Summarised by Centrist
By early 2026, ACC had accepted 1,779 treatment-injury claims arising from COVID vaccinations, including six involving a fatal injury, and paid $16.9 million. The figure excludes acute public-hospital costs. ACC requires an injury and a clear causal link, although its totals cannot capture cases for which no claim was lodged.
Reality Check Radio reports that Dr Alison Goodwin of New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science wants an audit of deaths. RCR says four coronial findings have implicated a Covid vaccine as a direct or indirect cause. The six ACC cases are not necessarily two additional deaths. Coroners determine causes of death, while ACC applies a separate statutory test, and the cases may overlap.
Goodwin reviewed findings for nine people aged 11 to 25 who died suddenly or unexpectedly. Several had myocarditis or other cardiac findings, but the cases do not collectively establish vaccination as the cause. In one case, a coroner said vaccine involvement could not be ruled out. In another, the coroner found no direct relationship.
“We absolutely need some accounting and audit of deaths,” Goodwin said.
RCR also cites a large rise in under-40 emergency presentations coded for chest pain. Those data count presentations, not confirmed heart injuries, and include musculoskeletal and non-cardiac pain.
CARM reports likewise record suspected events after vaccination, not proven causation. The Royal Commission claimed no convincing evidence that the vaccines caused excess deaths in New Zealand.
Read more at Reality Check Radio | ACC data | Royal Commission
Re-published from the Centrist with permission
