Jaine Kirtley's Thoughts

I am strongly anti-discrimination in any form, I do do not want to see the 2 tier divide which the government wants to become a reality in this country. 

So I will not be disclosing my jab status.

I fully support personal choice in healthcare.

Human knowledge evolves over time. If we are fortunate as a society, we remember past observations and decide not to repeat actions which were detrimental, and we keep doing the things that helped society.

Science is not an end point. It is a process of continuous observation and reflection. Scientific knowledge evolves over time. The scientific knowledge on the “jab” is evolving.

Now, in 2021, the decision to have a “jab” or to not have a “jab” is based on incomplete scientific knowledge. Why incomplete? Because “time” is a crucial part of any scientific research.

We simply have not had the time factor to complete the vast body of research we need to make a fully informed decision.

In New Zealand today people who choose not to have the “jab” are being discriminated. The government wants a “two tier” society. Kind, caring people are losing this week jobs including Doctors, Nurses, Midwives, Social Workers, Teachers, and many others. These are not stupid people.

These are people who care about health and welfare. Their decision is just different to the government decision.

I stand strong with my Nursing colleagues, and many of us with decades of experience, who oppose mandatory jabs.

I always done my upmost not to place a strain on health services and hospitals and I continue to do so.

I have never supported any form of discrimination and have no intension of supporting or colluding with discrimination now.

Response to

The Failure of the government funded

Diabetes Get Checked programme

The New Zealand Society of Naturopaths
Media Release 17th September 2011

by Jaine Kirtley PR Spokesperson for NZSN

The NZ Society of Naturopaths believe that the ineffectiveness of the management of diabetes as demonstrated by the recent decision to stop the Diabetes Get Checked[1] programme, is due to a lack of recognition of the importance of making strict dietary and lifestyle changes.

Little emphasis on diet

The programme had little emphasis on diet (dietary advice where given was based on advice suggested by the Clinical Guidelines for Weight Management in New Zealand Adults[ 2])

Dietary advice was to encourage rather than insist on changes.

For example reduce as much as possible and try to avoid energy dense takeaways, fast foods and fried foods and reduce as much as possible and try to avoid energy dense snacks, eg, potato chips, snack bars, buttered popcorn, biscuits, cake, and ice cream and reduce as much as possible and try to avoid sugary drinks, eg, fizzy drinks, fruit juice, sports drinks, and flavoured drinks/cordials.[2]

A NZSN spokesperson said this is like saying to someone with lung cancer try to reduce smoking as much as possible although it could be argued that this is good advice, it really does not help the person with lung cancer understand that smoking causes and exacerbates cancer. A direct focused message such as stop smoking completely gives the person a far greater prognosis.

NZSN says people with type 2 diabetes need clear messages

The NZSN says that when people with type 2 diabetes are given clear messages regarding diet and nutrition such as STOP energy dense takeaways, fast foods and fried foods and AVOID energy dense snacks, eg, potato chips, snack bars, buttered popcorn, biscuits, cake, and ice cream and AVOID sugary drinks, eg, fizzy drinks, fruit juice, sports drinks, and flavoured drinks/cordials they will have a far greater chance of reducing blood sugar levels and improving all the health problems associated with type 2 diabetes.

The programme did not promote other important aspects of nutrition such as the role specific nutrients have in helping to stabilize blood sugar levels.

In addition the NZ Society of Naturopaths believes that clearer more focused messages should be given regarding exercise and lifestyle.

References

1.         Get Checked Programme [http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexmh/diabetes-getchecked]

2.         Ministry of Health CTRU: Clinical Guidelines for Weight Management in New Zealand Adults . In. Edited by Ministry of Health N. Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Health; 2009.http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexmh/clinical-guidelines-for-weight-management-in-nz-adults

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