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COVID - 19 statsitic clarification

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A long standing member of a religious community in Western Australia
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Dear Australian Bureau of Statistics,

The below is in relation to Australia only, wanting information in regards to internal affirs and reviews; thankyou kindly for your assistance.

1. Wondering if COVID 19 statistics for death can be provided:
- Cause of death stated as COVID 19 in Vaccinated
- Cause of death not COVID 19, but COVID 19 listed probable secondary cause in Vaccinated
- Cause of death stated as COVID 19 in Un-Vaccinated
- Cause of death not COVID 19, but COVID 19 listed probable secondary cause in Un Vaccinated

2. Any documentation discussing the ethical ramifications of taking onboard World Health Organization guide lines in the determination of COVID 19 cases and deaths/

3. Any documentation discussing the probability of false positives in statistics of COVID 19 Deaths or Cases and actions taken to help mitigate the errors.

4. Any documentation on why COVID 19 deaths are marked as Deaths in public listings, when in fact these stastistics do not represeant COVID-19 as the primary cause of death in many cases.

5. Any documentation to justify of why elderly COVID - 19 deaths are considered Covid Deaths when they are above the age expectancy, and have underlying health conditions, so likley did not die as COVID 19 as cause.

6. Any documentation on a ABS review of the COVID -19 statistics; stating why COVID -19 statistics are deemed ethical valid, even though they defer from the primary cause of death in many cases.

7. Any documentation into a local review process into the statistics of COVID 19 Deaths and Cases and the WHO guidelines to prove there acceptable representation of facts to the public.

8. What is the standard guidelines within Australia for representation of Death statistics, in relation to cause versus secondary cause; what is the typical death stastics based on.

9. As the Emergency Use PCR test can give false positive (up to 95% in asymptomatic people), how many COVID 19 statistical cases were in asymptotic people, what measures were taken to assure they were not false positive cases.

Thankyou kindly for your help in these matters, wishing you well;

Yours faithfully,
A member of a religious community in Western Australia

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Mark Haines, Australian Bureau of Statistics

Dear Applicant,

I refer to your application in which you seek access to documents under
the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act)(ABS reference FOI 202122/15)
regarding:

 

1. Wondering if COVID 19 statistics for death can be provided:
 - Cause of death stated as COVID 19 in Vaccinated
 - Cause of death not COVID 19, but COVID 19 listed probable secondary
cause  in Vaccinated
 - Cause of death stated as COVID 19 in Un-Vaccinated
 - Cause of death not COVID 19, but COVID 19 listed probable secondary
cause  in Un Vaccinated

2. Any documentation discussing the ethical ramifications of taking
onboard World Health Organization guide lines in the determination of
COVID 19 cases and deaths/

3. Any documentation discussing the probability of false positives in
statistics of COVID 19 Deaths or Cases and actions taken to help mitigate
the errors.

4. Any documentation on why COVID 19 deaths are marked as Deaths in public
listings, when in fact these stastistics do not represeant COVID-19 as the
primary cause of death in many cases.

5. Any documentation to justify of why elderly COVID - 19 deaths are
considered Covid Deaths when they are above the age expectancy, and have
underlying health conditions, so likley did not die as COVID 19 as cause.

6. Any documentation on a ABS review of the COVID -19  statistics; stating
why COVID -19 statistics are deemed ethical valid, even though they defer
from the primary cause of death in many cases.

7. Any documentation into a local review process into the statistics of
COVID 19 Deaths and Cases and the WHO guidelines to prove there acceptable
representation of facts to the public.

8. What is the standard guidelines within Australia for representation of
Death statistics, in relation to cause versus secondary cause; what is the
typical death stastics based on.

9. As the Emergency Use PCR test can give false positive (up to 95% in
asymptomatic people), how many COVID 19 statistical cases were in
asymptotic people, what measures were taken to assure they were not false
positive cases.

Your request was received by the ABS on 12 December 2021 and the 30 day
statutory period for processing your request commenced from the day
following that date.

 Before I commence processing your request can you please confirm the
following via return e-mail:

 1. Whether you agree to the names and contact details of non-Senior
Executive public servants, and the mobile phone numbers of Senior
Executive public servants being excluded from the scope of this
request; and
 2. Where there are a number of drafts of a document, whether you are
seeking access to those drafts, or only the final version of documents
(this includes the latest version where no 'final' version was
issued).

    It is ABS policy to impose charges consistent with section 29 of the
FOI Act.  We we will inform you of our decision in this respect once we
have conducted a search for documents.

Please don't hesitate to contact the me if you have any questions or
concerns regarding this email.

Kind regards,
Mark Haines
Freedom of Information |  Australian Bureau of Statistics
(E) [1][ABS request email] (W) www.abs.gov.au

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A long standing member of a religious community in Western Australia
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Dear Mark Haines,

If the drafts change the data in any major way, than the drafts would be useful also.

My contact email is [email address]

As it, due to my role in the community, I have no money to be able to pay any fees, so would it be possible to either wavier the fees, or just provide the information that is easily able to be gathered so as not to take up to much time. Ideally I was hoping to gain what access could be gained in good faith, anyhow I thank you for your consideration in this matter.

Yours sincerely,

A member of a religious community in Western Australia

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Angalea Turnbull, Australian Bureau of Statistics

Good morning,

Yesterday, 11 January 2022, the ABS attempted to send you a response to
your FOI request. The response has been quarantined due to sensitivity
markings, so we will work on having this issue rectified today and send
again.

We apologise for the short delay.

Regards,

Angalea Turnbull
Freedom of Information | Policy & Legislation Section | Risk, Planning and
Policy
(E)  [1][ABS request email]  (W)  [2]www.abs.gov.au

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