September 6, 2023

If, in fact, the whole COVID response — including the vaccine — was a giant experiment on humans, New Zealand was the perfect test bed.  It is isolated, and as it turned out, subject to almost any level of draconian control.

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The health authority corresponding to our CDC gave gentle advice such as the following  to pregnant women:

Immunisation and pregnancy

When you’re pregnant, it’s strongly recommended you’re immunised against whooping cough, flu and COVID-19.

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The government then stepped up their game and closed their borders, setting up quarantine camps with scant justification.  On November 1, 2020, Gregg Jarrett wrote:

New Zealand is taking the term ‘lockdown’ to a whole new level. With only 25 coronavirus deaths among a population of nearly 5 million, medical officers are now being directed to manage all positive confirmed cases in a quarantine camp, according to the Director-General of Health, Dr. Ashley Bloomfield.

On the “Laura Ingraham Show,” Victor Davis Hanson laments the precedent this set.  In the video, the Prime Minister at the time, Jacinta Ardern, in an unbelievably harsh and unattractive diatribe, explains how dissent will not be tolerated.  It is truly creepy.

In an October 11, 2021 article, Reuters quoted her using the same style

About 2.38 million New Zealanders have so far been fully vaccinated, or about 57% of the eligible population, with officials promising to end lockdowns once 90% of the eligible population is vaccinated.