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Last week alarming official figures for chest pain among the under forties in New Zealand were released under OIA. A ten fold increase which began before New Zealand had COVID-19 but after the mRNA vaccine rollout began.
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The story was picked up by the Australian media who pressed their state health authorities for data, and bingo the same alarming trend was uncovered in NSW and Queensland. Under pressure in a live interview with 2GB Sydney, NSW Health Minister Ryan Park said he had consulted at length with NSW Chief Health Officer Dr. Kerry Chant and as a result admitted to the interviewer “without a doubt some people presented to our ED’s with chest pain after the vaccination”. The Minister then tried to blame COVID-19 infection as the greater threat, but had to backtrack when the interviewer pointed out the chest pain trend in Australia also began before COVID-19 took hold as it did here in New Zealand.
Published: 06 October 2024
From: The Hatchard Report