German Denialism on Corvid-19

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Biko Agozino

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Jun 4, 2020, 8:15:13 PM6/4/20
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German Official Leaks Report Denouncing Corona as ‘A Global False Alarm’
by Daniele Pozzati
May 29, 2020

Germany’s federal government and mainstream media are engaged in damage control after a report that challenges the established Corona narrative leaked from the interior ministry.

Some of the report key passages are:

  • The dangerousness of Covid-19 was overestimated: probably at no point did the danger posed by the new virus go beyond the normal level.
  • The people who die from Corona are essentially those who would statistically die this year, because they have reached the end of their lives and their weakened bodies can no longer cope with any random everyday stress (including the approximately 150 viruses currently in circulation).
  • Worldwide, within a quarter of a year, there has been no more than 250,000 deaths from Covid-19, compared to 1.5 million deaths [25,100 in Germany] during the influenza wave 2017/18.
  • The danger is obviously no greater than that of many other viruses. There is no evidence that this was more than a false alarm.
  • A reproach could go along these lines: During the Corona crisis the State has proved itself as one of the biggest producers of Fake News.

So far, so bad. But it gets worse.

The report focuses on the “manifold and heavy consequences of the Corona measures” and warns that these are “grave”.

More people are dying because of state-imposed Corona-measures than they are being killed by the virus.

The reason is a scandal in the making:

A Corona-focused German healthcare system is postponing life-saving surgery and delaying or reducing treatment for non-Corona patients.

Berlin in Denial Mode. The scientists fight back.

Initially, the government tried to dismiss the report as “the work of one employee”, and its contents as “his own opinion” – while the journalists closed ranks, no questions asked, with the politicians.

But the 93-pages report titled “Analysis of the Crisis Management” has been drafted by a scientific panel appointed by the interior ministry and composed by external medical experts from several German universities.

The report was the initiative of a department of the interior ministry called Unit KM4 and in charge with the “Protection of critical infrastructures”.

This is also where the German official turned whistleblower, Stephen Kohn, work(ed), and from where he leaked it to the media.

The authors of the report issued a joint press release already on Mai 11th, berating the government for ignoring expert advise, and asking for the interior minister to officially comment upon the experts joint statement:

“Therapeutic and preventive measures should never bring more harm than the illness itself. Their aim should be to protect the risk groups, without endegearing the availibilty of medical care and the health of the whole population, as it is unfortunately occurring”

“We in the scientific and medical praxis are experiencing the secondary damages of the Corona-measures on our patients on a dialy basis.”

“We therefore ask the Federal Ministry of the Interior, to comment upon our press release, and we hope for a pertinent discussion regarding the [Corona] measures, one that leads to the best possible solution for the whole population”

At the time of writing, the German government had yet to react.

But the facts are – sadly – vindicating the medical experts’ worries.

On Mai 23 the German newspaper Das Bild titled: “Dramatic consequences of the Corona-Measures: 52,000 Cancer Ops delayed.”

Inside, a aeading medical doctor warns that “we will feel the side-effects of the Corona crisis for years”.

Shooting the Whistleblower. Ignoring the Message.

As Der Spiegel reported on Mai 15th: “Stephen Kohn [the whistleblower] has since been suspended from duty. He was advised to obtain a lawyer and his work laptop was confiscated.”

Kohn had originally leaked the report on May 9th to the liberal-conservative magazine Tichys Einblick one of Germany’s most popular alternative media outlets.

News of the report went mainstream in Germany during the second week of Mai – but already in the third week media and politicians alike stopped discussing the issue by refusing to comment upon it.

Emblematic was the approach taken by Günter Krings, the representative for Interior Minister Horst Seehofer – the whistleblower’s boss:

Asked it he would treat the document seriously, Krings replied:

“If you start analyzing papers like that, then pretty soon you’ll be inviting the guys with the tin foil hats to parliamentary hearings.”

Men in tin foil hats – Aluhut in German – is a term used to describe people who believe in conspiracy theories.

Indeed one article by Der Spiegel adressing the Corona protest movement and the consequences of the leaked report contained the word “conspiracy” no fewer than 17 times!

And no discussions of the issues raised by the report itself.

Outside Germany the news has virtually gone unreported.

The Protest Movement – or “Corona-Rebellen”.

Germans begun demonstrating against Lockdowns as early as April.

And thousands of citizens keep showing up at demos every week-end, even as the government is easing the restrictions.

The demos are not merely against restrictions, which have actually been comparatively mild compared to many other Western countries.

The demos question the entire Corona Narrative, and even more its principals, especially the role Bill Gates is playing, as the WHO second biggest donor (the first one since Trump suspended U.S. contribution).

Indeed the biggest such demos took place in Stuttgart on May 9th, where tens of thousands people assempled to say no – to the NWO.

Germans are saying no to any orwellian solution the government might one day impose out of a questionable “emergency status”, from mass surveillance Apps to mandatory vaccinations.

The leaked report has proved their fears to be well founded.

At least as far as the fake nature of the “Corona pandemic” is concerned.

The rest might soon follow.

