- Open Letter to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern from Sue Grey 12 April 2021 - Website editor’s note: The following is an open letter to New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (and other Ministers and government officials) from lawyer Sue Grey. It has been re-posted from the link below: As Sue Grey did not receive a satisfactory reply from the government, papers are going be filed in the High Court… Continue reading Open Letter to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern from Sue Grey
- Hacking of European Medicines Agency reveals quality control concerns with Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine 9 April 2021 - A March 10, 2021 article in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) relates how the European Medicines Agency (EMA) was the victim of a “cyberattack” and information obtained as a result was published on the Dark Web and “several journalists – including those from The BMJ – and academics worldwide were sent copies of the leaks”.… Continue reading Hacking of European Medicines Agency reveals quality control concerns with Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine
- Are Covid-19 vaccines safe for the elderly? 2 April 2021 - As a general rule, elderly people are at higher risk from Covid-19 infections than are younger people. A number of factors are likely to be behind this increased risk including the fact that many elderly people may be more likely to be seriously deficient in vitamin D [1] and/or have pre-existing medical conditions such as… Continue reading Are Covid-19 vaccines safe for the elderly?
- Are Covid-10 vaccines safe for pregnant women? 28 February 2021 - New Zealand’s Covid-19 vaccination programme began on February 20, 2021 with people working in border-related jobs and their families being the first to be offered the jabs. [1] At this stage the only Covid-19 vaccine available in NZ is the Pfizer/BioNTech mRNA vaccine (“COMIRNATY”) and due to the short shelf life of this product once… Continue reading Are Covid-10 vaccines safe for pregnant women?
- Reporting adverse reactions to Covid-19 vaccines in New Zealand 27 February 2021 - A vaccination programme using the Pfizer/BioNtech mRNA Covid-19 vaccine “COMIRNATY” began in New Zealand on February 20, 2021 with border workers [1] and health professionals who work in South Auckland [2] being the first to be offered a jab. If mainstream media were your only source of information on the vaccine, it would seem to… Continue reading Reporting adverse reactions to Covid-19 vaccines in New Zealand
- DNA, RNA and …CEO 27 February 2021 - These days, scientific acronyms like DNA and RNA have been slipping glibly off people’s tongues almost as often as business related acronyms such as CEO and CFO… If you’re curious about the headline for this article, it was chosen because a certain high profile CEO has been recorded using the acronyms “DNA” and “RNA” in… Continue reading DNA, RNA and …CEO
- Does the NZ datasheet for the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine (“COMIRNATY”) provide sufficient information to facilitate informed decision making? 14 February 2021 - Published 13 February 2021 Article at a glance Introduction On February 3, 2021, NZ’s pharmaceutical medicines regulator, Medsafe, gave provisional approval for Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine “COMIRNATY” to be used in NZ and published a datasheet for the vaccine on its website. The vaccine was given provisional approval even though a major clinical trial of the… Continue reading Does the NZ datasheet for the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine (“COMIRNATY”) provide sufficient information to facilitate informed decision making?
- Is Ivermectin the “miracle drug” that could end the Covid-19 pandemic? 19 January 2021 - The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 has caused massive disruption to most people’s lives – and loss of life around the world from Covid-19. However, one of the positives of the pandemic has been the dedicated research into ways to prevent and treat this new viral infection; research which has encompassed nutrients such as vitamins C and… Continue reading Is Ivermectin the “miracle drug” that could end the Covid-19 pandemic?
- New Zealand and Australia Covid-19 vaccine Q&A 1 January 2021 - There are likely to be Covid-19 vaccines available in New Zealand and Australia as early as March 2021. Basic information about these vaccines is presented below in a Q&A format. NB: References and notes may be found at the end of this article. Q: Covid-19 is caused by a coronavirus known as “SARS-CoV-2”. Have vaccines… Continue reading New Zealand and Australia Covid-19 vaccine Q&A
- Top 5 Facts About Covid-19 Vaccines 29 December 2020 - Issue 1 of The Real News (which may be downloaded for free from this link) includes a brief article titled Top 5 Facts About Covid-19 Vaccines which was not completely referenced due to lack of space. The following is a properly referenced version of the article. Top 5 Facts About Covid-19 Vaccines 1. Covid-19 vaccines… Continue reading Top 5 Facts About Covid-19 Vaccines