Health Minister Brown, Its Time to Confront the Crisis, Elephants and All

February 25, 2025

Minister of Health
Parliament Buildings
Wellington 6160
New Zealand

Dear Minister Brown,

You are in charge of the Ministry of Health, presiding over the health of the country.  If you are seriously interested in the health of the New Zealand population, and the efficient functioning of the health system, you will need to take into consideration the significant adverse health impacts of the 5-year government response to c-19.

Three things in particular related to the pandemic response will need to be addressed if you want to make any progress at all.  These topics are never mentioned by mainstream media in their reporting and thus may not be on your radar.

• The staff mandated out of positions in the healthcare system
• The staff that are absent from the workforce due to death or frequent and/or prolonged sick leave from illness caused directly by the mandated injection, or indirectly by its cumulative effect on the immune system
• The nature and increased prevalence of the illnesses that patients presenting at healthcare facilities are suffering from, many of which are due to the mandated c-19 injection

If you do not address these root causes you will not resolve the health system woes and will not improve the health of New Zealanders.

1) Mandated Staff

The country has cast aside years and years of clinical experience, dedication and medical ethics by mandating the c-19 injection.  We have not seen any evidence that anyone has quantified the loss to the health system from vaccine mandates but this would be a good starting place – an audit of all those health professionals who resigned, were terminated, retired early or otherwise exited the system to avoid being forced to take or recommend a dangerous and unnecessary medical product.

There is a huge resource sitting untapped and unacknowledged. A few have returned to work, some have applied and been rejected, many would not consider going back to work in the system as it currently is – dysfunctional, unethical and inhuman.  However, an acknowledgement of the suffering caused, an apology, compensation and a commitment to expose the truth about the last five years might entice some back.  It would be worthwhile engaging with this group.

Recommendations: 

• An audit of how many healthcare workers left the system due to vaccine mandates, potentially via each regulatory authority assessing its database.
• Approaching this group of affected individuals to learn what would enable them to return to contributing to healthcare in NZ.

2) Unwell Staff

The mandated injection can cause a vast array of harm as has been documented at NZDSOS.com and there are numerous reports of healthcare staff becoming unwell, either constant low level infections or more serious conditions such as cancer, neurological issues, heart attacks, strokes or sudden death.  Once again, we have not seen an audit or comment about the level of ill health amongst mandated and vaccinated healthcare workers.

An unhealthy or actively sick workforce cannot provide optimal care to patients.  In addition, absenteeism due to ill health further stretches those who remain working and increases the chances they will become unwell or leave the system.  There is also the financial burden of extended sick leave.

Many of these staff will be fully aware of the cause of their and their colleagues’ unwellness but some will refuse to accept this explanation.  While it is a topic banned from discussion no progress will be made in restoring the health of those affected.

Recommendations:

• Conduct an audit of staff absenteeism and the reasons for it, in comparison with pre pandemic and pre c-19 vaccination years. 
• Conduct an audit of healthcare staff death in the last 4 years, comparing this with the 4 years prior to 2021. 
• Provide a forum for discussion about the situation.

3) Increased Number and Morbidity of Patients

The third topic that needs addressing is the increase in population ill-health resulting from widespread administration of the c-19 injections.  The NZ myocarditis study demonstrates that the c-19 injection has caused significant ill health that has been badly investigated and treated to a significant number of people, many young and of employment age.  Myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) is just one of many, many adverse events experienced by Kiwis in the aftermath of mass vaccination. This condition is neither fleeting, nor mild and can lead to significant disability.  Other adverse events have not been assessed in formal studies.

Many people presenting to health services have such a wide array of symptoms they are ‘undiagnosable’ which leads to multiple presentations in an effort to get a diagnosis and useful treatment.  Many previously highly functioning full time workers are debilitated and unable to work, now relying on a sickness benefit or, for a few determined souls, ACC.  As with unwell healthcare staff, until the degree and range of ill-health due to c-19 vaccination can be acknowledged and discussed, effective ways to treat them cannot be considered and employed.

Recommendations:

• Get accurate and up-to-date data on the causes of illness presenting to our hospitals. This needs to be compared with a similar period prior to c-19 vaccination. Publicly available data is woefully inadequate and not up-to-date.

Attesting to all of the above are truthful voices from within the system, collated in our Truth Project. ₁₎  Respectfully, we suggest you read these as a counterpoint to what your bureaucrats tell you.  

MCNZ and Censorship

Another factor that you will need to consider is the oppressive nature of the MCNZ in regulating doctors.  The topics mentioned above are not being discussed or debated in medical circles because the MCNZ (along with regulatory authorities worldwide) laid down an edict that doctors could not question or recommend caution with the c-19 vaccines.  To do so would result in disciplinary action which has been visited upon the few doctors who did question the covid response publicly.  Despite the egregious MCNZ Guidance Statement being revoked in September 2023, its spectre looms large over the profession.

Summary

Despite the media trying to blame the health system crisis on the ‘aging population’ the population has not just suddenly aged and that is a red herring.  The elephant in the room is the widespread and significant harm caused by mandates and by c-19 vaccinations to both staff and patients.  You will need to address this if you hope to make headway improving the NZ health system and population health. Otherwise you will merely fiddle, as Rome burns. 

To our letter of January 30, 2025 you have replied that you were unable to meet us “at this stage”. If not now, then when? Please indicate a time that you will be able to meet with us.  In order to avoid any culpability for us, from withholding life-saving information, we will be making this letter public, along with our first letter to you. 

We are sorry for what you have inherited, but with great power comes great responsibility.

Yours faithfully,

Drs Alison Goodwin, Matt Shelton and Cindy de Villiers
For and on behalf of NZDSOS Members and Supporters