Facts About Covid-19

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Facts about Covid-19

Published: March 14, 2020; Updated: April 25, 2020
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Fully referenced facts about Covid-19, provided by experts in the field, to help our readers
make a realistic risk assessment. (Regular updates below)
“The only means to fight the plague is honesty.” Albert Camus, The Plague (1947)
Overview
1. According to data from the best-studied countries and regions, the lethality of Covid19
is between 0.1% and 0.37%, which is in the range of a severe influenza (flu) and up to
thirty times lower than originally assumed by the WHO (see e.g. DE, DK, IS, US1, US2,
CN).
2. Even in the global „hotspots“, the risk of death for the general population of school and
working age is typically in the range of a daily car ride to work. The risk was initially
overestimated because many people with only mild or no symptoms were not
recorded.
3. Up to 80% of all test-positive persons remain symptom-free. Even among 70-79 year
olds, about 60% remain symptom-free. About 95% of all persons show mild symptoms
at most.
4. Up to one third of all persons already have a certain background immunity to Covid19
due to contact with previous coronaviruses (i.e. common cold viruses).
5. The median or average age of the deceased in most countries (including Italy) is over 80
years and only about 1% of the deceased had no serious preconditions. The age and
risk profile of deaths thus essentially corresponds to normal mortality.
6. In most countries, 50 to 70% of all extra deaths occurred in nursing homes, which do
not benefit from a general lockdown or may even suffer from it. In many cases it is not
clear if these people really died from Covid19 or from extreme stress, fear and
loneliness.
7. Up to 50% of all additional deaths may have been caused not by Covid19, but by the
effects of the lockdown, panic and fear. For example, the treatment of heart a acks and
strokes decreased by up to 40% because patients no longer dared to go to hospital.
8. Even in so-called „Covid19 deaths“ it is often not clear whether they died from or with
coronavirus (i.e. from underlying diseases) or if they were counted as „presumed
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cases“ and not tested at all. However, official figures often do not reflect this
distinction.
9. Many media reports of young and healthy people dying from Covid19 turned out to be
false: many of these young people either did not die from Covid19, they had already
been seriously ill (e.g. from undiagnosed leukaemia), or they were 109 instead of 9
years old.
10. The normal overall mortality per day is about 8000 people in the US, about 2600 in
Germany and about 1800 in Italy. Influenza mortality per season is up to 80,000 in the
US and up to 25,000 in Germany and Italy. In several countries Covid19 deaths
remained below strong flu seasons.
11. Regional increases in mortality may be influenced by additional risk factors such as
high levels of air pollution and microbial contamination, as well as a collapse in the
care for the elderly and sick due to infections, mass panic and lockdown. Special
regulations for dealing with the deceased sometimes led to additional bo lenecks in
funeral or cremation services.
12. In countries such as Italy and Spain, and to some extent the UK and the US, hospital
overloads due to strong flu waves are not unusual. In addition, up to 15% of doctors
and nurses have been required to be in quarantine, even if they develop no symptoms.
13. The often shown exponential curves of „corona cases“ are misleading, as the number of
tests also increased exponentially. In most countries, the ratio of positive tests to tests
overall (i.e. the positive rate) remained constant at 5% to 25% or increased only slightly.
In many countries, the peak of the spread was already reached before the lockdown.
14. Countries without curfews and contact bans, such as Japan, South Korea and Sweden,
did not experience a more negative course than other countries. Sweden was even
praised by the WHO and now benefits from higher immunity compared to lockdown
countries.
15. The fear of a shortage of ventilators was unjustified. According to lung specialists, the
invasive ventilation (intubation) of Covid19 patients, which was partly done out of fear
of spreading the virus, is in fact often counterproductive and damaging to the lungs.
16. Contrary to original assumptions, various studies have shown that there is no evidence
of the virus spreading through aerosols (i.e. particles floating in the air) or through
smear infections (e.g. through door handles, smartphones or at the hairdresser).
17. There is also no scientific evidence for the effectiveness of face masks in healthy or
asymptomatic individuals. On the contrary, experts warn that such masks interfere with
normal breathing and may become „germ carriers“. Leading doctors called them a
„media hype“ or „ridiculous“.
18. Many clinics in Europe and the US remained heavily underutilized or almost empty
and in some cases had to send staff home. Numerous operations and therapies were
cancelled.
19. Several media were caught trying to dramatize the situation in hospitals, sometimes
even with manipulative images and videos. In general, the unprofessional reporting of
many media maximized fear and panic in the population.
20. The virus test kits used internationally are prone to errors and can produce false
positive and false negative results. Moreover, the official virus test was not clinically
validated due to time pressure and may sometimes react to other coronaviruses.
21. Numerous internationally renowned experts in the fields of virology, immunology and
epidemiology consider the measures taken to be counterproductive and recommend
rapid natural immunisation of the general population and protection of risk groups.
22. Several experts described rushed vaccines against coronaviruses as unnecessary or
even dangerous. Indeed, the vaccine against the so-called swine flu of 2009, for
example, led to sometimes severe neurological damage and lawsuits in the millions.
23. The number of people suffering from unemployment, psychological problems and
domestic violence as a result of the measures has skyrocketed worldwide. Several
experts believe that the measures may claim more lives than the virus itself. The UN
has warned that millions of people around the world are falling into absolute poverty
and famine.
24. NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden warned that the „corona crisis“ will be used for
the massive and permanent expansion of global surveillance. The renowned virologist
Pablo Goldschmidt spoke of a „global media terror“ and „totalitarian measures“.
Leading British virologist professor John Oxford spoke of a „media epidemic“.
25. More than 500 scientists have warned against an „unprecedented surveillance of
society“ through problematic apps for „contact tracing“. In some countries, such
„contact tracing“ is already carried out directly by the secret service. In several parts of
the world, the population has been monitored by drones and faced sometimes massive
police violence.
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Analysis: On Corona, the Media, and Propaganda
Below you will find regular, but not daily, updates on medical and political
developments.
April 25, 2020
Medical updates
Professor Detlef Krüger, the direct predecessor of the well-known German virologist
Christian Drosten at the Charité Clinic in Berlin, explains in a recent interview that
Covid19 is „in many respects comparable to the flu“ and „no more dangerous than
certain variants of the flu virus“. Professor Krüger considers the „mouth and nose
protection discovered by politicians“ to be „actionism“ and a potential „germ-slinger“.
At the same time he warns of „massive collateral damage“ caused by the measures
taken.
The former Swedish and European chief epidemiologist Professor Johan Giesecke gave
the Austrian magazine Addendum a candid interview. Professor Giesecke says that 75
to 90% of the epidemic is „invisible“ because that many people develop no or hardly
any symptoms. A lockdown would therefore be „pointless“ and harm society. The
basis of the Swedish strategy was that „people are not stupid“. Giesecke expects a
death rate between 0.1 and 0.2%, similar to that of influenza. Italy and New York had
been very poorly prepared for the virus and had not protected their risk groups,
Professor Giesecke argues.
The latest figures from Italy show (pp. 12/13) that 60 of almost 17,000 doctors and
nurses who tested positive died. This results in a Covid19 lethality rate of less than
0.1% for those under 50, 0.27% for those aged 50 to 60, 1.4% for those aged 60 to 70, and
12.6% for those aged 70 to 80. Even these figures are likely too high, as these are deaths
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with and not necessarily from corona viruses, and as up to 80% of people remain
asymptomatic and some may not have been tested. Overall, however, the values are in
line with those from e.g. South Korea and give a lethality rate for the general
population in the range of influenza.
The head of the Italian Civil Defence declared in mid-April that more than 1800 people
died in nursing homes in Lombardy, and that in many cases the cause of death was not
yet clear. It was already known beforehand that the care of the elderly and nursing
homes and, as a result, the entire health care system in parts of Lombardy had
collapsed, in part due to fear of the virus and the lockdown.
The latest figures from Belgium show that there too, just over 50% of all additional
deaths occur in nursing homes, which do not benefit from a general lockdown. In 6% of
these deaths Covid19 was „confirmed“, in 94% of the deaths it was „suspected“. About
70% of the test-positive persons (employees and residents) showed no symptoms.
The British Guardian cites new studies according to which air pollution could be a „key
factor“ in Covid19 deaths. For example, 80% of deaths in four countries were in the
most polluted regions (including Lombardy and Madrid).
The Californian physician Dr. Dan Erickson described his observations regarding
Covid19 in a much-noticed press briefing. Hospitals and intensive care units in
California and other states have remained largely empty so far. Dr. Erickson reports
that doctors from several US states have been „pressured“ to issue death certificates
mentioning Covid19, even though they themselves did not agree. Dr. Erickson
recommends quarantining only the sick and not the healthy or the whole society, as
this could have negative effects on health and psyche. A significant increase in
„secondary effects“ such as alcoholism, depression, suicide and abuse of children and
spouses has already been observed. Based on figures from various countries, Dr.
Erickson estimates the lethality of Covid-19 to be about 0.1% or similar to influenza.
According to Dr Erickson, a face mask only makes sense in acute situations such as in
hospital, but not in everyday life. (Note: Youtube deleted the press briefing after it had
5 million views.)
The German newspaper DIE ZEIT focuses on the high vacancy rates in German
hospitals, which in some departments are as high as 70%. Even cancer examinations
and organ transplants that were not acutely necessary for survival had been cancelled
to make room for Covid19 patients, but these have so far been largely absent.
A new analysis from the UK concludes that there are currently about 2000 people per
week dying at home without Covid19 because they cannot or do not want to use the
health care system. These are mainly emergency patients with heart a acks and strokes
as well as chronically ill people.
Researchers in Austria concluded that more people died there in March from untreated
heart a acks than from Covid19.
In Germany, a mask requirement was introduced in public transport and in retail
outlets. The president of the World Medical Association, Frank Montgomery, has
criticized this as „wrong“ and the intended use of scarves and drapes as „ridiculous“.
In fact, studies show that the use of masks in everyday life does not bring measurable
benefits to healthy and asymptomatic people, which is why the Swiss infectiologist Dr.
Vernazza spoke of a „media hype“. Other critics speak of a symbol of „forced, publicly
visible obedience“.
In 2019, a WHO study found „li le to no scientific evidence“ for the effectiveness of
measures such as „social distancing“, travel restrictions and lockdowns. (Original
study)
A German laboratory stated in early April that according to WHO recommendations,
Covid19 virus tests are now considered positive even if the specific target sequence of
the Covid19 virus is negative and only the more general corona virus target sequence is
positive. However, this can lead to other corona viruses (cold viruses) also trigger a
false positive test result. The laboratory also explained that Covid19 antibodies are
often only detectable two to three weeks after the onset of symptoms. This must be
taken into account so that the actual number of people already immune to Covid19 is
not underestimated.
In both Swi erland and Germany, some politicians have called for „compulsory
vaccination against corona“. However, the vaccination against the so-called „swine flu“
of 2009/2010, for example, led to sometimes severe neurological damage, especially in
children, and to claims for damages in the millions.
Professor Christopher Kuhbandner: About the lack of scientific justification for the
corona measures: „The reported figures on new infections very dramatically
overestimate the true spread of the corona virus. The observed rapid increase in new
infections is almost exclusively due to the fact that the number of tests has increased
rapidly over time (see figure below). So, at least according to the reported figures, there
was in reality never an exponential spread of the coronavirus. The reported figures on
new infections hide the fact that the number of new infections has been decreasing
since about early or mid-March.“
Green: Real increase of infected people; red: increase due to more tests.
Sweden: The media versus reality
Some readers were surprised by the decrease in deaths in Sweden, as most media show a
steeply rising curve. What is the reason for this? Most media show cumulative figures by
date of reporting, while the Swedish authorities publish the much more meaningful daily
figures by date of death.
The Swedish authorities always stress that not all newly reported cases have died within
the last 24 hours, but many media ignore this (see graph below). Although the latest
Swedish figures may still increase somewhat, as in all countries, this does not change the
generally declining trend.
In addition, these figures represent deaths with and not necessarily from coronavirus. The
average age of death in Sweden is also over 80 years, about 50% of deaths occurred in
vulnerable nursing homes, while the effect on the general population has remained
minimal, even though Sweden has one of the lowest intensive care capacities in Europe.
However, the Swedish government has also been given new emergency powers due to
„corona“ and could still participate in later contact tracing programmes.
Cumulative deaths by date of reporting vs. daily deaths by date of death. (OWD /
FOHM)
The situation in Great Britain
Deaths in the UK have risen sharply in recent weeks, but are still in the range of the
strongest flu seasons of the last fifty years (see chart below). In the UK, too, up to 50% of
additional deaths occur in nursing homes, which do not benefit from a general lockdown.
Moreover, up to 50% of the additional deaths are said to be non-Covid19 deaths and up to
25% of the additional deaths occur at home. It is therefore not at all clear whether the
general lockdown is beneficial or in fact detrimental to society at large.
The editor of the British Spectator has claimed that government agencies expect the
lockdown to result in up to 150,000 additional deaths in the longer term, significantly more
than what Covid19 is expected to cause. Most recently, the case of a 17-year-old student
and singer who took her own life because of the lockdown became known.
It is striking that England, in contrast to most other countries (including Sweden), has a
significantly elevated mortality rate even among 15 to 64-year-olds. This could be due to
the frequent cardiovascular preconditions, or it might be caused by the effects of the
lockdown.
The InProportion project has published numerous new graphs that put current UK
mortality in relation to previous flu outbreaks and other causes of death. Other websites
that critically review the British situation and measures are Lockdown Skeptics and UK
Column.
UK: Weekly all-cause mortality (InProportion)
Switzerland: Excess mortality well below strong flu waves
A first serological study by the University of Geneva concluded that at least six times
more people in the canton of Geneva had contact with Covid19 than previously
thought. This means that the lethality of Covid19 in Swi erland also falls well below
one percent, while official sources still speak of up to 5%.
Even in the most severely affected canton of Ticino, almost half of the additional deaths
occurred in nursing homes that do not benefit from the general lockdown.
In Swi erland, 1.85 million people or over a third of all employees have already been
registered for short-time work. The economic costs are estimated at 32 billion for the
period from March to June.
Infosperber: Corona: The parroting of the media. „Major media outlets are hiding the
fact that they rely on opaque data for Covid-19 numbers.“
Ktipp: Swiss authorities: Almost all numbers ‚without guarantee‘. „This year fewer
under-65s died in the first 14 weeks than in the last five years. Among the over-65s, the
number was also relatively low.“
The following graph shows that overall mortality in Swi erland in the first quarter of 2020
was in the normal range and that by mid-April it was still around 2000 people below the
flu wave of 2015. 50% of deaths occurred in nursing homes that do not benefit from a
lockdown.
Overall, around 75% of the additional deaths occurred at home, while hospitals and
intensive care units remain heavily underutilized and numerous operations have been
cancelled. In Swi erland, too, the very serious question thus arises as to whether the
„lockdown“ may have cost more lives than it saved.
Cumulated deaths compared to expected value, 2010 to 2020 (BFS)
Political updates
Video: In the Australian state of Queensland, a police helicopter with night-vision

