I have been able to discuss the figures for vaccine deaths and injuries because of information that has just come to hand. This is important information for all New Zealanders that often becomes buried in social media posts (even this blog). I would ask for your assistance to spread this wide- and-far or cross-posted.
However, now as the end of the year approaches I feel confident enough to report that there have been many deaths.
- 41,506 reports of harm
- 1,651 SERIOUS injuries -
- 127 deaths
https://medsafe.govt.nz/COVID-19/safety-report-38.asp
Of course, the officials go out to explain that the benefits of the vaccine "far outweigh" the risks and they have been unable to establish any link between the death and the "vaccine".
- The protective benefits of vaccination against COVID-19 far outweigh the potential risks of vaccination.
- The Ministry of Health, Medsafe, the Centre for Adverse Reactions Monitoring and manufacturers continue to closely monitor the safety of COVID-19 vaccines. We’ll respond to any safety issues right away and will inform New Zealanders about any risks that arise in New Zealand.
- For more information about Covid Vaccine Immunisation Programme, please go to Unite against COVID-19 or call Healthline 0800 611 116 to talk to someone about your concerns.
- There were 2,679 non-serious and 153 serious reports this week. Sadly, we had 10 more notifications of death. Any possibility of a causal link is investigated as part of our routine investigations and no new safety concerns with the Comirnaty vaccine were raised by these reports. Three reports were referred to the COVID-19 Vaccine Independent Safety Monitoring Board (ISMB) after the end date for this report. The ISMB has made a statement (ISMB statement) about these reports on the Ministry of Health website. For information about reported deaths, please refer to the summary of reported deaths.
- Up to 4 December 2021 a total of 7,726,319 doses of Comirnaty have been administered and 41,506 AEFIs were reported. This means that more than 7.6 million doses of Comirnaty were administered that did not result in a report of an adverse event. On average for every 10,000 people who are vaccinated 54 people report an AEFI. It is also important to keep in mind that a report can be submitted for any cause and is not necessarily associated with the vaccine.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EXQRRGGzzcxqFL6txrXgGC_Xp7Gb0LbCE3LLyszFBAs/htmlview?urp=gmail_link#gid=1713619946
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/new-zealand/ This is the standard explanation from the authorities:
“An accurate measurement of all adverse events is not required”…
…“The Cominarty [Pfizer mRNA vaccine] has completed all testing requirements.” (Astrid Koorneef, Director, National Immunisation Programme).
“By far the biggest and most powerful weapon we have in our fight against COVID-19 is vaccination – so we really need everyone from our whānau, families and communities to step up and play their part, and to help us reach those who have not yet come forward".
The attitude is illustrated in this from Jacinda Adern:
"The temporal association between all cause deaths and vaccination for the 60+ age cohort during the roll out of the mRNA vaccine in NZ between the beginning of March 2021 to the end of October 2021 is graphically rather obvious even to a lay person. As weekly vaccination numbers rise to a peak, deaths peak. As vaccination numbers begin to fall, deaths also fall. The number of excess deaths in the weeks following vaccination is consistent with reports of 670 suspicious deaths proximate to vaccination submitted voluntarily to NZDSOS and NZ Health Forum and could actually be larger." “It is hard to escape the notion that resolutely maintaining that the vaccine was absolutely safe in the public messaging was a coordinated conspiracy of silence”.
Anecdotal reports tell a different story
In the end I always come back to anecdote to tell the story.
Here are just a few stories from our own experience.
There are numerous anecdotal reports of a spike in vaccine-related injuries and deaths as vaccination rates have increased.
For example, in the week following the ‘Vaxxathon, at the end of October, a friend of ours waited over four hours for an ambulance to take her to Hutt hospital to help deal with severe pain in her operated knee. An ambulance eventually turned up at 1.30 am.
A paramedic on duty at the time later reported that ambulances were flat out that night bringing vaccinated people from across the region to Wellington Hospital with symptoms including breathing difficulties and severe chest pain.
Another account from that time is recorded in a video of a young man admitted to Wellington Hospital with severe chest pain and a rash all over his face. The person who shared the video said that his friend, who was kept in hospital for 4 days, was shut down whenever he tried to make a connection between his symptoms and the Covid jab he had just received. One nurse just looked down at the floor and walked out, he reported.
So many people, vaccinated and unvaccinated, relate similar stories.
For example, a friend in his 70’s was rushed to Wellington hospital with a severe nose bleed after receiving his second jab. To the best of my knowledge this was not - and will not - be reported to CARM.
All of this underlines the fact that most incidents are not reported, those that are represent only a snapshot of vaccine-related injuries and deaths across the country. Here are a few recent stories.