John Gibson | 12 Sep 2022 An underlying element in local elite discussion of New Zealand’s COVID-19 experience is along the lines of “didn’t we do well?” We can see this theme in blogs by the public health academics at the University of Otago, Wellington (such as here or here) but also in official government press releases. Central to…
NZCPR | 12 Sep 2022 The coroner’s inquest into the tragic death of Rory Nairn following immunisation with the Pfizer vaccine raises concerns that need to be addressed. Let’s examine how events unfolded. Pfizer’s application for the use of their Comirnaty COVID-19 mRNA vaccine in New Zealand was lodged with the medical regulator Medsafe on 3 November…
Guy Hatchard | 7 Sep 2022 Over the last few weeks the Hatchard Report has been discussing high rates of excess all-cause death around the world. The connection with Covid vaccination is statistically evident and the evidence is mounting. This is not only affecting the aged but also young and working age people. Rather than…
Muriel Newman | 4 Sep 2022 In her post Cabinet press conference of 11 October 2021, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern explained, “Today, I will update you on… decisions made by Cabinet to strengthen our Covid response through the use of mandatory vaccination for large parts of the education and health workforce, in order to protect vulnerable…
Guy Hatchard | 31 Aug 2022 The UK government recommends against offering the Pfizer Covid mRNA vaccine for pregnant women, those who might suspect that they could be pregnant, and anyone who is breastfeeding. A carefully nuanced statement within a document entitled “Summary of the Public Assessment Report for COVID-19 Vaccine Pfizer/BioNTech” (the latest revised…
NZCPR | 27 Aug 2022 By Dr Muriel Newman Local body elections are well under way. Nominations have closed and ballot papers will be delivered from the middle of next month. Voting closes at midday on October 8 and preliminary results will be known shortly after. The final results will be declared a week or…
Guy Hatchard | 26 Aug 2022 Fact Check: Are Excess Deaths in New Zealand the world’s highest or lowest? The University of Otago publishes a blog called Public Health Expert. The 24th August edition was entitled “The Covid-19 experience in Aotearoa New Zealand and other comparable high-income jurisdictions and implications for managing the next pandemic…
Guy Hatchard | 24 Aug 2022 The publication and analysis of damning official data from the UK, Israel, and all points of the compass (see here and here) has established that Covid vaccination is driving adverse effects and all-cause deaths on an unprecedented scale. Suddenly a few officials are offering apologies. Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Director of the US…
Guy Hatchard | 18 Aug 2022 Cc Andrew Little Minister of Health, Leaders of all political parties represented in parliament. I am writing to request the implementation of key elements of pandemic reporting and policy that are currently absent from Ministry of Health procedures. Death certificates do not require Covid vax status to be recorded.…
Ramesh Thakur | 13 Aug 2022 n the first year of the pandemic, a team from Otago University in New Zealand (my former university) published an interesting study that provided some explanation for the strong public support for lockdown measures. This support came despite known or predicted collateral harms, including loss of livelihoods, elevated mortality…