equipment tracked down three young men who were drinking a beer on the roof of a
house at night, thus violating „Corona regulations“. The men were informed via a
megaphone that the building is „surrounded by police“ and that they must proceed to
the exit. The men were fined about $1000 each.
In Israel, the domestic and anti-terrorism intelligence agency Shin Bet, in cooperation
with the police, has been tasked to monitor the population’s mobile phones since mid-
March in order to track contacts and order house arrest in the context of Covid19.
These measures were initially ordered without the consent of Parliament and are due to
remain in place until at least the end of April.
OffGuardian: The Seven Step Path from Pandemic to Totalitarianism
UK Column: Who controls the British Government response to Covid-19?
The corona-critical Swiss doctor, who was arrested by a special unit of the Swiss police
and sent to a psychiatric clinic (see update of April 15), has meanwhile been released. A
report by the magazine Weltwoche revealed that the doctor was arrested on false
grounds: there had been no threat to relatives or authorities and there had been no
possession of a loaded weapon. Thus, a politically motivated operation seems likely.
A Munich local radio station, which interviewed doctors critical of corona in March,
was informed by the responsible media supervisory authority after complaints that
„such problematic broadcasts must be stopped in the future“.
The website kollateral.news of a German specialist lawyer is collecting reports on

„suffering due to the lockdown“ and on the actual situation in German hospitals.
German general practitioners have published an appeal to politics and science in which
they call for „a more responsible handling of the corona crisis“.
Both in Austria and in Hungary, doctors who have criticised the corona measures are
threatened with a ban from their profession.
In Nigeria, according to official figures, more people have so far been killed by the
police enforcing corona curfews than by the corona virus itself.
April 21, 2020
Medical updates
Stanford professor of medicine John Ioannidis explains in a new one-hour interview

the results of several new studies on Covid19. According to Professor Ioannidis, the
lethality of Covid19 is „in the range of seasonal flu“. For people under 65 years of age,
the mortality risk even in the global „hotspots“ is comparable to the daily car ride to
work, while for healthy people under 65 years of age, the mortality risk is „completely
negligible“. Only in New York City was the mortality risk for persons under 65 years of
age comparable to a long-distance truck driver.
Professor Carl Heneghan, Director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine at
Oxford University, warns in a new article that the damage caused by the lockdown
could be greater than that caused by the virus. The peak of the epidemic had already
been reached in most countries before the lockdown, Professor Heneghan argues.
A new serological study in Los Angeles County found that 28 to 55 times more people
had Covid19 than previously assumed (without showing significant symptoms), which
reduces the danger of the disease accordingly.
In the city of Chelsea near Boston, about one third of 200 blood donors had antibodies
against the Covid19 pathogen. Half of them reported having experienced a cold
symptom in the last month. In a homeless shelter near Boston, just over a third of the
people tested positive, but nobody showed any symptoms.
Scotland reports that half of the (stocked up) intensive care beds have remained empty.
According to officials, the admission of new patients is „levelling off“.
The emergency room in Bergamo’s municipal hospital was completely empty at the
beginning of this week for the first time in 45 days. In the meantime, more people with
other diseases than „Covid19 patients“ are being treated again.
A report in the medical magazine Lancet comes to the conclusion that school closures
to contain corona viruses have no or only a minimal effect.
A nine-year-old French child with corona infection had contact with 172 people, but
none of them were infected. This confirms earlier results that corona infection (unlike
influenza) is not or hardly ever transmi ed by children.
The German emeritus microbiology professor Sucharit Bhakdi gave a new one-hour
interview on Covid-19. Professor Bhakdi argues that most media have acted
„completely irresponsibly“ during the Covid-19 epidemic.
The German Initiative for Care Ethics criticises blanket bans on visits and painful
intensive care treatment of nursing patients: „Even before Corona, around 900 old
people in need of care died every day in German homes without being taken to
hospital. In fact, palliative treatment, if at all, would be more appropriate for these
patients. () According to all we know about Corona so far, there is not a single plausible
reason to continue to value infection protection higher than the basic rights of citizens.
Lift the inhuman visiting bans!“
The oldest woman in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen died last week at the age of 109. She
survived the „Spanish flu“ of 1918, was not corona-infected and „for her age she was
doing very well“. The „corona isolation“, however, had „very much affected her“: „She
faded without the daily visits of her family members.“
The Swiss cardiologist Dr. Nils Kucher reports that in Swi erland currently about 75%
of all additional deaths occur not in hospital but at home. This certainly explains the
largely empty Swiss hospitals and intensive care units. It is also already known that
about 50% of all additional deaths occur in nursing homes. Dr. Kucher suspects that
some of these people die of sudden pulmonary embolism. This is conceivable.
Nevertheless, the question arises as to what role the „lockdown“ plays in these
additional deaths.
The Italian health authority ISS warns that Covid19 patients from the Mediterranean
region, who often have a genetic metabolic peculiarity called favism, should not be
treated with antimalarial drugs such as chloroquine, as this can lead to death. This is a
further indication that the wrong or overly aggressive medication can make the disease
even worse.
Rubicon: 120 expert opinions on Corona. Worldwide, high-ranking scientists, doctors,
lawyers and other experts criticize the handling of the corona virus. (German)
Classification of the pandemic
In 2007, the US health authorities defined a five-tier classification for pandemic influenza
and counter-measures. The five categories are based on the observed lethality (CFR) of the
pandemic, from category 1 (<0.1%) to category 5 (>2%). According to this key, the current
corona pandemic would probably be classified in category 2 (0.1% to 0.5%). For this
category, only the „voluntary isolation of sick persons“ was envisaged as the main
measure at the time.
In 2009, however, the WHO deleted severity from its pandemic definition. Since then, in
principle, every global wave of influenza can be declared a pandemic, as happened with
the very mild „swine flu“ of 2009/2010, for which vaccines worth around 18 billion dollars
were sold.
The documentary TrustWHO („Trust who?“), which deals with the dubious role of the
WHO in the context of „swine flu“, was recently deleted by VIMEO.
Swiss chief physician Pietro Vernazza: Simple measures are sufficient
In his latest contribution, the Swiss chief physician of infectiology, Pietro Vernazza, uses
the results of the German Robert Koch Institute and ETH Zurich to show that the Covid19
epidemic was already under control before the „lockdown“ was even introduced:
„These results are explosive: Both studies show that simple measures such as the
renunciation of major events and the introduction of hygiene measures are highly
effective. The population is able to implement these recommendations well and the
measures can almost bring the epidemic to a halt. In any case, the measures are sufficient
to protect our health system in such a way that the hospitals are not overburdened“.
Reproduction rate in Swi erland (ETH/Vernazza)
Switzerland: Cumulative total mortality in the normal range
In Swi erland, cumulative total mortality in the first quarter (until April 5) was at the mean
expected value and more than 1500 deaths below the upper expected value. Moreover, by
the middle of April the total mortality rate was still more than 2000 deaths below the
comparative value from the severe flu season of 2015 (see figure below).
Cumulative mortality compared to medium expected value 2010 to 2020 (BFS)
Sweden: Epidemic ending even without lockdown
The latest figures on patients and deaths show that the epidemic is coming to an end in
Sweden. In Sweden, as in most other countries, excess mortality occurred mainly in
nursing homes that were not protected well enough, the chief epidemiologist explained.
Compared to other countries, the Swedish population may now benefit from higher
immunity to the Covid19 virus, which could be er protect them from a possible „second
wave“ next winter.
It can be assumed that by the end of 2020, Covid19 will not be visible in the Swedish
overall mortality. The Swedish example shows that „lockdowns“ were medically
unnecessary or even counterproductive as well as socially and economically devastating.
Video: Why lockdowns are the wrong policy – Swedish expert Professor Johan Giesecke
Test-positive deaths in Sweden (FOHM/Wikipedia; values may still change somewhat)
Anecdotes vs. evidence
In the face of a lack of scientific evidence, some media increasingly rely on gruesome
anecdotes in order to maintain fear in the population. A typical example are „healthy
children“ who allegedly died of Covid19, but who later often turn out not to have died of
Covid19, or who were seriously ill.
Austrian media recently reported about some divers who, six weeks after a Covid19
disease with lung involvement, still showed reduced performance and conspicuous
imaging. One section speaks of „irreversible damage“, the next explains that this is
„unclear and speculative“. It is not mentioned that divers should generally take a 6 to 12
month break after serious pneumonia.
Neurological effects such as the temporary loss of the sense of smell or taste are also often
mentioned. Here too, it is usually not explained that this is a well-known effect of cold and
flu viruses, and Covid19 is rather mild in this respect.
In other reports, possible effects on various organs such as kidneys, liver or brain are
highlighted, without mentioning that many of the patients affected were already very old
and had severe chronic pre-existing conditions.
Political updates
WOZ: When fear rules. „With drones, apps and demo bans: In the wake of the Corona
crisis, fundamental freedoms are being eroded. If we don’t watch out, they will remain
so even after the lockdown – but the extreme situation also offers reason for hope.“
(German)
Multipolar: What is the agenda? „The government praises itself, spreads slogans of
perseverance and at the same time slows down the collection of basic data that would
allow the reliable measurement of the spread and danger of the virus. In contrast, the
authorities are acting quickly and decisively in expanding questionable instruments,

