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# Open Letter to the Teaching Council
- URL: https://goodoil.news/open-letter-to-the-teaching-council/
- Published: 2021-10-12T18:40:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-10-13T10:10:43.000Z
- Author: Guest Post
- Tags: COVID-19, Education, Featured, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 01:31

**Ed U. Cayshun**

Teachers have been treated very badly by this government “mandate”. In 2020 they were told by the PM [that there would be no compulsion or penalties.](https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/09/coronavirus-jacinda-ardern-confident-enough-kiwis-will-get-covid-19-vaccine-for-herd-immunity-without-being-forced-to.html?ref=goodoil.news)

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In March the NZ government was alerted to two things.

1\. The availability of high-quality treatments/therapeutics.

2\. That the Pfizer vaccine was much less effective against variants and, in any case, was [losing efficacy after 6 months](https://stljewishlight.org/news/world-news/israeli-study-pfizer-vaccine-does-wear-off-after-6-months/?ref=goodoil.news) in a significant way and that booster shots would be needed.

  
The government has **failed** to obtain a non mRNA vaccine such as Novovax. They have also failed to have a rapid testing protocol in place that could well have worked for teaching staff exercising their right to not be vaccinated.

Their failure to act 7 months ago has led to this situation.

2021 marked 30 years for me as a classroom teacher. I am pretty good at it and sorry to see a chapter close but a great person in my past said:

> Once you have investigated and weighed things – act on your conscience.