From NEWZEALANDDOC @ substack

In my most recent article on New Zealand’s Jab mandates and exemptions for healthcare workers (which can be read here and here, and which included source documents and links thereof), and following upon my discussion with lawyer Liz Lambert of the legal processes at issue, I formulated a series of questions.

1. When the jab mandates for healthcare workers were lifted, were all those healthcare workers who had been terminated for not getting the jab offered their jobs back?Answer: Another Official Information Act request has been made to address this issue, and a response has been delayed. I know of one physician who, refusing to receive a third jab, was fired from her District Health Board job while on vacation, but rehired upon her return after the mandates had been lifted. I know of another physician in similar circumstances as well.
2. Were any religious exemptions granted? If so, by whom? How many?Answer: No, there were none.
3. Of the temporary medical exemptions (9B) granted, the vast majority were given for those who had an ‘active’ covid infection. Who made the decisions about the other exemptions for adverse events, for example?Answer: The Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield made the ultimate decisions along with a Panel of Six up until late July 2022 (please see Appendices One and Two in Source Documents). At this juncture Ayesha Verrall took over that role, and also took over the position of Minister for Covid Response from Chris Hipkins in June of that year. She had control of both medical (9B) and Service Disruption (12A) exemptions.
4. Were Significant Service Disruption (SSD) exemptions contingent upon medical exemptions having been granted for those who fell under this category?  Answer: No. SSD exemptions were granted to those who did not necessarily have medical exemptions. I know of one physician who remained unjabbed but continued to practice, albeit via telehealth (remotely, not face to face). He did not apply for a medical exemption but he assumes that his administrative chiefs applied for an SSD to cover him. Two of my psychiatric colleagues in Wellington were terminated without having been given the option of telehealth.

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https://newzealanddoc.substack.com/p/new-zealands-byzantine-jab-exemptions?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1144743&post_id=137793421&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=fh3zn&utm_medium=email

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