such as new „corona apps“ for collective pulse measurement and contact tracing“.
(German)
Professor Christian Piska, expert for public law and legal tech in Vienna: „Austria has
changed. Very much so, even if most people seem to just accept it. Step by step,
whether the economy is booming or not, we are suddenly living with police-state
conditions and severe restrictions on our basic and human rights, which would be a
perfect match for dictatorial regimes. () This is Pandora’s box, which once opened, may
never be closed again.“ (German)
More than 300 scientists from 26 countries warn of „unprecedented surveillance of
society“ by corona apps violating data protection. Several scientists and universities
have already withdrawn from the European contact tracing project PEPP-PT due to a
lack of transparency. Recently it became known that the Swiss company AGT is
involved in the project, which had previously set up mass surveillance systems for
Arab states.
In Israel, about 5000 people (with a distance of 2m each) demonstrated against the
measures of the Netanyahu government: „They talk about an exponential increase of
corona cases, but the only thing that increases exponentially are the people who stand
up to protect our country and our democracy“.
Madrid-based Irish journalist Jason O’Toole describes the situation in Spain: „With the
military visible on the streets of Spain it’s hard not to describe the situation as martial
law in all but name. George Orwell’s Big Brother is alive and well here, with the
Spanish police monitoring everybody using CCTV or by flying drones overhead. A
staggering 650,000 people were fined and 5,568 arrested during the first four weeks
alone. () I was shocked when I watched one video clip of a cop using heavy force to
arrest a mentally ill young man who was apparently just walking home with bread.“
OffGuardian: The disturbing developments in UK policing.
In a new article, US investigative journalist Whitney Webb writes on „How The US
National Security State Is Using Coronavirus To Fulfill An Orwellian Vision“: „Last
year, a government commission called for the US to adopt an AI-driven mass
surveillance system far beyond that used in any other country in order to ensure
American hegemony in artificial intelligence. Now, many of the “obstacles” they had
cited as preventing its implementation are rapidly being removed under the guise of
combating the coronavirus crisis.“
In a previous article, Whitney Webb already dealt with the central role of the „Center
for Health Security“ at Johns Hopkins University in the current pandemic management
as well as its role in previous pandemic and bioweapons simulations and its close links
to the US security apparatus.
The idea of using a pandemic to expand global surveillance and control instruments is
not new. As early as 2010, the American Rockefeller Foundation described a „lock step
scenario“ in a working paper on future technological and social developments, in
which current developments are anticipated with impressive accuracy (pages 18ff).
„The truth about Fauci“: In a new interview, US virologist Dr. Judy Mikovits talks
about her experiences with Dr. Anthony Fauci, who is currently playing a major role in
shaping the US government’s Covid19 measures.
Aid organisations warn that „far more people“ will die from the economic
consequences of the measures than from Covid-19 itself. Forecasts now predict that 35
to 65 million people will fall into absolute poverty, and many of them are threatened
with starvation.
In Germany, 2.35 million people are predicted to be on short-time working in 2020,
more than twice as many as after the financial crisis of 2008/2009.
People on short-time working in Germany (BfA)
April 18, 2020
Medical updates
A new serological study by Stanford University found antibodies in 50 to 85 times

more people than previously thought in Santa Clara County, California, resulting in a
Covid-19 lethality of 0.12% to 0.2% or even lower (i.e. in the range of severe influenza).
Professor John Ioannidis explains the study in a new video.
In a new analysis, the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (CEBM) at the University of
Oxford argues that the lethality of covid19 (IFR) is between 0.1% and 0.36% (i.e. in the
range of a severe influenza). In people over 70 years of age with no serious preconditions,
the mortality rate is expected to be less than 1%. For people over 80 years of age, the
mortality rate is between 3% and 15%, depending on whether deaths so far were
mainly with or from by the disease. In contrast to influenza, child mortality is close to
zero. With regard to the high mortality rate in Northern Italy, the research group points
out that Italy has the highest antibiotic resistance in Europe. In fact, data from the
Italian authorities show that around 80% of the deceased were treated with antibiotics,
indicating bacterial superinfections.
The Finnish epidemiology professor Mikko Paunio from the University of Helsinki has
evaluated several international studies in a working paper and comes to a Covid19
lethality (IFR) of 0.1% or less (i.e. in the area of seasonal influenza). According to
Paunio, the impression of a higher lethality was created because the virus spread very
quickly, especially in multi-generation households in Italy and Spain, but also in cities
like New York. The „lockdown“ measures had come too late and had not been
effective.
UK: London’s temporary Nightingale hospital has remained largely empty, with just 19
patients being treated at the facility over the Easter weekend. London’s established
hospitals have doubled their ICU capacity, and are so far coping with surge.
In Canada, 31 people died in a nursing home after „almost all nursing staff had left the
facility in a hurry for fear of the corona virus spreading. Health authorities found the
people in the home in Dorval near Montreal only days later – many of the survivors
were dehydrated, malnourished and apathetic.“ Similar tragedies were already
reported from northern Italy, where Eastern European nurses left the country in a
hurry when panic broke out and lockdown measures were announced.
A Sco ish doctor who also looks after nursing homes writes: „What was the
government strategy for nursing homes? The actions taken so far have made the
situation much, much worse.“
In Swi erland, despite Covid19, total mortality in the first quarter of 2020 (until 5th
April) was in the medium normal range. One reason for this could be the mild flu
season due to the mild winter, which has now been partially „offset“ by Covid19.
According to a report from April 14, Swiss hospitals and even intensive care units
continue to be very under-utilized. This again raises the question of where and how
exactly the test-positive deaths (average age 84) in Swi erland actually occur.
The President of the German Hospital Association has sounded the alarm: more than
50 percent of all planned operations throughout Germany have been cancelled, and the
„operations backlog“ is running into thousands. In addition, 30 to 40% fewer patients
with heart a acks and strokes are treated because they no longer dare to go to the
hospitals for fear of corona. There were 150,000 free hospital beds and 10,000 free
intensive care beds nationwide. In Berlin, only 68 intensive care beds are occupied by
corona patients, the emergency clinic with 1000 beds is currently not in use.
New data of German authorities show that in Germany, too, the reproduction rate of
Covid19 had already fallen below the critical value of 1 before the lockdown. General
hygiene measures were therefore sufficient to prevent the exponential spread. This had
already been shown by the ETH Zurich for Swi erland as well.
On a French aircraft carrier 1081 soldiers tested positive. So far, almost 50% of them
remained symptom-free and about 50% showed mild symptoms. 24 soldiers were
hospitalized, one of them is in intensive care (previous illnesses unknown).
Leading German virologist Christian Drosten thinks it is possible that some people
have already built up an effective so-called background immunity against the new
corona virus through contact with normal common cold corona viruses.
Klaus Püschsel, a forensic doctor from Hamburg who has already examined numerous
test positive deceased, explains in a new article: „The numbers do not justify the fear of
corona“. His findings: „Corona is a relatively harmless viral disease. We have to deal
with the fact that Corona is a normal infection and we have to learn to live with it
without quarantine“. The fatalities he examined would all have had such serious pre-
existing conditions that, „even if that sounds harsh, they would all have died in the
course of this year. Püschel adds: „The time of the virologists is over. We should now
ask others what is the right thing to do in the corona crisis, for example the intensive
care doctors.“
A review on Medscape shows that common cold infections caused by coronaviruses
typically decline at the end of April – with or without a lockdown.
Swiss magazine Infosperber writes: „Fewer corona cases? Just test less!“ The daily
number of „new cases“ reported says li le about the state of the epidemic. It was
reckless to trigger fear with the curve of cumulative test-positive deaths, they argue.
OffGuardian: Eight more experts questioning the coronavirus panic.
Video: Why lockdowns are the wrong policy – Swedish expert Prof. Johan Giesecke
Swedish epidemiology professor Johan Giesecke speaks of a „tsunami of a mild
disease“ and considers lockdowns to be counterproductive. The most important thing,
he says, is to provide efficient protection for risk groups, especially nursing homes.
Reproduction number in Germany. Lockdown since March 22. Ban on events with
more than 1000 people since March 9 (RKI).
Ventilation with Covid19
Other experts in Europe and the USA have expressed their opinion on the treatment of
critical Covid19 patients and strongly advise against invasive ventilation (intubation).
Covid19 patients do not suffer from acute respiratory failure (ARDS), but from oxygen
deficiency, possibly caused by an oxygen diffusion problem triggered by the virus or the
immune response to it.
AP: Some doctors moving away from ventilators for virus patients
Video: Covid-19: Critical Discussion of the Recommendation for Early Intubation
Video: New York intensive care doctor on Covid19 as a possible diffusion hypoxemia
Journal: COVID-19 pneumonia: different respiratory treatments for different
phenotypes?
(German) Die WELT: Sterberate bei Beatmungspatienten gibt Rätsel auf
Political updates
Video: Police violence and monitoring during corona lockdowns around the world.
In several US states there have been protests and rallies against the lockdown
measures.
German economist Norbert Haering explains in several articles how the „corona crisis“
is being used to introduce worldwide monitoring instruments that have been planned
for some time in the areas of travel, payments, contact tracing and biometrics.
Giorgio Agamben, Italian philosopher, on the Corona measures: „A country, indeed a
culture is imploding right now, and nobody seems to care. What is going on before our
eyes in countries that claim to be civilized?“
Italian lawyers lodged a complaint against corona measures of the government.
The German professor of economics Stefan Homburg in DIE WELT: „Why Germany’s
lockdown is wrong – and Sweden is doing much be er“: „In summary, countries like
Sweden, South Korea or Taiwan have acted wisely by not using lockdowns. The
virologists there guided the population and politicians through the crisis with a steady
hand, instead of unse ling them by constantly changing course. The coronavirus was
successfully contained without harming fundamental rights and jobs. Germany should
take this policy as a model for itself.“
A Swiss citizen has sent an urgent application to the Federal Administrative Court and
the Federal Council to have the lockdown lifted immediately.
Video: „Swiss doctors were muzzled, the Federal Council is divided.“ An interview
with Dr. med. Stephan Rietiker, the founder of InsideCorona.ch
Video: „The Swiss government belongs in prison. A polemic.“
April 16, 2020
The London Times reports that up to 50% of current British excess mortality might not be
caused by the coronavirus, but by the effects of the lockdown and general panic. This
amounts to up to 3000 deaths per week. In fact, this figure could be even higher, as the
British Covid19 definition also includes deaths with (rather than from) coronavirus as
well as „suspected cases“. In addition, around 50% of „corona deaths“ involve nursing
homes, which are not protected any be er by a general lockdown.
In Denmark, the lockdown is now regre ed: „We should never have pressed the stop
bu on. The Danish health care system had the situation under control. The total
lockdown was a step too far,“ argues Professor Jens O o Lunde Jørgensen of Aarhus
University Hospital. Denmark is currently ramping up school operations again.
Yale professor David Ka , who warned early on of the negative consequences of a
lockdown, gave a detailed one-hour interview on the current situation.
German virologist Hendrik Streeck explains that no „smear infections“ in
supermarkets, restaurants or hairdressing salons have been detected so far.
New antibody data from the Italian community of Robbio in Lombardy shows that
about ten times more people had the corona virus than originally thought, as they
developed no or only mild symptoms. The actual immunization rate is 22%.
New data from the Swiss Canton of Zurich shows that about 50% of all Covid19-related
deaths occurred in retirement or nursing homes. Nevertheless, even there about 40% of
all test-positive people showed no symptoms. The median age of test-positive deaths in
Swi erland is currently about 84 years.
Pietro Vernazza, the Swiss chief physician for infectiology, comments on the „live with
the virus“ strategy and recommends, among other things, individually optimised
protection of persons at risk. The immunity of the general population is also a
protection for people at risk, he says.
The new British website Lockdown Skeptics reports critically on Covid19, the measures
taken and the general media coverage.
The Austrian civil society „Initiative for evidence-based corona information“ provides
an overview of studies and analyses on the new corona virus
Documentary: „The WHO – In the grip of the lobbyists“ (ARTE, 2017, German)
April 15, 2020
Medical updates
In the British Telegraph, Professor Alexander Kekulé, one of Germany’s leading

