No Reason to ‘Crush’ Former Doctor Over COVID Stance, Lawyer Says

Published on October 14, 2024

New Zealand’s Ministry of Health wants a former eye doctor “to remember his mistake forever and a day,” his lawyer has told the Napier District Court. Dr. Phil Macdonald had already lost his medical career and business over his stand on the government’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate, and there was no purpose to be served in convicting him, counsel David Jones KC argued. During COVID, the Medical Council imposed a vaccine mandate on doctors. Although Macdonald was vaccinated against other diseases, but had doubts about the efficacy and safety of the COVID-19 vaccine, and chose not to take it. Instead, he signed up with a tikanga (Māori customary law) alternative to the Medical Council—the Wakaminenga Health Council (WHC)—which did not require him to be vaccinated....

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