{"id":16903,"date":"2020-04-29T21:18:35","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T21:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taotv.org\/?p=16903"},"modified":"2020-04-29T21:18:35","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T21:18:35","slug":"updates-covid-19-april-29-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taotv.org\/en\/2020\/04\/29\/updates-covid-19-april-29-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Updates Covid-19: April 29, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>April 25, 2020<\/h4>\n<h5><strong>Medical updates<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Professor Detlef Kr\u00fcger, the direct predecessor of the well-known German virologist Christian Drosten at the Charit\u00e9 Clinic in Berlin, <a href=\"https:\/\/de.sputniknews.com\/interviews\/20200425326953541-corona-gefahr-virologe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">explains in a recent interview<\/a> that Covid19 is \u201ein many respects comparable to the flu\u201c and \u201eno more dangerous than certain variants of the flu virus\u201c. Professor Kr\u00fcger considers the \u201emouth and nose protection discovered by politicians\u201c to be \u201eactionism\u201c and a potential \u201egerm-slinger\u201c. At the same time he warns of \u201emassive collateral damage\u201c caused by the measures taken.<\/li>\n<li>The former Swedish and European chief epidemiologist Professor Johan Giesecke gave the Austrian magazine Addendum <a href=\"https:\/\/www.addendum.org\/coronavirus\/interview-johan-giesecke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a candid interview<\/a>. Professor Giesecke says that 75 to 90% of the epidemic is \u201einvisible\u201c because that many people develop no or hardly any symptoms. A lockdown would therefore be \u201epointless\u201c and harm society. The basis of the Swedish strategy was that \u201epeople are not stupid\u201c. 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.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epicentro.iss.it\/coronavirus\/bollettino\/Bollettino-sorveglianza-integrata-COVID-19_16-aprile-2020.pdf#page=13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">latest figures from Italy<\/a> 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 <em>with<\/em> and not necessarily <em>from<\/em> 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.<\/li>\n<li>The head of the Italian Civil Defence <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/apr\/16\/italian-police-broaden-care-home-coronavirus-milan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">declared in mid-April<\/a> 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/swprs.org\/covid-19-a-report-from-italy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fear of the virus and the lockdown<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/covid-19.sciensano.be\/sites\/default\/files\/Covid19\/Meest%20recente%20update.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">latest figures from Belgium<\/a> 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 \u201econfirmed\u201c, in 94% of the deaths it was \u201esuspected\u201c. About 70% of the test-positive persons (employees and residents) showed no symptoms.<\/li>\n<li>The British Guardian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2020\/apr\/20\/air-pollution-may-be-key-contributor-to-covid-19-deaths-study?utm_medium\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cites new studies<\/a> according to which air pollution could be a \u201ekey factor\u201c in Covid19 deaths. For example, 80% of deaths in four countries were in the most polluted regions (including Lombardy and Madrid).<\/li>\n<li>The Californian physician Dr. Dan Erickson described his observations regarding Covid19 in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.turnto23.com\/news\/coronavirus\/video-interview-with-dr-dan-erickson-and-dr-artin-massihi-taken-down-from-youtube\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">much-noticed press briefing<\/a>. 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 \u201epressured\u201c 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 \u201esecondary effects\u201c 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. (<strong>Note<\/strong>: Youtube deleted the press briefing after it had 5 million views.)<\/li>\n<li>The German newspaper DIE ZEIT focuses on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeit.de\/2020\/18\/kliniken-coronavirus-intensivbetten-patienten-behandlung-notaufnahme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">high vacancy rates in German hospitals<\/a>, 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.<\/li>\n<li>A new analysis from the UK concludes that there are currently about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/global-health\/science-and-disease\/two-new-waves-deaths-break-nhs-new-analysis-warns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2000 people per week<\/a> dying at home <em>without Covid19<\/em> because they cannot or do not want to use the health care system. These are mainly emergency patients with heart attacks and strokes as well as chronically ill people.<\/li>\n<li>Researchers in Austria <a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/eurheartj\/advance-article\/doi\/10.1093\/eurheartj\/ehaa314\/5820829\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">concluded that<\/a> more people died there in March from untreated heart attacks than from Covid19.