microbiologists and epidemiologists, calls for an end to the lockdown as it causes more
damage than the virus itself. In people under 50 years of age, severe disease or death
are „very, very unlikely“. The general population should develop rapid immunity,
while risk groups should be protected. One cannot wait for a vaccine, which will take at
least six to twelve months, but must find a way to live with the virus, Professor Kekulé
said.
The German Network for Evidence-Based Medicine reports that the lethality of a
severe seasonal influenza (flu) such as 2017/2018 is estimated by the German Robert
Koch Institute to be 0.4% to 0.5%, and not only 0.1% as previously assumed. This
would mean that the lethality of Covid19 could even be lower than that of a strong
seasonal influenza, even though it may spread faster.
The Luxembourger Tagebla reports that Sweden’s „relaxed strategy on Covid19 seems
to work“. Despite minimal measures, the situation seems to be „clearly calming down
at the moment“. A huge field hospital that was set up near Stockholm remains closed
due to lack of demand. The number of patients in intensive care units remains constant
at a low level or is even slightly declining. „There are many vacancies in intensive care
units in all Stockholm hospitals. We are approaching the fla ening of the illness curve,“
explained a senior physician at the Karolinska Klinik. So far there have been about 900
deaths with Covid19 in Sweden.
A direct comparison between the UK (with lockdown) and Sweden (without
lockdown) shows that the two countries are almost identical in terms of case numbers
and deaths per population.
A le er to the New England Journal of Medicine reports that in a study of pregnant
women, 88% of test-positive women showed no symptoms – a very high figure, but one
that is consistent with earlier reports from China and Iceland.
Professor Dan Yamin, director of the Epidemiology Research Laboratory at Tel Aviv
University, explains in an interview that the new corona virus is „hardly dangerous“
for a large part of the population and that rapid natural immunity must be the goal.
The money is be er spent on extending a clinic than on paying for damages due to the
lockdown, he said.
The president of the Israeli National Research Council, Professor Isaac Ben-Israel,
argues that according to current findings, the corona epidemic is over in most countries
after about 8 weeks, regardless of the measures taken. He therefore recommends to lift the
„lockdown“ immediately.
The British statistics professor David Spiegelhalter shows that the risk of death from
Covid19 corresponds roughly to normal mortality and is visibly increased only for the
age group between approx. 70 and 80 years (see the graph at the end of the linked
article).
Professor Karin Moelling, emeritus director of the Institute of Virology at the
University of Zurich and an early critic of excessive measures, stresses in a new
interview the role of local special factors such as air pollution and population density.
The British Guardian pointed out in 2015 that extreme air pollution in Chinese cities
kills 4000 people per day. This is more than China has so far reported in total Covid19
deaths.
The German virologist Hendrik Streeck has defended himself against criticism of his
pilot study. Streeck found a lethality (based on cases) of 0.37% and a mortality (based
on population) of 0.06%, which corresponds to a strong seasonal flu.
Austrian internal medicine specialists warn of „collateral damage“: Due to the
coronavirus, control and operation dates are postponed and fewer patients with heart
a ack symptoms come to the hospitals.
A Swiss biophysicist has for the first time graphically depicted the rate of positive
Covid19 tests in Swi erland since early March. The result shows that the positive rate
oscillates between about 10% and 25% and that the „lockdown“ has had no significant
influence (see graph below). Interestingly, Swiss authorities and media have never
shown this graph.
A Swiss researcher has analysed the latest Covid19 report of the Federal Office of
Public Health and again comes to a critical assessment: „The situation report is
unsuitable for politicians and competent decision making, is highly unspecific,
incomplete and lacking in informative value“.
In a new article, the Swiss chief physician for infectiology, Dr. Pietro Vernazza, explains
that the alleged lack of immunity formation in Covid19 is a ma er of „rare individual
cases or even just clues“, which „on closer inspection do not pose a problem“, but
which are „exaggerated and hastily dished up as shocking news“ by some media.
In France, there are more and more reports of suicides out of fear of the coronavirus or
out of fear of having infected someone with the coronavirus.
The new French site Covid Infos critically examines Covid19 and media reporting.
Swiss positive test rate before and during lockdown (FS)
US and UK
On the US warship Theodore Roosevelt, 600 sailors tested positive for Covid19, and a
first sailor has since died from or with Covid19. The warship will be a very important
„case study“ for the impact on the healthy general population below 65.
The emeritus British professor of pathology, Dr John Lee, argues that a robust and
evidence-based debate is needed to avoid „big mistakes“. Many of the figures used by
governments and the media have not been reliable, he says.
In the UK, 40% of hospital beds are currently unoccupied, four times more than usual.
The reason for this is the sharp decline in general patient admissions. Intensive care
beds, whose capacity has been increased, are on average 78% occupied. In addition,
10% of nurses are in quarantine.
The temporary corona hospitals of the US military near New York are „largely empty“
so far. The hospitalization rate in New York was overestimated by a factor of seven.
A US study comes to the conclusion that the new corona virus has already spread
much further than originally assumed, but causes no or only mild symptoms in most
people, so that the lethality rate could be as low as 0.1%, which is roughly equivalent to
seasonal flu. However, due to the fact that the disease is more easily transmi ed, the
cases of the disease in New York, for example, occurred in a shorter time than usual.
In a new document on the treatment of Covid19 patients, the chief of pneumology and
intensive care at Eastern Virginia Medical School states: „It is important to recognize
that COVID-19 does not cause your “typical ARDS” (lung failure) … this disease must
be treated differently and it is likely we are exacerbating this situation by causing
ventilator induced lung injury.“
In the US, a governor claimed an infant died „of Covid“ as the world’s youngest
victim. Family acquaintances, however, stated that the infant had suffocated in a tragic
accident at home and subsequently tested positive in hospital. The responsible coroner
did not declare a Covid death.
A doctor from the US state of Montana explained in a speech how death certificates for
suspected Covid19 cases are being manipulated due to new guidelines.
Nursing homes
An analysis of data from five European countries shows that residents of nursing
homes have so far accounted for between 42% and 57% of all „Covid19 deaths“. At the
same time, three US studies show that up to 50% of all test positive nursing home
residents did not (yet) show symptoms at the time of testing. Two conclusions can be
drawn from this: On the one hand, the danger of the new coronavirus – as already
suspected – seems to be concentrated on a small, very vulnerable population group
that needs even be er protection. On the other hand, it is conceivable that some of
these people may not die, or not only die from the coronavirus, but also from the
extreme stress associated with the current situation. Recent reports from Germany and
Italy have already mentioned nursing home residents who died suddenly without
symptoms.
A German palliative physician argues in a recent interview that in the treatment of
Covid19 patients „very wrong priorities were set and all ethical principles were
violated“. There is a „very one-sided orientation towards intensive care“, although „the
balance between benefit and harm“ is often not good. A new diagnosis (i.e. Covid19)
would turn elderly patients who in the past had mostly been treated palliatively into
intensive care patients and subject them to a painful but often hopeless treatment (i.e.
artificial respiration). The treatment should always be based on the actual will of the
patient, the specialist argued.
Covid19 deaths in nursing homes (LTC Covid)
Political developments
In Germany, a medical lawyer who filed a complaint against the corona measures with
the Federal Constitutional Court and called for demonstrations, was arrested and sent
to a prison psychiatric ward for two days. The public prosecutor is investigating for
„public provocation to commit crimes“. Another lawyer asks in an open le er to the
German Federal Chamber of Lawyers: „Lawyers sent to psychiatric hospital for

protest? Is it that time again in Germany?“
In Swi erland, a „corona critical“ doctor was arrested by a special police unit for
alleged „threats against relatives and authorities“ and sent to a psychiatric clinic. The
family has since declared that there were no threats against relatives. The doctor also
stated that he was not accused of „threats against authorities“ during the interrogation.
The police justified the deployment of the special unit by assuming that the doctor was
in possession of a weapon – but this was the usual Swiss medical army pistol without
ammunition. The transfer of the doctor to a psychiatric clinic was justified on the
grounds of an alleged „incapacity to serve in prison“ (as is the case of nursing patients)
– this, too, may be seen as a pretext. Based on the current state of knowledge, it is
therefore possible that the measure was indeed politically motivated. Former US
Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney has already drawn a ention to the Swiss case.
Italy is now using European satellite data to monitor the population during lockdown.
The British police smashed in a resident’s door looking for „social gatherings“.
German constitutional law expert Professor Oliver Lepsius: „On the decline of
fundamental rights in the corona pandemic“.
April 12, 2020
New studies
Stanford professor of medicine John Ioannidis concludes in a new study that the risk of
death from Covid19 for people under 65 years of age, even in global „hotspots“, is
equivalent to the risk of a fatal car accident for daily commuters driving between 9 and
400 miles.
In a serological pilot study, German virologist Hendrick Streeck comes to the interim
result that the lethality of Covid19 is at 0.37% and the mortality (based on the total
population) at 0.06%. These values are about ten times lower than those of the WHO
and about five times lower than those of Johns Hopkins University.
A Danish study with 1500 blood donors found that the lethality of Covid19 is only 1.6
per thousand, i.e. more than 20 times lower than originally assumed by the WHO and
thus in the range of a strong (pandemic) influenza. At the same time Denmark has
decided to reopen schools and kindergartens next week.
A serological study in the US state of Colorado comes to the preliminary conclusion
that the lethality of Covid19 has been overestimated by a factor of 5 to a factor of 20
and is likely to be in the range between normal and pandemic influenza.
A study conducted by the Medical University of Vienna concluded that the age and
risk profile of Covid19 deaths is similar to normal mortality.
A study in the Journal of Medical Virology concludes that the internationally used
coronavirus test is unreliable: In addition to the already known problem of false
positive results, there is also a „potentially high“ rate of false negative results, i.e. the
test does not respond even in symptomatic individuals, while in other patients it does
respond once and then again not. This makes it more difficult to exclude other flu-like
illnesses.
A Swiss biophysicist has for the first time evaluated and graphically displayed the rate
of positive tests in the US, France, Germany and Swi erland. The result shows that the
positive rate in these countries is increasing rather slowly and not exponentially.
Dr. Daniel Jeanmonod, emeritus Swiss professor of physiology and neurosurgery,

