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The Health Ministry says it will investigate the release of a Advance New Zealand video to its audience after the video featured Dr. Ashley Bloomfield speaking about vaccines.
Jami-Lee Ross has created the Advance NZ party. Source: Jami-Lee Ross / Facebook
The video was sent last night to email recipients who had signed up to receive updates from Advance New Zealand and the New Zealand Public Party.
It focuses on an idea of ”no punch, no work” that the party believes is “next” for the government.
The video features a seven-second clip of Chief Health Officer Dr. Ashley Bloomfield talking about vaccines and New Zealand’s children.
It was taken from a longer video from the Ministry of Health shared in July 2019 that focused on achieving equity in health outcomes.
In the clip taken by Advance NZ, Bloomfield says, “You may need to have dedicated teams that go out and find these children … go to their homes and vaccinate them.”
Bloomfield was using an example that in the late 1990s and early 2000s there were low immunization rates for some children in the New Zealand population.
In the full video, Bloomfield said that most vaccinations for most children would be administered in a GP setting by a nurse, but some can go through that gap where “it might take a little more effort” and the degree of resources may differ accordingly.
Chief Health Officer Dr. Ashley Bloomfield speaks Aug. 12 Source: Getty
A spokesman for the Health Ministry told 1 NEWS that an investigation would be carried out following the publication of the Advance NZ video.
The Ministry also says it will “raise the matter with the Public Service Commission.”
“For us it is important to protect the integrity of the documents and communications of the Ministry. We will conduct an investigation to ensure that no misrepresentation has occurred.
“The associated transcript [of the video] makes it clear that Dr. Bloomfield’s comments (in 2.01) relate to the effort to ensure access to health care for all New Zealand children.
“This includes cases where it may be more appropriate for care to be provided at home, rather than in a clinic or hospital.
“There is no suggestion that this would be forced or done without the usual consent of the patient.”
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Politicians from the minority party Jami lee Ross and Billy Te Kahia were among those attending the demonstration. Source: 1 NEWS
The Ministry spokesperson said that policy work was underway regarding Covid-19 vaccines and that “no consideration has been given to changing New Zealand’s current position on patient rights, informed consent or refusal of procedures. doctors “.
“Minister Hipkins has said that the government does not support mandatory vaccination.”
Advance NZ Co-Director Jami-Lee Ross said the timing of Dr. Bloomfield’s video for the Health Ministry is irrelevant and that it speaks to the methods the Ministry is willing to put in place to enforce vaccines. Ross said the date was made clear in the video that Advance NZ used.
“We used images of Dr. Bloomfield saying this to highlight the Ministry’s approach to vaccines,” Ross told 1 NEWS.
“The government may say it will never make vaccinations mandatory, but there are so many restrictions on personal rights and freedoms that exist or are being considered. And on both sides of politics.
“If the Ministry has a policy work underway on restricting work or crossing the border, it is a restriction that limits personal freedoms.
“The National Party has candidates who say that people should lose benefits or payments that work for families by refusing to get vaccinated, these are the coercive mechanisms that I oppose,” Ross said.
Former national MP Ross announced that he was starting his own Advance NZ political party in May this year and said it would focus on the freedom and sovereignty of New Zealanders.
In July, Advance NZ formed an alliance with the NZ Public Party, consisting of Billy Te Kahika, who is vying for the Te Tai Tokerau electorate.
The new alliance’s top priorities are restoring democracy and repealing the Covid-19 healthcare bill, restoring the economy, and restoring national sovereignty.
Earlier this week, Facebook removed a video from Advance NZ after Trevor Mallard wrote to the social media giant saying he wrongly framed the government for legislating on forced vaccination.
