Alia here with a Sunday afternoon rant!
I'm so thrilled that prominent NZ news show host, Jack Tame, recently expressed a keen interest in informed consent.
(If you're not sure what I'm talking about you can check out the news piece here, it concerned Jack's interrogation of Labour Minister Shane Reti's recent ambulance riding and patients informed consent to the same.)
A New Study & Informed Consent
A new study, actively looking for markers of heart damage following a certain injection, has found that one in 35 - let's say that again to let it really sink in - one in 35 people had elevated troponin levels in the days following their injection (a signal of potential heart damage).
Fortunately for the participants, they were advised of the elevation as a part of the study and were warned to avoid exercise to reduce the potential for further damage.
When I saw this, my mind immediately went to Jack's interview with Shane Reti last week. With Jack's newfound interest in informed consent this story should be headline news, right?
Back to the study: due to the warning participants received, there were no further developments of myocarditis, or other severe cardiac effects.
Which made me reflect on what happened here in New Zealand since the Covid jab rollout…
Did Kiwis receive such testing or warnings?
Were people advised of the risks at all?
When patients in New Zealand presented with clear signs of cardiac trouble, were they treated with the urgency and seriousness that is warranted by such symptoms?
No, no, and no.
I have lost count of the number of people we have spoken with who experienced pain, shortness of breath, irregular heart beats, racing hearts, etc., over the last couple of years following the you-know-what.
The most common response from the medical system was to diagnose anxiety. Nice.
Cardiologist appointments and specialist testing can take many, many months.
I expect Jack will be all over this one and will be inviting those responsible for providing guidance for informed consent practices here in New Zealand onto his show to explain - ASAP!
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