Burying the Truth and Managing Public Outrage Instead of Accepting Responsibility

I received an email from the COVID Commission, and it included the following paragraphs that warrant closer than usual analysis and speculation.

One immediate question I had when reading this for the first time was, "Why these words at all?".

I think the Commission is starting to panic about this whole COVID thing. This is because of the revelations flooding out now, from overseas, about unbelievable lying, and criminal activity, and millions of excess deaths. Then there are the enormous number of submissions being made to the Commission, claiming all sorts of harm. They are in early damage control:

As many of you will know, 28 February 2025 marked five years from the day the first case of COVID-19 was detected in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Aotearoa has been through a rough time in the years since, and many people are still feeling the effects of the pandemic.

That is why, even five years on, it is important that we continue with this Inquiry. We’re focused on addressing questions the public want answered regarding this very difficult time, to make sure the concerns of everyone who experienced Aotearoa New Zealand’s pandemic response are heard, and to help New Zealanders better understand the Government’s response to COVID-19. We want to ensure that a robust Inquiry has taken place into Aotearoa New Zealand’s response to COVID-19.

We are here to ensure that lessons are learned for the future, and to make sure Aotearoa New Zealand is prepared for future pandemics. We need a well-organised, resilient, robust defence to any future pandemics, and we need to be able to come together as a country to face any future pandemics. Our goal is to provide recommendations – that can be understood by all New Zealanders – to help build a strong response for the future. We are very honoured to have the opportunity to lead this Inquiry.

Ngā mihi nui,

Grant Illingworth KCChair – Phase Two

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My Humble Analysis

This Is A Masterclass in Damage Control

By the way, has New Zealand undergone a name change? I assumed that something as significant as a name change for our country would require a national referendum, with a 70 percent approval, or something near that threshold to pass. Is this yet another example of how our democracy is being insidiously eroded? Just curious. But I digress.

1. The Opening Sentence – A Soft, Sanitised Reminder

"As many of you will know, 28 February 2025 marked five years from the day the first case of COVID-19 was detected in Aotearoa New Zealand."

Right from the start, there’s an attempt to gently remind the public that COVID-19 arrived, but notice how it’s framed as just a detection rather than an event with consequences. There’s no mention of the unprecedented governmental response, the lockdowns, the destruction of small businesses, or the coercive vaccination campaign. Just a neutral, passive statement to say, "Hey, remember COVID? That thing that happened?"

Also, note the use of "Aotearoa New Zealand," reinforcing the preferred government terminology. This sets a tone — this is official-speak, reinforcing the state's narrative from the outset.

2. A "Rough Time" – A Masterclass in Understatement

"Aotearoa has been through a rough time in the years since, and many people are still feeling the effects of the pandemic."

"A rough time" – a throwaway phrase that could apply to anything: a bad flu season, a rugby loss, or a particularly cold winter. But New Zealand experienced unprecedented human rights restrictions, loss of jobs, shattered businesses, massive vaccine injuries, and coercion that tore through families and communities.

"Many people are still feeling the effects" – Again, vague. This could refer to anything. Are they acknowledging vaccine injuries? The economic devastation? Or just long-COVID fatigue? By leaving it ambiguous, the sentence subtly dismisses accountability while pretending to acknowledge public hardship.

What’s not here: any mention of the government’s role in creating these effects. Instead, the phrase carefully implies that these hardships were just natural consequences of the pandemic itself, rather than a result of the drastic policies enforced.

3. The Inquiry – A Masterful Deflection

"That is why, even five years on, it is important that we continue with this Inquiry."

"Even five years on" – a subtle way to plant the idea that this should have already been resolved. The implication? We’re still talking about this? Move on already!

"Continue with this Inquiry" – The phrase makes it seem as though an open and fair investigation has been in progress all along. Has it? Or has it been strategically dragged out to exhaust the public interest, ensuring that the most damning evidence never sees the light of day?

"Addressing questions the public want answered" – Notice they aren’t saying they’re answering them. Just addressing them, which could mean anything from issuing carefully-worded platitudes to outright ignoring the hardest questions.

4. The Future — A Fear-Driven Justification for More Control

"We are here to ensure that lessons are learned for the future, and to make sure Aotearoa New Zealand is prepared for future pandemics."

"Lessons are learned" – This phrase is a political black hole. It suggests action without committing to anything. Lessons could mean anything from doubling down on past policies to carefully rewording the same tactics to be more palatable next time.

"Prepared for future pandemics" – Oh dear, so this isn’t just about looking back. This is about justifying more infrastructure for future government control. More emergency powers? More mandates? Perhaps a centralised health ID system? What exactly are they preparing for? How about this for a deeply concerning scenario: https://www.garymoller.com/post/are-we-being-set-up-as-the-world-s-genetic-engineering-biolab

5. The Elephant in the Room – Vaccine Injuries & ACC’s Potential Collapse

One of the biggest unspoken crises is the sheer volume of vaccine injuries that threaten to bankrupt the ACC, my old employer, if fully acknowledged.

• ACC claims for vaccine-related injuries have already skyrocketed, and these represent just the cases that have managed to get through the system – many more are ignored, dismissed, or never reported.

• A full reckoning would require mass compensation, billions of dollars in payouts, and an admission that these harms were real, not rare.

• Instead, this Inquiry is designed to stall, manage, and dilute these claims until public fatigue sets in and they can be quietly buried.
  

This pyramid calculator of harm and death is from my days with the ACC — they must know this!

The true horror of the government's response isn't just the damage done — it's the effort to conceal and minimise it.

6. The Silent Casualties – PTSD and Social Shunning

What about those who didn’t suffer a vaccine injury but were:

• Mandated out of their jobs and professions?

• Shunned by family and workmates?

• Ostracised by their own communities?

• Branded as “anti-vaxxers,” “selfish,” or “dangerous” for making a personal health decision?

For these people, the suffering hasn’t ended. The psychological wounds run deep — many are quietly battling Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). It is entirely possible that the majority of New Zealanders are suffering from some level of post-pandemic trauma.

Final Verdict — This Is A Carefully Choreographed Whitewash

This isn’t a genuine search for truth. It’s a containment strategy designed to:

• Acknowledge just enough suffering to appear sympathetic — without assigning blame.

• Drag out the Inquiry until the public loses interest. They are already.

• Prepare for future government overreach under the guise of "pandemic preparedness."

• Avoid a financial reckoning that would expose just how much harm was done.

Those who suffered in silence — whether through physical injury, psychological trauma, or the pain of social exile — will be left to pick up the pieces alone.

Danielle, here, has been denied ACC cover for her vaccine injury — nothing to see here! But can you see anything that doctors and officials can not see? Before the injuries to her heart and nerves, she was an energetic music teacher, church organist, and choirist. It is people like Danielle that I am asking you to fight for. We must not allow these people to be discarded and hidden from sight.

I am worried that this inquiry is not about learning from mistakes — it is about ensuring they get away with them. But, don't let them – demand accountability!

No matter how trivial or disastrous and divisive, you think the Government's COVID response was in the way it affected you, your family, your community, and your country, please put in your submission to the Inquiry now. You do not have much time, so please get onto it:

https://haveyoursay.covid19lessons.royalcommission.nz/

This article will help you with your submission: https://hatchardreport.com/initial-submission-phase-2-of-the-royal-commission-on-covid-19-lessons/

For general reading on the topic, I have written an enormous number of articles. You can find them all on the internet but you must search by using my name, Gary Moller + your topic. So here is an example for you: Gary Moller COVID.

Stay strong!