of natural deaths.
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We remind people that vaccines remain safe and effective and that they should keep up to date with their shots to
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We assure people there is no evidence whatsoever that vaccination is responsible for excess mortality in New
Zealand and that they can continue to have confidence in vaccines.
Publicly available data shows that four deaths in New Zealand are possibly linked to adverse reactions following
COVID‐19 vaccination.   This is in the context of 3,361 people whose deaths have to date been directly attributed to
COVID‐19 in New Zealand, with more than 12.6 million vaccines administered to eligible New Zealanders as of 2
October 2023.
By chance, and separate to a prior COVID‐19 vaccination event, some people will experience new illnesses or die
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from a pre‐existing condition shortly after vaccination, especially if they are elderly. The Centre for Adverse
Reactions Monitoring (CARM) and Medsafe have investigated these deaths.
In addition to this, the COVID‐19 Vaccine Independent Safety Monitoring Board (CV‐ISMB) has compared natural
death rates to observed death rates following vaccination.
In the monitoring period for the Pfizer/ BioNTech COVID‐19 vaccine (19 February 2021 to 30 September 2022), the
observed number of deaths was less than the expected number of natural deaths.
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The public can and should continue to have confidence in vaccines.
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  Publicly available data shows that four deaths in New Zealand are possibly linked to adverse reactions
following COVID‐19 vaccination.
  This is in the context of 3,361 people whose deaths have to date been directly attributed to COVID‐19 in
New Zealand, with more than 12.6 million vaccines administered to eligible New Zealanders as of 2 October
2023.
  By chance and separate to a prior COVID‐19 vaccination event, some people will experience new illnesses or
die from a pre‐existing condition shortly after vaccination, especially if they are elderly.
  The Centre for Adverse Reactions Monitoring (CARM) and Medsafe have investigated these deaths.
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  In addition to this, the COVID‐19 Vaccine Independent Safety Monitoring Board (CV‐ISMB) has compared
natural death rates to observed death rates following vaccination.
  In the monitoring period for the Pfizer/ BioNTech COVID‐19 vaccine (19 February 2021 to 30 September
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