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HRC review of Whitehouse Covid report dated 4 Dec 2024

Erika Whittome made this Official Information request to Human Rights Commission

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From: Erika Whittome

Dear Human Rights Commission,

The Whitehouse released a report on Covid-19 and vaccine mandates dated 4 Dec 2024.
The title is “ AFTER ACTION REVIEW OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: The Lessons Learned and a Path Forward”
Page 257 of the full report says “While vaccine mandates for other diseases exist in some settings (e.g.,
schools, travel (e.g., yellow fever) and, in some instances, for healthcare
workers, population-wide adult mandates, passports, and segregated
restrictions are unprecedented and have never before been implemented on
this scale. These vaccine policies have largely been framed as offering
‘benefits’ (freedoms) for those with a full COVID-19 vaccination series, but
a sizeable proportion of people view conditioning access to health, work,
travel and social activities on COVID-19 vaccination status as inherently
punitive, discriminatory and coercive”

Would you kindly share the information on your office’s review of this recent report dated 4 December 2024?

Yours faithfully,

Erika Whittome

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