Vaccination has a context of what we’re up against. You can’t leave that out.

Those genuinely affected deserve support, but that’s not what Peters’ fans are after.

They’re after staging an imaginary "many people were affected severely". There’s no sound evidence of that.

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Severe vaccine effects are (very) rare, especially compared to the effects of the disease.

Overall those vaccinated do better than those not. The main effect is to reduce severe infections, hospitalisations and death *compared to those not vaccinated*.

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*What he shouldn’t be entitled to is misrepresenting NZ at WHO. There it should be presenting what *NZ* wishes, not unsupported (and conspiratorial) claims a tiny subset who got him over the edge back into parliament would like. A better Prime Minister would have pulled Peters off it.

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