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Baker says more effort needed from government to manage COVID-19

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Epidemiologist Dr. Michael Baker has criticised Health New Zealand’s decision to adopt a “business-as-usual approach” towards Covid-19 management amidst concerns over an alleged ‘resurgence’ of the ‘virus’.

Effective from Monday, individuals aged 14 and above will now have to pay for Covid-related visits to the GP, marking a shift in how pandemic-related healthcare is funded.

Health New Zealand defended the move as part of a broader strategy aimed at integrating Covid-19 management into ‘routine healthcare services’.

Dr. Martin Hefford. a director of Health New Zealand, told media the plan’s intent was to treat Covid-19 similarly to other communicable diseases, stressing continued access to certain funded services for prevention and management, particularly for vulnerable populations.

But Baker did not agree with this approach, telling state media there was an ongoing threat posed by Covid-19 which has persisted in causing significant transmission and multiple infection waves in New Zealand. Recent alleged hospitalisation rates and mortality figures underscoed the virus’s continued impact despite available vaccines, antivirals, and testing resources, he said. Baker advocated for a heightened response proportional to the current risk, urging stronger public health measures and unrestricted access to comprehensive healthcare services for respiratory infections.

Expressing concern over the economic and health consequences of a lax approach, Baker called for sustained government support and a collaborative effort among stakeholders to effectively combat Covid-19. He stressed the importance of a unified strategy to safeguard public health and mitigate the broader societal impact of the ongoing pandemic.

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  1. Is Baker getting kick backs from Pfizer or the WHO? Why is media even giving him airtime? Flick me a message Mr Baker I have some advise for you!!!

  2. He’s a creep. At uni he was a creep, “owned” a big house in Parnel with lots of flatmates to pay the mortgage.

    I expect he’s being paid very well on this gig too.

    • Hopefully he’s fully vaxxed and boosted. Hope he gets his flu vax, monkeypox, swine flu brid flu and is wearing 10 masks by himself in a car! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  3. Michael i think you should lead by example and make sure you are up to date with all the jabs to keep you and your loved ones safe, or are you one of the 11,000 public servants who were granted an exemption?

  4. Another Pfizer shill. When is all this crazy narrative going to disappear ?
    Time to start legal action against all parties.

  5. Michael Baker is like the germ that will not die. He must be getting paid heaps to spew out his garbage. He is a shameless piece of garbage himself. I really wonder how many of the establishment pushing the jabs actually rolled up their own sleeves and took one for the team.

    The other tosser, what’s his name, Plank, how much does he get to do his rubbish modelling in an attempt to fool NZ’ers.

    • Agreed and what bout that hideous Rod Jackson? He’s even remarkably absent of late, did he get his boosters?

  6. Hmmm what about the Lancet paper that states that as much as 74% of deaths were not caused by the virus but by its alleged cure. Not to mention the legal decision in the US that has essentially reclassified them as “therapeutics’. And of course a US state, I think Kansas, is suing big prahma.

    Suffice to say, sounds like this is being “well managed” in a way i should have been a long time ago. When is New Zealand going to go down the same path?

  7. Why is this man, who essentially committed criminal acts against the population of New Zealand by violating both local and international law (ie the NZ Human Rights Act, the NZ Patient Rights Act, and the Nuremburg Code) by endorsing the introduction of a now-confirmed mRNA bio-weapon which has been ruled NOT to be a ‘vaccine’ in other nations, WHY IS THIS SHILL STILL BEING GRANTED MSM AIR TIME AND PRESS ARTICLES?
    What was his wealth gain from Big Pharma during the time of Covid?
    Note to Mikey- we have vaccine and mask exemptions, and we will NOT comply with your upcoming ‘Bird Flu S*** Show’ either!

  8. Portugal has the highest rate of covid Vaccination per capita and also has the highest excess death rate as well.
    Now what do they say again, “correlation does not imply causation”? Well isn’t that handy? And too often used. It’s a bloody good start to the signs and warning bells. Enough warning for me.

  9. We recently had relatives (2) visit NZ. We gathered (5 of us) for two hours. Within 2 days four of us had Covid. One was double vaccinated, three were recent booster vaccinated and one unvaccinated. The fifth person (double vaccinated) tested positive a week later. Interestingly, one had anti-virals from Day 1 and was still testing positive on Day 13.

    Surely Dr Baker needs to go away and undertake some credible research, then provide a proper scientific based explanation as to;
    1: why the unvaccinated (first time Covid) sailed through the infection on the same course as the vaccinated – mild for one week
    2: why the infection continued for 13 days for one vaccinated individual post taking the anti-viral medications
    3: why the individuals who received boosters within the last six months all got infected
    4: why one individual was diagnosed with Thrombocytopenia post receipt of each vaccine

    Surely time is up for Dr Baker to acknowledge the vaccines do not cover the variants coming in through the boarders, to gracefully accept defeat, lay his opinions to rest, dispose of the surplus ineffective stock and move on..we have!

    • You’re still testing for it? 🤣

      I have proudly never taken any sort of Covid test. Had one cold which may or may not have been covid. Don’t think hubby has had it, he did feel funny one day but apart from that nothing. What does hubby do that no one else does? Get his body out in the sun – regularly.

    • Let us all know when you’ve captured a replication competent intracellular parasite? BTW, in silico computer constructs simply do not count. Alleging a ‘germ’ is manifest intellectual laziness. In the meantime, URT contagion has not been demonstrated by “colds” …as the multi-decade long research of the UK Common Cold Research Unit demonstrated.
      The Final Pandemic: An Antidote To Medical Tyranny by Dr Mark Bailey & Dr Samantha Bailey https://archive.org/details/the-final-pandemic
      A Farewell To Virology ~ Expert Edition
      https://drsambailey.com/a-farewell-to-virology-expert-edition/
      Christine Massey https://christinemasseyfois.substack.com/

  10. We maybe need an other Epidemiologist one with some brain not a corrupted one we have. Surely we can give him a one way ticket to Antarctica.

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