recommends in an analysis: „Think deep, do good science, and do not panic!„
US researchers conclude that local air pollution greatly increases the risk of death from
Covid19. This confirms earlier studies from Italy and China.
The WHO concluded at the end of March that, contrary to earlier assumptions,
Covid19 is not transmi ed by aerosols („through the air“). Transmission mainly takes
place through direct contact or by droplet infection (coughing, sneezing).
The German-American epidemiology professor Knut Wi kowski argues in a new
interview that the Covid19 epidemic is already declining or even „already over“ in
many countries. The curfews had come too late and had been counterproductive,
Wi kowski argues.
European Mortality Monitoring
European mortality monitoring now shows a clear projected excess mortality in the over-
65 age group in several European countries. In some countries, however, including
Germany and Austria, mortality in this age group is still in the normal range (or even
below).
The question remains open as to whether the partially increased mortality is due to the
coronavirus alone or also due to the sometimes drastic measures taken (e.g. isolation,
stress, cancelled operations, etc.), and whether mortality will still be increased in the
annual view.
Among the age groups under 65 years, so far only in England there is a projected increase
in mortality beyond earlier waves of influenza. The median age of test-positive deceased is
80 in Italy, 83 in Germany and 84 in Swi erland.
Switzerland
According to the latest report of the Federal Office of Public Health, the median age of
test-positive deceased is now 84 years. The number of hospitalised patients remains
constant.
A study by ETH Zurich found that the infection rate in Swi erland fell to a stable value
of 1 several days before the „lockdown“, presumably due to general hygiene and
everyday measures. If this result is correct, it would fundamentally question the sense
of a „lockdown“. (About the study)
The Swiss magazine Infosperber criticizes the information policy of authorities and the
media: „Instead of informing, authorities conduct a PR campaign„. Misleading figures
and graphics are used to spread at least partly unjustified fear.
The Swiss consumer protection magazine Ktipp also criticises the information policy
and media reporting: „Authorities provide misleading information„.
A Swiss researcher has analysed the latest Covid19 report of the Federal Office of
Public Health and comes to a very critical conclusion: the report is „scientifically
unbalanced, patronising and misleading“. In consideration of the facts, the measures
taken by authorities are „irresponsible and inducing fear“.
In an open le er to the Swiss Minister of Health, Swiss doctors speak of a „discrepancy
between the threat scenario, which has been fuelled above all by the media, and our
reality. The Covid19 cases observed in the general population were few and mostly
mild, but „anxiety disorders and panic a acks“ are on the increase in the population
and many patients no longer dare to come to important examination appointments.
„And this in connection with a virus whose dangerousness, according to our
perception, exists in Swi erland only in the media and in our heads.“
Due to the very low patient workload, several clinics in Swi erland and Germany have
now had to announce short-time work. The decrease in patients is up to 80%.
The Swiss physician Dr. Paul Robert Vogt has wri en a highly shared article on
Covid19. He criticizes a „sensationalistic press“, but also warns that this is not an
„ordinary flu“. However, the physician is wrong in some points: lethality rate and
median age are very much key variables, differentiation between with/by coronavirus
is essential, respiratory masks and respirators are unsuitable in many cases (see below),
and curfews are a questionable and possibly counterproductive measure.
Germany and Austria
In a new paper, German health experts criticise the crisis policy of the Federal
Government. They speak of long-term damage to the population caused by the partial
shutdown. The figures published by the RKI were „only of limited significance“.
In a statement, the Federal Association of German Pathologists demands that there
must be autopsies of „corona deaths“ (in order to determine the true cause of death)
and thus explicitly contradicts „the recommendation of the Robert Koch Institute“,
which spoke out against autopsies, allegedly because they were too dangerous.
Dr. Martin Sprenger resigned his position in the Corona Expert Council of the Austrian
Ministry of Health in order to „regain his civil and scientific freedom of opinion“. Dr.
Sprenger previously criticized, among other things, that the government did not
sufficiently differentiate the risk of the virus for different population groups and took
too sweeping measures: „We must be careful that the loss of healthy life years due to
inadequate care for other acute and chronic diseases is not a factor of 10 times higher
than the loss of healthy life years caused by COVID-19“.
In a German nursing home, an 84-year-old man tested positive for Covid19, after which
the entire home was quarantined and mass tests were conducted. The initial test result
later turned out to be false, however.
Scandinavia
The Norwegian Medical Association writes in an open le er to the Minister of Health

that they are concerned that the measures taken could be more dangerous than the
virus, as normal patients are no longer being examined and treated.
A Swedish author explains in the British Spectator: „It is not Sweden that is conducting
a mass experiment. It is all other countries that are doing it.“
Professor Ansgar Lohse, Director at the Hamburg University Hospital, explains in an
interview: „In my opinion, the Swedish measures are the most rational in the world. Of
course, the question arises whether this can be kept up psychologically. Initially, the
Swedes have to reckon with significantly more deaths, but in the medium to long term
these will then be significantly reduced. The bill will be paid in a year – if the Swedes
can hold out. Unfortunately, the fear of the virus often forces politicians to take actions
that are not necessarily reasonable. Politics is driven also by the images in the media.“
According to Swedish chief epidemiologist Anders Tegnell, Stockholm may now have
reached a „plateau“ with regard to Covid infections. (More news about Sweden)
US and Asia
In the US, the authorities now also recommend that all test-positive deaths and even
suspect cases without a positive test result be registered as „Covid deaths“. An
American physician and state senator from Minnesota declared that this was
tantamount to manipulation. Furthermore, there would be financial incentives for
hospitals to declare patients as Covid19 patients. (Some humour on this topic).
A Covid19 field hospital near Sea le in Washington State was closed after only three
days without admi ing any patients. This is reminiscent of the hospitals built at short
notice near Wuhan, which were also mostly under-utilized or even empty and were
then dismantled after a short time.
Numerous media reported on alleged „corona mass graves“ on Hart Island near New
York. These reports are misleading in two respects: firstly, Hart Island has long been
one of the best-known „cemeteries of the poor“ in the US, and secondly the mayor of
New York declared that no mass graves are planned, but that „unclaimed“ deceased
(i.e. without relatives) are to be buried on Hart Island.
One of the leading Indian epidemiologists said that „We cannot run away to the
moon„. He recommends the rapid development of a natural immunity in the
population.
Northern Italy
Regarding northern Italy, several potential risk factors have recently been discussed.
It is true that two major vaccination campaigns against influenza and meningococcus were
carried out in Lombardy in the months immediately preceding the outbreak of Covid19,
notably in the later hotspots of Bergamo and Brescia. Although it is theoretically possible that
such vaccinations could interact with coronavirus infections, such a possibility has not
been established at present.
It is also true that a high asbestos exposure was present in northern Italy in the past, which
increases the risk of cancerous lung disease. But here again, there is no direct connection with
Covid19.
Nevertheless, in general it is true that the lung health of the population in northern Italy
has been affected for a long time by high levels of air pollution and other detrimental
factors, making it particularly susceptible to respiratory diseases.
Winter smog (NO2) in Northern Italy in February 2020 (ESA)
Swiss chief physician Pietro Vernazza
The Swiss chief physician of Infectiology, Professor Pietro Vernazza, has published four
new articles on studies concerning Covid19.
The first article is about the fact that there has never been medical evidence for the
efficacy of school closures, as children in general do not develop the Covid disease nor
are they among the vectors of the virus (unlike with influenza).
The second article is about the fact that respiratory masks generally have no detectable
effect, with one exception: sick people with symptoms (notably coughing) can reduce the
spread of the virus. Otherwise the masks are rather symbolic or a „media hype“.
The third article deals with the question of mass testing. The conclusion of Professor
Vernazza: „Anyone who has symptoms of a respiratory disease stays at home. The
same applies to the flu. There is no added value in testing.“
The fourth article deals with the Covid19 risk groups. According to current knowledge,
these include people with high blood pressure – it is suspected that the Covid19 virus
uses cell receptors that are also responsible for regulating blood pressure. However,
surprisingly, people with immunodeficiency and pregnant women (who naturally have
a reduced immune system) are not at risk. On the contrary, the risk of Covid19 is often
an overreaction of the immune system.
Intensive vs. palliative care
A German palliative physician explains in an interview that Covid19 is „not an intensive

