... reports one of the Unpeople, a health worker who had an exemption from the vax for suffering a stroke after getting the first one. Others said they had 'lost their sense of control, and it eroded their trust in the health system and government', one more concluding that:

'Someone who’s been vaccinated badly, the trauma of that – it’s not just them, it’s their entire social circle, it’s their entire whānau. You’re seeding distrust in the health system, not just for COVID vaccinations, but the whole system, everything to do with medicine and the whole immunisation programme […] if there’s a policy that’s as big as a mandate for a whole population or health professionals, you really need to think about what are the unintended consequences.'

From this retrospective report: https://theconversation.com/unintended-consequences-of-nzs-covid-vaccine-mandates-must-inform-future-pandemic-policy-new-research-222989

Seems the uptake rate was between 80-90% for health workers, prison staff and teachers at the time the mandates were announced in Oct '21. End of Oct the uptake was 75% for all eligible: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_vaccination_in_New_Zealand#October_2021

I expect that 'look of disgust' will now be reserved for the 'fascists' and 'right wing extremists' who support peace & a negotiated resolution to the Ukraine war, instead of continuing to pump arms and cause still more bloodletting because Bad Putin Will Invade Us Next.

jeers,
I