Where does the misinformation come from?
“some of that misinformation is actually having an impact on teachers’ willingness to be vaccinated … often when we can provide good reliable information and combat some of that misinformation”
I dare say we know where the real misinformation is coming from… The people Hipkins is talking about have been asking plenty of questions but are not getting satisfying answers. Here are a few questions:
What is the infection fatality rate of SARS-CoV-2? (Deaths divided by infections as a percentage)
What is the infection rate in the general population? E.g. what percentage of people will catch the virus if it goes unchecked?
If asymptomatic transmission is real, which we are regularly told it is, how do we know how many people have actually had the virus?
If we don’t know how many people have actually had the virus, how can we know the infection rate or the infection fatality rate for certain? If more people could have had it then the fatality rate is surely much lower than that commonly reported.
On what basis was Comirnaty granted an exemption if there are massive gaps in testing data, especially long-term testing data?
What is the transmission rate of vaccinated individuals compared to unvaccinated individuals?
If there is only a marginal difference in transmission rates, why do we need to insist all staff are vaccinated at work?
If there is a significantly higher transmission in unvaccinated individuals, does that translate to a real increase in risk? E.g. If the virus has become endemic (everywhere without the possibility of eliminating it), doesn’t that mean everyone will catch it fairly soon anyway, vaccinated or not?
How come early stage treatments and preventative medications and advice has not been and is not being given? These medications and advice have been massively successful, are well established as safe, and deserve the title of “safe and effective” far more than Comirnaty.
Why is the Prime Minister talking about opening up Auckland before Christmas as the bottom line when health is supposed to be the bottom line and the media is reporting higher infection rates every day?
How can we trust statistics and advice from the government when they have demonstrably lied about aspects of their plans (conditions required for opening up again) and promises (no vax mandates) to the NZ people.
Here’s a biggie for me personally: Why do we care so much about all things Covid when more than 13,000 babies are killed through abortion every year. In one stinking day in NZ there are more of our most vulnerable killed than the entire NZ death count of this “pandemic”.
You might not agree with my position on abortion but at least you can understand why I might not be so concerned about Covid.
I know many who have lost loved ones overseas through this global crisis, but you have to put aside the emotional response for a moment and ask if they died from the virus or from mismanagement. Did they have access to early and effective treatment? Did they have a ventilator pushed on them too quickly? Were they dying from something else anyway?