care disease“, as the severely affected people are typically people of old age who have
multiple pre-existing conditions. When these people get pneumonia, they „have always
been given palliative care (i.e. accompanying death)“. With a Covid19 diagnosis, however,
this would now become an intensive care case, but „of course the patients still cannot be
saved“.
The expert describes the current actions of many decision-makers as „panic mode“. At
present, intensive care beds in Germany are still relatively empty. Respirators are free. For
financial reasons, hospital managers may soon come up with the idea of admi ing elderly
people. „In 14 days, the wards will be full of unsalvageable, multimorbid old people. And
once they are on the machines, the question arises as to who will switch them off again, as
that would be a homicide.“ An „ethical catastrophe“ from greed may ensue, warns the
physician.
Ventilation with Covid19
There has been and still is a worldwide rush for ventilators for Covid19 patients. This site
was one of the first in the world to draw a ention to the fact that invasive ventilation
(intubation) may be counterproductive in many cases and may cause additional harm to
patients.
Invasive ventilation was originally recommended because low oxygen levels led to the
false conclusion of acute respiratory (lung) failure, and there was a fear that with more
gentle, non-invasive techniques the virus could spread through aerosols.
In the meantime, several leading pulmonologists and intensive care physicians from the
US and Europe have spoken out against invasive ventilation and recommend more gentle
methods or indeed oxygen therapy, as already successfully used by South Korea.
Why Some Doctors Are Now Moving Away From Ventilator Treatments (TIME)
Ventilators aren’t a panacea for a pandemic like coronavirus (Dr. Ma Strauss)
With ventilators running out, doctors say the machines are overused for Covid-19
Covid-19 Does Not Lead to a “Typical” Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ATSJ)
Do COVID-19 Ventilator Protocols Need a Second Look? (Medscape)
German: „Too often intubation and invasive ventilation is used“ (Dr. Thomas Voshaar)
German: COVID-19: Ventilation – and then what? (DocCheck)
Political developments
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden warns in a new interview that governments are
using the coronavirus to build an „architecture of oppression„.
Apple and Google have announced that they will work with national authorities to
incorporate a so-called „contact tracing“ into their mobile operating systems, which
will allow authorities to monitor contacts within the population.
German constitutional law expert Uwe Volkmann said on ARD that he knows
„nobody“ among his colleagues who considers the Corona measures to be in
conformity with the constitution.
The Italian government has set up a „task force“ to „eliminate“ false reports about
Covid on the Internet. However, freedom of expression remains „untouched“, it was
said.
France has extended, due to Covid, the permi ed pre-trial detention and suspended
the examination by a judge. Complaints by lawyers‘ associations were rejected.
Denmark introduced „unprecedentedly tough emergency laws“ at the beginning of
April: „The health authorities can now order compulsory tests, compulsory
vaccinations and compulsory treatment, and use the military and private security
services in addition to the police to enforce their orders.“
The police in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia are testing drones in „corona
missions“, specifically to search for prohibited groups of people.
The German state of Saxony wants to put quarantine objectors in psychiatric hospitals.
A Swiss doctor critical of corona measures has been arrested and sent to psychiatry for
„making threats against authorities and relatives“, the Swiss police said.
In Germany, an a orney in medical law has filed a constitutional complaint against the
Corona measures and published an open le er on the subject, in which she warns
against slipping into a police state and called for demonstrations. The public
prosecutor’s office and the police then started investigations against the lawyer for
„calling for a criminal offence“, and the lawyer’s website was temporarily shut down.
The constitutional complaint has since been rejected.
In Austria, too, several lawyers have now lodged complaints against the Corona
measures with the Constitutional Court. The lawyers argue that fundamental rights
and separation of powers have been violated by the measures.
The mayor of Los Angeles promised a reward for „snitches“ who report their
neighbours to the authorities if they violate the curfews.
In the US, more than 16 million people are already unemployed due to the lockdown,
which is about 10% of the working population. According to the International Labor
Organization, 80% of the world’s 3.3 billion workers are currently affected by the
measures, and 1.25 billion workers could be affected by „drastic or catastrophic“
consequences.
Weekly new unemployment claims in the US.
April 7, 2020
The latest figures from a special report by the German Robert Koch Institute show that
the so-called positive rate (i.e. the number of test positives per number of tests) is
increasing much more slowly than the exponential curves shown by the media and was
only around 10% at the end of March, a value that is rather typical for corona viruses.
According to the magazine Multipolar, there can therefore be „no question of a
dangerously rapid spread of the virus“.
Professor Klaus Püschel, head of forensic medicine in Hamburg, explains about
Covid19: „This virus influences our lives in a completely excessive way. This is
disproportionate to the danger posed by the virus. And the astronomical economic
damage now being caused is not commensurate with the danger posed by the virus. I
am convinced that the Corona mortality rate will not even show up as a peak in annual
mortality.“ In Hamburg, for example, „not a single person who was not previously ill“
had died of the virus: „All those we have examined so far had cancer, a chronic lung
disease, were heavy smokers or severely obese, suffered from diabetes or had a
cardiovascular disease. The virus was the last straw that broke the camel’s back, so to
speak. „Covid-19 is a fatal disease only in exceptional cases, but in most cases it is a
predominantly harmless viral infection.“
In addition, Dr. Püschel explains: „In quite a few cases, we have also found that the
current corona infection has nothing whatsoever to do with the fatal outcome because
other causes of death are present, for example a brain haemorrhage or a heart a ack.
Corona in itself is a „not particularly dangerous viral disease“, says the forensic
scientist. He pleads for statistics based on concrete examination results. „All
speculations about individual deaths that have not been expertly examined only fuel
anxiety.“ Contrary to the guidelines of the Robert Koch Institute, Hamburg had
recently started to differentiate between deaths „with the“ and „by the“ coronavirus,
which led to a decrease in Covid19 deaths.
The German virologist Hendrik Streeck is currently conducting a pilot study to
determine the distribution and transmission routes of the Covid19 pathogen. In an
interview he explains: „I took a closer look at the cases of 31 of the 40 people who died
in the Heinsberg district – and was not very surprised that these people died. One of
the deceased was older than 100 years, so even a common cold could have led to
death.“ Contrary to original assumptions, Streeck has not been able to prove
transmission via door handles and the like (i.e. so-called smear infections).
The first Swiss hospitals have to announce short-time work due to the very low
capacity utilization: „The staff in all departments has too li le to do and has reduced
overtime in a first step. Now short-time work is also being registered. The financial
consequences are severe.“ As a reminder, a study by ETH Zurich based on largely
unrealistic assumptions predicted the first bo lenecks in Swiss clinics by April 2. So far
this has not happened anywhere.
In Swi erland, there was a pronounced wave of influenza at the beginning of 2017. At
that time, there were almost 1500 additional deaths in the over 65-year-old population
in the first six weeks of the year. Normally, around 1300 people die in Swi erland
every year as a result of pneumonia, 95% of whom are over 65 years old. By
comparison, a total of 762 deaths with (not caused by) Covid19 are currently reported
in Swi erland.
The managing director of a German environmental laboratory suspects that the
inhabitants of the northern Italian region of Lombardy are particularly susceptible to
viral infections such as Covid19 due to a notoriously high legionella contamination: „If
the lungs are weakened by a viral infection, as in the current situation, bacteria have an
easy job, can negatively influence the course of the disease and cause complications.“ In
Lombardy, regional pneumonia outbreaks had already occurred in the past due to
evaporation cooling systems contaminated with legionella.
On the basis of information from China, medical protocols have been defined
worldwide that rapidly provide invasive artificial respiration by intubation for test-
positive intensive care patients. On the one hand, the protocols assume that a more
gentle non-invasive ventilation through a mask is too weak, on the other hand there is
the fear that the „dangerous virus“ could otherwise spread through aerosols. As early
as March, however, German physicians pointed out that intubation can lead to
additional lung damage and has an overall poor chance of success. In the meantime, US
physicians have also come forward who describe intubation as „more harm than good“
for patients. Patients often do not suffer from acute lung failure, but rather from a kind
of altitude sickness, which is made worse by artificial respiration with increased
pressure. In February, South Korean physicians reported that critical Covid19 patients
respond well to oxygen therapy without a ventilator. The US physician mentioned
above warns that the use of ventilators must be urgently reconsidered in order not to
cause additional damage.
The official US Covid19 projections so far have overestimated hospitalisations by a
factor of 8, ICU beds needed by a factor of 6.4, and ventilators needed by a factor of
40.5.
Renowned US statistician Nate Silver explains why „coronavirus case counts are
meaningless„, unless you know more about the number and way of testing.
Further notes
The website of Dr. Wolfgang Wodarg, one of the earliest and internationally best
known critics of the Covid19 panic, was deleted for a few hours today by the German
provider Jimdo and only went online again after strong protests. It is not known
whether the temporary deletion was due to general complaints or a political
instruction.
The university email address of emeritus professor Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi, who wrote an
Open Le er to Chancellor Angela Merkel, was deactivated earlier, but was also
reactivated after protests.
On April 2, the Danish Parliament adopted a new law that allows the authorities to
block „fraudulent“ websites on Covid19 without an initial court order and to impose a
higher penalty on the operators. It is still unclear what this means for generally critical
websites about Covid19 and government policy in this regard.
The German author and journalist Harald Wiesendanger writes in an article that his
profession is completely failing in the current crisis: „How a profession that is
supposed to control the powerful as an independent, critical, impartial Fourth Estate
can succumb as quickly as lightning to the same collective hysteria as its audience,
almost unanimously, and give itself over to court reporting, government propaganda
and expert deification: It’s incomprehensible to me, it disgusts me, I’ve had enough of
it, I dissociate myself from this unworthy performance with complete shame.
Currently, more than one third of humanity is in a „lockdown“, which is more people
than lived during the Second World War.
In the US, applications for unemployment benefits have skyrocketed to over six million
(see chart), a figure unparalleled since the Great Depression of 1929.
More than one hundred human rights and civil liberties organizations warn that the
world is currently sleepwalking into a surveillance state. On Twi er, the hashtag
#covid19 has been partially replaced by the hashtag #covid1984.

US geostrategist Henry Kissinger writes in the Wall Street Journal, „The coronavirus
pandemic will forever alter the world order.“ The U.S. must „protect“ its citizens from
disease while starting „the urgent work of planning for a new epoch“.
April 5, 2020
In a 40-minute interview, the internationally renowned epidemiology professor Knut

