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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-449/
- Published: 2021-10-19T17:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-10-20T09:07:14.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: COVID-19, Featured, Health, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 01:31

> \[…\] Pem Bird of Ngati Manawa says they won’t be getting the jab just yet.  
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> \[…\] “We’re not following the Crown’s directive. That has been our position for a while,” he said. “We won’t jump when we’re told to. **We want the freedom to choose. We want a different vaccine.”**  
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> \[…\] Bird says in time they will know if the decision to wait for a different vaccine is right or wrong. “But in the end I am following what my heart and mind tell me.”  
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> Meanwhile, the Medical Council is expected to announce soon what action it will take against Murupara GP Dr Bernard Conlon.  
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> Conlon’s clinic doesn’t offer Covid-19 vaccinations to Murupara residents. In a newsletter posted by his medical centre on its Facebook page, Conlon spoke about his “concerns with informed consent for children and pregnant women”.  
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> NZ Herald

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