My thoughts:

This German denialism reads like science fiction. It exaggerates by calling something that infected millions a global false alarm. Germany has done better at keeping the death rate lower than the rest of Europe but no one knows how they did it. The report may be reaching a hasty conclusion not supported by science if a second wave comes with a bigger impact as feared. But they are right to say that delaying cancer care was a mistake. 

I hope they are right that the virus is not as dangerous as feared but we are also right to err on the side of caution and do what we can to stay safe rather than sorry - open the windows and let in fresh air, do not blow your nose but sniff in and spit out, fast for 24 hours if you lose the sense of taste but drink lots of water, wash your hands and stay home if you are not feeling well, go to hospital and get tested but retain the right to refuse dangerous medication.

Biko



Ibrahim Abdullah

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Jun 5, 2020, 3:54:27 AM6/5/20
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Dr. Majekodomi Biko  Dean of ‘fastology” speaks!!!! There is more to the corona wahala that we don’t know; like corona; like Ebola.
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Patrick Effiboley

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OLAYINKA AGBETUYI

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Jun 5, 2020, 5:58:43 AM6/5/20
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I agree Biko cannot play the medical doctor without any medical training whatsoever ( traditional or modern)

I was pooh poohed when I initially raised a similar query on this forum that what is a pandemic in the West may not necessarily be a ' pandemic' in the tropics in relation to the cause of the illness.

I also questioned Bill Gate's ( now revealed as highest donor to WHO) prophecy for Nigeria and Africa on the pandemic given the fact he is among the worlds richest billionaires canvassed to raise a $6 dollar war chest for a vaccine ( who benefits from the sale of the vaccine globally?)

There is the unprecedented surveillance society generated  globally which has been facilitated by the illness which spurred demonstrations in London last months amid claims that it was a strategy of control by government.  A report by the British government only last week admitted something similar to the findings of the authors of this report: that the real danger posed is to people above 80 years. As I have stated in the earlier post, because of the ageing population of the UK the lockdown appears necessitated by the fact healthy carriers of the virus might unwittingly infect this at risk group hastening their death which seems to be what has happened in the UK with over 38, 000 deaths confirmed because of the virus ( the highest in Europe.)

I share the group's concern that more unnecessary deaths by other diseases were caused by the lock down.  People cannot now see their GPs  ( general practitioner MDs )in the UK except by telephone appointment let alone go to hospitals.

OAA



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Biko Agozino

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Jun 5, 2020, 2:54:19 PM6/5/20
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Ibrahim, Ewu - Goat - Greatest of all teachers, you know that I am not a medical practitioner, I have not prescribed any medicine except the recommendation to open windows and let in fresh air, periodically fast, refuse dangerous medications, etc.

You and O should extend your skepticism regarding indigenous knowledge systems to the biblical truth coming from European denialists. Imagine if such a report was authored by African scientists? They would all be pooh-poohed as Drs Global False Alarm.

Biko

OLAYINKA AGBETUYI

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Jun 6, 2020, 10:09:55 AM6/6/20
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Biko:

Me -skepticism regarding traditional African knowledge system!  Where is that idea coming from?

Not when I went immediately on graduation went to am Ifa priest to seek a remedy for an ailment I have treated with western medication in the past just to affirm their remedies work as well.  When I vouched for Ifa priests' effectiveness on the forum I was not just sloganeering African Studies.  I submitted myself for the test.

I have said months ago on the forum even before the lockdowns became global that western leaders are not telling us all they know about COVID-19.

OAA





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Ibrahim, Ewu - Goat - Greatest of all teachers, you know that I am not a medical practitioner, I have not prescribed any medicine except the recommendation to open windows and let in fresh air, periodically fast, refuse dangerous medications, etc.

You and O should extend your skepticism regarding indigenous knowledge systems to the biblical truth coming from European denialists. Imagine if such a report was authored by African scientists? They would all be pooh-poohed as Drs Global False Alarm.

Biko

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Biko Agozino

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O,

 remain skeptical even about indigenous knowledge systems for as Dr. Chika Ezeanya elaborated in her open source book, there are always quacks in every system of knowledge. We cannot rely on your anecdotal evidence as the proof for the clinical trials of any hypotheses. We must subject all claims to tests and ensure that our instruments are both reliable and valid.

Biko

OLAYINKA AGBETUYI

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Jun 6, 2020, 6:14:36 PM6/6/20
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Oh I am sceptical of the molue traditional cure- all itinerary doctors whose abode is unknown to take them to task on their dubious potions ' o nlo niyen o. Ra tie loni ki nto so ni ojuelegba' ( do not miss this opportunity to purchase this special offer which you will not get again once I alight at Ojuelegba.)  Of course there are quacks all over the place.

Ifa priests medicinal training is legendary that I have wondered if the Europeans who researched the system did not copy its organisational structure into modern medicine.

Why should I doubt what cured me?

OAA



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 remain skeptical even about indigenous knowledge systems for as Dr. Chika Ezeanya elaborated in her open source book, there are always quacks in every system of knowledge. We cannot rely on your anecdotal evidence as the proof for the clinical trials of any hypotheses. We must subject all claims to tests and ensure that our instruments are both reliable and valid.

Biko

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