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# The Ministry of Health Released This – But Hoped You Wouldn’t Notice
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-ministry-of-health-released-this-but-hoped-you-wouldnt-notice/
- Published: 2021-11-21T20:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-11-22T09:50:14.000Z
- Author: Guest Post
- Tags: COVID-19, Featured, Health, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 01:31

[familyfirst.org.nz](https://familyfirst.org.nz/2021/11/20/the-ministry-of-health-released-this-but-hoped-you-wouldnt-notice/?ref=goodoil.news)  
From [bobmccoskrie.com](https://bobmccoskrie.com/?ref=goodoil.news)

When a public service doesn’t want people to see a publication, they release it late on a Friday when the media are celebrating the end of the week and have all but checked out. It’s a common well-known practice.

On Friday, the Ministry of Health did exactly that. They released [THIS](https://www.health.govt.nz/system/files/documents/pages/ministry%5Fof%5Fhealth%5Fposition%5Fstatement%5Fon%5Fthe%5Fmanagement%5Fof%5Funvaccinated%5Findividuals%5Fin%5Fhealthcare%5Fsettings.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2%5FQnbuu22dvYHKn78e4rPaz9PvY3T7VVe5xOKEb%5FsOKz%5FyG-2jYwU8uOo&ref=goodoil.news)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ministry-of-health-testing-of-unvaccinated.jpg)

It deals specifically with the right of the unvaccinated to be able to receive medical care.

Interestingly, from [checking Scoop for their media release](https://info.scoop.co.nz/Ministry%5Fof%5FHealth?ref=goodoil.news), there appears to be none.

So is there anything of interest in the document? You bet….

The [whole document is worth reading](https://www.health.govt.nz/system/files/documents/pages/ministry%5Fof%5Fhealth%5Fposition%5Fstatement%5Fon%5Fthe%5Fmanagement%5Fof%5Funvaccinated%5Findividuals%5Fin%5Fhealthcare%5Fsettings.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2%5FQnbuu22dvYHKn78e4rPaz9PvY3T7VVe5xOKEb%5FsOKz%5FyG-2jYwU8uOo&ref=goodoil.news) – but here are the key statements:

> Routine testing of asymptomatic individuals prior to consultation would identify some infectious individuals and decrease the risk of transmission….  
>  
> Testing may also provide additional benefit to the individual and their contacts through earlier diagnosis of disease….  
>  
> Rapid Antigen Tests are less sensitive than RT-PCR but have been shown to accurately identify most infectious individuals….  
>  
> Testing as a screening tool vs targeted testing: Testing of individuals for COVID-19 can provide a high degree of reassurance that an individual does not have active infection  
>  
> **Asymptomatic infection is the issue, not the vaccination status of the patient**

And what about this bit…

> **When there is high COVID-19 vaccine coverage (i.e., above 80 percent of eligible people are fully vaccinated), transmission is more likely to occur from a vaccinated than an unvaccinated individual.**

Read that again to yourself. Slowly.

Fortunately, the Ministry of Health released this when the media were sleeping – or were they?

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