Wi kowski from New York explains that the measures taken on Covid19 are all
counterproductive. Instead of „social distancing“, school closures, „lock down“, mouth
masks, mass tests and vaccinations, life must continue as undisturbed as possible and
immunity must be built up in the population as quickly as possible. According to all
findings to date, Covid-19 is no more dangerous than previous influenza epidemics.
Isolation now would only cause a „second wave“ later.
The British Medical Journal (BMJ) reports that, according to the latest data from China,
78% of new test-positive individuals show no symptoms. An Oxford epidemiologist
said that these findings are „very, very important.“ He added that if the results are
representative, „then we have to ask, ‘What the hell are we locking down for?’“
Dr. Andreas Sönnichsen, head of the Department of General and Family Medicine at
the Medical University of Vienna and chairman of the Network for Evidence-Based
Medicine, considers the measures imposed so far to be „insane“. The whole state is
being paralysed just to „protect the few it could affect“.
In a world first, the Swedish government has announced that it is going to officially
distinguish between deaths „by“ and deaths „with“ the coronavirus, which should lead
to a reduction in reported deaths. Meanwhile, for some reason, international pressure
on Sweden to abandon its liberal strategy is steadily increasing.
The Hamburg health authority now has test-positive deaths examined by forensic
medicine in order to count only „real“ corona deaths. As a result, the number of deaths
has already been reduced by up to 50% compared to the official figures of the Robert
Koch Institute.
As early as 2018, the German Doctors Journal reported a „multitude of pneumonia
cases“ in northern Italy, which worried the authorities. At the time, contaminated
drinking water was suspected to be one of the causes.
The German Pharmaceutical Newspaper points out that in the current situation,
patients often „fall seriously ill, even die, without having developed respiratory
symptoms beforehand“. Neurologists suspect in this regard that the corona viruses
could also damage nerve cells. Another explanation, however, would be that these
patients, who are often in need of care, die due to the very high stress.
According to the latest figures from Swi erland, the most common symptoms of test-
positive patients in hospitals are fever, cough and breathing difficulties, while 43% or
about 900 people have pneumonia. Even in these cases, however, it is not a priori clear
whether it was caused by the coronavirus or by other pathogens. The median age of the
test positive deceased is 83 years, the range reaches up to 101 years.
The British project „In Proportion“ tracks mortality „with“ Covid19 in comparison to
influenza mortality and all-cause mortality, which in Great Britain is still in the normal
range or below and is currently decreasing.
In the US state of Indiana, calls to the mental health and suicide hotline have increased
by over 2000% from 1000 to 25,000 calls per day due to the lockdown and its economic
impact.
The medical specialist portal Rxisk points out that various drugs can increase the risk
of infection with corona viruses by up to 200% in some cases.
Further notes
The British journalist Peter Hitchens describes in an article entitled „We love Big
Brother“ how even previously critical people were „infected by fear“ despite the lack of
medical evidence. In an interview, he explains that criticism is „a moral duty“ as
fundamental rights are under threat
The German historian René Schlo writes about the „Rendezvous with the police
state„: „Buying a book, si ing on a park bench, meeting up with friends – that is now
forbidden, is controlled and denounced. The democratic safeguards seem to be blown.
Where and how will it end?“
Several German law firms are preparing lawsuits against the measures and regulations
that have been issued. A specialist in medical law writes in a press release: „The
measures taken by the federal and state governments are blatantly unconstitutional
and violate a multitude of basic rights of citizens in Germany to an unprecedented
extent. This applies to all corona regulations of the 16 federal states. In particular, these
measures are not justified by the Infection Protection Act, which was revised in no time
at all just a few days ago. () Because the available figures and statistics show that
corona infection is harmless in more than 95% of the population and therefore does not
represent a serious danger to the general public.“
The Open Le er from Professor Sucharit Bhakdi to Chancellor Angela Merkel is now
available in German, English, French, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, Dutch and Estonian,
other languages will follow.
In a new interview, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden warns that Covid19 is
dangerous but temporary, while the destruction of fundamental rights is deadly and
permanent.
April 3, 2020
USA: Videos by citizen journalists show that in some hospitals described by US media as
„war zones“, it is in fact still very quiet. (Note: Some authors draw unverified or false
conclusions.)
Austria: In Austria, too, „corona deaths“ are apparently defined „very liberally“, as the
media report: „Do you also count as a corona death if you are infected with the virus but
die of something else? Yes, say Rudi Anschober and Bernhard Benka, members of the
Corona Task Force in the Ministry of Health. „There is a clear rule at present: Died with the
corona virus or died from the corona virus both count for the statistics.“ No difference is
made as to what the patient actually died of. In other words, a 90-year-old man who dies
with a fracture of the femoral neck and becomes infected with corona in the hours prior to
his death is also counted as corona death. To name but one example.“
Germany: The German Robert Koch Institute now advises against autopsies of test-
positive deceased persons because the risk of droplet infection by aerosols is allegedly too
high. In many cases, this means that the real cause of death can no longer be determined.
A specialist in pathology comments on this as follows: „Who might think evil of it! Up to
now, it has been a ma er of course for pathologists to carry out autopsies with appropriate
safety precautions even in the case of infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, hepatitis,
tuberculosis, PRION diseases, etc. It is quite remarkable that in a disease that is killing
thousands of patients all over the world and bringing the economy of entire countries to a
virtual standstill, only very few autopsy findings are available (six patients from China).
From the point of view of both the epidemic police and the scientific community, there
should be a particularly high level of public interest in autopsy findings. However, the
opposite is the case. Are you afraid of finding out the true causes of death of the positively
tested deceased? Could it be that the numbers of corona deaths would then melt away like
snow in the spring sun?“
Italy: Russian experts have noticed „strange deaths“ in nursing homes in Lombardy:
„According to newspaper reports, several cases have been registered in the town of Gromo
in which alleged corona virus-infected persons simply fell asleep and never woke up
again. No real symptoms of the disease had been observed in the deceased until then. () As the
director of the nursing home later clarified in an interview with RIA Novosti, it is unclear
whether the deceased were actually infected with the coronavirus, because nobody in the
home had been tested for it. () In the homes, where medical and nursing teams from
Russia are working, corridors, bed rooms and dining rooms are disinfected.“
Similar cases have already been reported from Germany: Nursing patients without
symptoms of illness die suddenly in the current exceptional situation and are then
considered „corona deaths“. Here again the serious question arises: Who dies from the
virus and who dies from the sometimes extreme measures?
Nursing staff: The Süddeutsche Zeitung reports: „Throughout Europe, the pandemic is
endangering the care of elderly people at home because nursing staff can no longer visit
them – or have left the respective country in a hurry to return home.“
Lastly: Stanford professor of medicine Dr. Jay Bha acharya gave a half-hour interview in
which he questions the „conventional wisdom“ regarding Covid19. The existing measures
had been decided on the basis of very uncertain and partly questionable data.
April 2, 2020 (I)
USA
A Swiss biophysicist has visualized the fact that in the US (as in the rest of the world), it is
not the number of „infected“ people that is increasing exponentially, but the number of
tests. The number of test-positive people in relation to the number of tests remains
constant or increases slowly.
Number of positive and negative tests (left) and percantage of positive tests (right) (US
data)
Germany
According to the latest influenza report of the German Robert Koch Institute, the number
of acute respiratory diseases has „fallen sharply nationwide“. The values have „dropped in
all age groups“.
By March 20, the total number of inpatient cases with acute respiratory diseases had also
fallen significantly. In the age group from 80 years and older, the number of cases had
almost halved compared to the previous week.
In the 73 hospitals examined, 7% of all cases with respiratory diseases were diagnosed
with COVID-19. In the age groups 35-59 years it was 16% and in the age group 60-79 years
it was 13% who received a COVID-19 diagnosis.
These figures correspond to those from other countries as well as to the typical prevalence
of coronaviruses (5 to 15%).
Flu-like diseases in general (left) and acute respiratory diseases in hospitals (right) (Robert-
Koch-Institut, weeks 13 and 12)
An article in DIE ZEIT discusses the issue of intensive care patients in Germany:
„At present politicians, experts and many citizens observe with concern the exponentially
increasing number of people who are newly infected every day. However, this is not the
decisive indicator for assessing how badly the corona crisis is and will hit Germany. For it
is distorted above all by the number of tests, which have been increasing for weeks.
In order to measure the burden on the health system, the number of those who are so
seriously ill that they need to be ventilated is particularly important. As long as there are
enough ventilation places for them, a great many of them can be saved. Only when these
beds become scarce does a situation like the one in Italy threaten.
The DIVI register now shows that the situation in the German intensive care units has been
relaxed so far. „We are still in a comfortable area,“ says Grabenhenrich. The number of
seriously ill patients is not rising as steeply as the number of infected patients and even if it
did, it would still be possible to provide a large number of intensive care beds with very
good equipment.
Switzerland
The Swiss Federal Office of Public Health reports that approximately 139,330 Covid19 tests
have been carried out so far, of which the result was positive in 15% of cases. This number
also corresponds to the typical corona virus value known from other countries and, as far
as can be seen, does not seem to be increasing rapidly in Swi erland either.
Only the number of tests often mentioned in the media is increasing exponentially, but not
the number of „infected“, sick or even dead.
On March 31, however, a new weekly mortality statistic was published which for the first
time forecasts an increase in overall mortality in the 65+ age group in Swi erland for the
12th calendar week (until 22 March) (see chart below). Specifically, total mortality is
expected to increase by around 200 deaths per week.
According to the Federal Office, this increase is „an expression of the current pandemic“.
The following problem arises here: up to 22 March there were a total of 106 test-positive
deaths in Swi erland. An increase of 200 deaths per week would mean that a large part of
the additional mortality is not caused by the virus but by the „countermeasures“.
Another explanation would be that the approximately 200 test-positive deaths of the
following week (week 13) have already been included. This would mean that all test-positive
deaths are assumed to be additional deaths. However, in view of the age and disease profile
as well as international experience, this would be a very doubtful assumption.
In fact, the report adds the following disclaimer: „These initial estimates are still very
uncertain, so that no exact figures can be published“.
If it turns out that a large proportion of test-positive deaths (median age: 83 years) are not
additional deaths, either the overall mortality would not be increased, or it would be
increased mainly because of the drastic measures, as some experts fear.
Weekly mortality until 22 March 2020 (BFS, data status 31 March 2020)
A Swiss newspaper has presented the current total mortality in comparison with previous
years (see graph below). This illustrates that, even if actually increased, the current
mortality rate is still below the stronger flu winters of recent years.
Weekly mortality during the year. End date is March 22, not March 31 (TA)
Further information
Virus test kits destined for Great Britain had to be recalled because they already
contained corona virus components.
The British Imperial College study, which predicted hundreds of thousands of
additional deaths but was never published in a journal or reviewed, was based on
largely unrealistic assumptions, as has now been shown.
The BBC asks, „Is coronavirus causing the deaths?„, and replies, „It could be the major
cause, a contributory factor or simply present when they are dying of something else.“
For example, an 18-year-old man was reported as the „youngest Corona victim“ after a
positive test the day before his death. However, the hospital later reported that the
young man had died of a serious pre-existing condition.
The European health authority ECDC has published very strict guidelines for handling
test-positive or „presumed test-positive“ corpses. In view of the very low mortality
rates to date, such guidelines appear questionable from a medical point of view;
however, they significantly increase the burden on the health and funeral services, and
at the same time have a high media impact.
A German state media outlet has published a critical commentary on Professor Sucharit
Bhakdi’s Open Le er to Chancellor Merkel.
The ARTE documentary „Profiteers of Fear“ from 2009 shows how the mainly privately
financed WHO „upgraded“ a mild wave of influenza (the so-called „swine flu“) to a
global pandemic so that vaccines worth several billion dollars could be sold to
governments around the world. Some of the protagonists of that time are again
prominently represented in the current situation.
The former judge at the British Supreme Court, Jonathan Sumption, declared in a BBC
interview on the British measures: „This is what a police state is like“.
April 2, 2020 (II)
Already in 2018, the Guardian wrote that „Pollution and flu bring steep rise in lung-
related illnesses„: Shortage of specialists adds to worries that surge in respiratory
diseases is pu ing pressure on A&Es.
Professor Martin Haditsch, specialist in microbiology, virology and infection
epidemiology, sharply criticises the Covid19 measures. These are „completely
unfounded“ and would „trample on sound judgment and ethical principles“.
Even representatives of German nursing homes are now complaining about the
restrictive measures and inappropriate media coverage of Covid19: „Even before the
coronavirus in the winter months, it often happened that many guests died in a
relatively short time, but the television crew did not stand behind the door and did not
show people in protective suits heroically exposing themselves to the risk of infection.“
Figures from the northern Italian city of Treviso (near Venice) show that, despite 108
test-positive deaths by the end of March, overall mortality in municipal hospitals
remained roughly the same as in previous years. This is a further indication that the
temporarily increased mortality in some places is more likely to be due to external
factors such as panic and collapse than due to the coronavirus alone.
Professor John Oxford of Queen Mary University London, one of the world’s leading
virologists and influenza specialists, comes to the following conclusion regarding
Covid19: „Personally, I would say the best advice is to spend less time watching TV
news which is sensational and not very good. Personally, I view this Covid outbreak as
akin to a bad winter influenza epidemic. In this case we have had 8000 deaths this last
year in the ‘at risk’ groups viz over 65% people with heart disease etc. I do not feel this
current Covid will exceed this number. We are suffering from a media epidemic!“
April 1, 2020
On the situation in Italy
Italian doctors reported that they had already observed severe cases of pneumonia in
northern Italy at the end of last year. However, genetic analyses now show that the
Covid19 virus only appeared in Italy in January of this year. „The severe pneumonia
diagnosed in Italy in November and December must therefore be due to a different
pathogen,“ a virologist noted. This once again raises the question what role the Covid19
virus, or other factors, actually play in the Italian situation.
On March 30, we mentioned the list of Italian doctors who died „during the Corona crisis“,
many of whom were up to 90 years old and didn’t actively participate in the crisis at all.
Today, all years of birth on the list have been removed (see however the last archive
version). A strange procedure.
We have also received the following message from an observer in Italy, who gives further
details about the dramatic situation there, which is obviously due to far more than a virus:
„In recent weeks, most of the Eastern European nurses who worked 24 hours a day, 7 days
a week supporting people in need of care in Italy have left the country in a hurry. This is
not least because of the panic-mongering and the curfews and border closures threatened
by the „emergency governments“. As a result, old people in need of care and disabled
people, some without relatives, were left helpless by their carers.
Many of these abandoned people then ended up after a few days in the hospitals, which
had been permanently overloaded for years, because they were dehydrated, among other
things. Unfortunately, the hospitals lacked the personnel who had to look after the
children locked up in their apartments because schools and kindergartens had been closed.
This then led to the complete collapse of the care for the disabled and the elderly,
especially in those areas where even harder „measures“ were ordered, and to chaotic
conditions.
The nursing emergency, which was caused by the panic, temporarily led to many deaths
among those in need of care and increasingly among younger patients in the hospitals.
These fatalities then served to cause even more panic among those in charge and the
media, who reported, for example, „another 475 fatalities“, „The dead are being removed
from hospitals by the army“, accompanied by pictures of coffins and army trucks lined up.
However, this was the result of the funeral directors‘ fear of the „killer virus“, who
therefore refused their services. Moreover, on the one hand there were too many deaths at
once and on the other hand the government passed a law that the corpses carrying the
coronavirus had to be cremated. In Catholic Italy, few cremations had been carried out in
the past. Therefore there were only a few small crematoria, which very quickly reached
their limits. Therefore the deceased had to be laid out in different churches.
In principle, this development is the same in all countries. However, the quality of the
health system has a considerable influence on the effects. Therefore, there are fewer
problems in Germany, Austria or Swi erland than in Italy, Spain or the USA. However, as
can be seen in the official figures, there is no significant increase in the mortality rate. Just a
small mountain that came from this tragedy.“
Italy test-positive deaths by prior illnesses (ISS / Bloomberg)
Hospital situation in the US, Germany and Switzerland
The US television station CBS was caught using footage from an Italian intensive care
unit in a piece on the current situation in New York.
Contrary to media reports, the register of German intensive care units also shows no
increased occupancy. An employee of a Munich clinic explained that they had been
„waiting for weeks for the wave to hit“, but that there was „no increase in patient
numbers“. He said that the politicians‘ statements did not correspond with their own
experience, and that the „myth of the killer virus“ could „not be confirmed“.
Also in Swiss clinics, no increased occupancy has been observed so far. A visitor to the
cantonal hospital in Lucerne reports that there is „less activity than in normal times“.
Entire floors have been closed for Covid19, but staff „are still waiting for patients“. The
hospitals in Bern, Basel, Zug and Zurich have also been „emptied“. Even in Ticino, the
intensive care units are not working to capacity, but patients are now being transferred
to other parts of the country. From a purely medical point of view, this makes li le
sense.
Other medical notes
The director of the University Medical Center Hamburg, Dr. Ansgar Lohse, demands a
quick end to curfews and contact bans. He argues that more people should be infected with
corona. Kitas and schools should be reopened as soon as possible so that children and
their parents can become immune through infection with the corona virus. The
continuation of the strict measures would lead to an economic crisis, which would also
cost lives, said the physician.
In Spain, 15% of test-positives are doctors and nurses. Although many of them show no
symptoms, they have to go into quarantine, causing the Spanish healthcare system to
collapse.
Dr. John Lee, professor emeritus of pathology, is writing about the highly misleading
definition and communication of „corona deaths“ in the British Spectator.
The latest data from Norway, evaluated by a PhD in environmental toxicology, again
show that the rate of test-positives does not increase – as would be expected in the case
of an epidemic – but fluctuates in the normal range for coronaviruses between 2 and
10%. The average age of the test-positive deceased is 84 years, the causes of death are
not publicly reported, and there is no excess mortality.
Sweden, which has so far managed without radical measures and has not reported
increased mortality (similar to Asian countries such as Japan or South Korea), is
remarkably put under pressure from the international media to change its strategy.
Data from New York State show that the hospitalization rate of test-positive
individuals could be more than twenty times lower than originally assumed.
An article on the specialist portal DocCheck deals with the problem of ventilating test-
positive patients. In test-positive patients, simple ventilation through a mask is
officially advised against, among other things to prevent the coronavirus from
spreading through aerosols. Therefore, test positive intensive care patients are often
intubated directly. However, intubation has poor chances of success and often leads to
additional damage to the lungs (so-called ventilator-induced lung damage). As with
medication, the question arises as to whether a more gentle treatment of patients would
not be medically more sensible.
Reports on political developments
A German state minister has called on the population to „be vigilant and report
violations of the rules for containing the corona epidemic to the police“. „Eagerly
reported“ are, for example, „prohibited group formation, children in playgrounds,
parties“ and hikers.
German constitutional law experts are raising the alarm for „serious encroachments on
fundamental rights“. Constitutional law expert Hans Michael Heinig warns that the
„democratic constitutional state could turn into a fascist-hysterical hygiene state in no
time“. Professor Christoph Möllers of Berlin’s Humboldt University explains that the
infection protection law „cannot serve as a basis for such far-reaching restrictions of
citizens‘ rights of freedom“. According to the former president of the German Federal
Constitutional Court, Hans Jürgen Papier, „emergency measures do not justify the
suspension of civil liberties in favour of an authoritarian and surveillance state“.
Online petitions have been launched in several countries to end curfews and other
encroachments on basic rights. At the same time, critical video contributions, even by
doctors, are increasingly being deleted. In Berlin, a registered event on fundamental
rights, at which the German constitution was distributed, was terminated by the police.
March 31, 2020 (I)
Dr. Richard Capek and other researchers have already shown that the number of test-
positive individuals in relation to the number of tests performed remains constant in all
countries studied so far, which speaks against an exponential spread of the virus and
merely indicates an exponential increase in the number of tests.
Depending on the country, the proportion of test-positive individuals is between 5 and

