He persecuted medical doctors over their public concerns about that substance, firing many, but gave over a thousand exemptions to health workers. Then another big lot to another group of 100s of health or other workers? Lots were lumped under one application, so the number is really still unknown and inaccurate, and could amount to 1000s more.

Quote sourced from Guy Hatchard’s OIA request: “Matt Hannant, Interim Director, Prevention, National Public Health Service, replied:

‘From 13 November 2021 to 26 September 2022, a total of 478 applications for Significant Service Disruption exemption (SSD) were received. 103 applications were granted, covering approximately 11,005 workers. Please note that it is not possible to provide the exact number of workers that were covered by SSDs. This is because it was possible for an organisation to submit an application to cover more than one worker.’

So exactly how many Ministry of Health staff and associated contractors benefited from the vaccine exemptions? Inquiries have found some staff are prepared to leak information. One source has said that 95 consultants in the Dunedin region alone benefited from ‘vaccine’ exemptions. Another source has pointed to a group of doctors working in Northland who arranged among themselves to remain ‘unvaccinated’.” The total appears to run to hundreds and possibly more.