15%, which corresponds to the usual spread of corona viruses. Interestingly, these constant
numerical values are not actively communicated (or even removed) by authorities and the
media. Instead, exponential but irrelevant and misleading curves are shown without
context.
Such behavior, of course, does not correspond to professional medical standards, as a look
at the traditional influenza report of the German Robert Koch Institute makes clear (p. 30,
see chart below). Here, in addition to the number of detections (right), the number of
samples (left, grey bars) and the positive rate (left, blue curve) are shown.
This immediately shows that during a flu season the positive rate rises from 0 to 10% to up
to 80% of the samples and drops back to the normal value after a few weeks. In
comparison, Covid19 tests show a constant positive rate in the normal range (see below).
Left: Number of samples and positive rate; right: number of detections (RKI, 2017)
Constant Covid19-positive rate using US data (Dr. Richard Capek). This applies
analogously to all other countries for which data on the number of samples is currently
available.
Covid19 positive rate (Dr. Richard Capek, US data)
March 31, 2020 (II)
A graphical analysis of the European monitoring data impressively shows that,

irrespective of the measures taken, overall mortality throughout Europe remained in
the normal range or below by March 25, and often significantly below the levels of
previous years. Only in Italy (65+) was the overall mortality rate somewhat increased
(probably for several reasons), but it was still below previous flu seasons.
The president of the German Robert Koch Institute confirmed again that pre-existing
conditions and actual cause of death do not play a role in the definition of so-called
„corona deaths“. From a medical point of view, such a definition is clearly misleading.
It has the obvious and generally known effect of pu ing politics and society in fear.
In Italy the situation is now beginning to calm down. As far as is known, the
temporarily increased mortality rates (65+) were rather local effects, often accompanied
by mass panic and a breakdown in health care. A politician from northern Italy asks,
for example, „how is it possible that Covid patients from Brescia are transported to
Germany, while in the nearby Verona two thirds of intensive care beds are empty?“
In an article published in the European Journal of Clinical Investigation, Stanford professor
of medicine John Ioannidis criticizes the „harms of exaggerated information and non-
evidence-based measures“. Even journals had published dubious claims at the
beginning.
A Chinese study published in the Chinese Journal of Epidemiology in early March, which
indicated the unreliability of the Covid19 virus tests (approx. 50% false-positive results
in asymptomatic patients), has since been withdrawn. The lead author of the study, the
dean of a medical school, did not want to give the reason for the withdrawal and spoke
of a „sensitive ma er„, which could indicate political pressure, as an NPR journalist
noted. Independent of this study, however, the unreliability of so-called PCR virus tests
has long been known: In 2003, for example, a mass infection in a Canadian nursing
home with SARS corona viruses was „found“, which later turned out to be common
cold corona viruses (which can also be fatal for risk groups).
Authors of the German Risk Management Network RiskNET speak in a Covid19 analysis
of a „blind flight“ as well as „insufficient data competence and data ethics“. Instead of
more and more tests and measures a representative sample is necessary. The „sense and
ratio“ of the measures must be critically questioned.
The Spanish interview with the internationally renowned Argentinian-French
virologist Pablo Goldschmidt was translated into German. Goldschmidt considers the
measures imposed to be medically counterproductive and notes that one must now
„read Hannah Arendt“ to understand the „origins of totalitarianism“.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, like other prime ministers and presidents
before him, has largely disempowered the Hungarian parliament under an „emergency
law“ and can now govern essentially by decree.
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2020 Facts about Covid-19 – Swiss Propaganda Research

Swiss Propaganda Research

The Open Le er by Professor Sucharit Bhakdi

April 25, 2020

Sweden: The media versus reality

The situation in Great Britain

UK: Weekly all-cause mortality (InProportion)

Switzerland: Excess mortality well below strong flu waves

Cumulated deaths compared to expected value, 2010 to 2020 (BFS)

Video: In the Australian state of Queensland, a police helicopter with night-vision

The website kollateral.news of a German specialist lawyer is collecting reports on

April 21, 2020

Stanford professor of medicine John Ioannidis explains in a new one-hour interview

Classification of the pandemic

Swiss chief physician Pietro Vernazza: Simple measures are sufficient

Reproduction rate in Swi erland (ETH/Vernazza)

Switzerland: Cumulative total mortality in the normal range

Cumulative mortality compared to medium expected value 2010 to 2020 (BFS)

Sweden: Epidemic ending even without lockdown

Test-positive deaths in Sweden (FOHM/Wikipedia; values may still change somewhat)

Anecdotes vs. evidence

authorities are acting quickly and decisively in expanding questionable instruments,

People on short-time working in Germany (BfA)

April 18, 2020

A new serological study by Stanford University found antibodies in 50 to 85 times

Ventilation with Covid19

April 16, 2020

April 15, 2020

In the British Telegraph, Professor Alexander Kekulé, one of Germany’s leading

Swiss positive test rate before and during lockdown (FS)

Covid19 deaths in nursing homes (LTC Covid)

German Federal Chamber of Lawyers: „Lawyers sent to psychiatric hospital for

April 12, 2020

Dr. Daniel Jeanmonod, emeritus Swiss professor of physiology and neurosurgery,

European Mortality Monitoring

Germany and Austria

The Norwegian Medical Association writes in an open le er to the Minister of Health

Winter smog (NO2) in Northern Italy in February 2020 (ESA)

Swiss chief physician Pietro Vernazza

Intensive vs. palliative care

A German palliative physician explains in an interview that Covid19 is „not an intensive

Ventilation with Covid19

Weekly new unemployment claims in the US.

#covid19 has been partially replaced by the hashtag #covid1984.

In a 40-minute interview, the internationally renowned epidemiology professor Knut

April 2, 2020 (I)

April 2, 2020 (II)

On the situation in Italy

Italy test-positive deaths by prior illnesses (ISS / Bloomberg)

Hospital situation in the US, Germany and Switzerland

Other medical notes

Reports on political developments

March 31, 2020 (I)

Depending on the country, the proportion of test-positive individuals is between 5 and

Covid19 positive rate (Dr. Richard Capek, US data)

March 31, 2020 (II)

A graphical analysis of the European monitoring data impressively shows that,