<\/li>\n<li>In Germany, a mask requirement was introduced in public transport and in retail outlets. The president of the World Medical Association, Frank Montgomery, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aerztezeitung.de\/Politik\/Montgomery-haelt-Maskenpflicht-fuer-falsch-408844.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has criticized this<\/a> as \u201ewrong\u201c and the intended use of scarves and drapes as \u201eridiculous\u201c. 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/infekt.ch\/2020\/04\/atemschutzmasken-fuer-alle-medienhype-oder-unverzichtbar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201emedia hype\u201c<\/a>. Other critics speak of a symbol of \u201e<a href=\"https:\/\/multipolar-magazin.de\/artikel\/maskenpflicht-gesellschaftliches-klima\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">forced, publicly visible obedience\u201c<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>In 2019, a WHO study found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heise.de\/tp\/features\/COVID-19-WHO-Studie-findet-kaum-Belege-fuer-die-Wirksamkeit-von-Eindaemmungsmassnahmen-4706446.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201elittle to no scientific evidence\u201c<\/a> for the effectiveness of measures such as \u201esocial distancing\u201c, travel restrictions and lockdowns. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/influenza\/publications\/public_health_measures\/publication\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Original study<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>A German laboratory <a href=\"http:\/\/www.labor-augsburg-mvz.de\/de\/aktuelles\/coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stated in early April<\/a> that according to WHO recommendations, Covid19 virus tests are now considered positive even if the specific target sequence of the Covid19 virus is <em>negative<\/em> 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.<\/li>\n<li>In both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.20min.ch\/schweiz\/news\/story\/-rzte-und-Politiker-fordern-Corona-Impfzwang-20853917\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Switzerland<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faz.net\/agenturmeldungen\/dpa\/soeder-waere-fuer-deutschlandweite-impfpflicht-gegen-corona-16738369.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Germany<\/a>, some politicians have called for \u201ecompulsory vaccination against corona\u201c. However, the vaccination against the so-called \u201eswine flu\u201c of 2009\/2010, for example, led to sometimes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtimes.co.uk\/brain-damaged-uk-victims-swine-flu-vaccine-get-60-million-compensation-1438572\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">severe neurological damage<\/a>, especially in children, and to claims for damages in the millions.<\/li>\n<li>Professor Christopher Kuhbandner:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heise.de\/tp\/features\/Von-der-fehlenden-wissenschaftlichen-Begruendung-der-Corona-Massnahmen-4709563.html?seite=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> About the lack of scientific justification for the corona measures<\/a>: \u201eThe 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.\u201c<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_60776\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<div id=\"attachment_16890\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16890\" class=\"wp-image-16890 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.taotv.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/covid19-abril-29-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taotv.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/covid19-abril-29-1.png 550w, https:\/\/www.taotv.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/covid19-abril-29-1-300x220.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16890\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eje Y = Curva de crecimiento\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Eje X = Fecha de notificaci\u00f3n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n<\/div>\n<h5><strong>Sweden: The media versus reality<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Some readers were surprised by the decrease in deaths in Sweden, as most media show a steeply <em>rising<\/em> curve. What is the reason for this? Most media show <em>cumulative<\/em> figures by date of <em>reporting<\/em>, while the Swedish authorities publish the much more meaningful <em>daily<\/em> figures by date of <em>death<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, these figures represent deaths <em>with<\/em> and not necessarily <em>from<\/em> 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s00134-012-2627-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lowest intensive care capacities<\/a> in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Swedish government has also been given <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/faktenfinder\/ausland\/corona-kursaenderung-schweden-103.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">new emergency powers<\/a> due to \u201ecorona\u201c and could still participate in later contact tracing programmes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16893\" src=\"https:\/\/www.taotv.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/covid19-abril-29-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"736\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taotv.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/covid19-abril-29-2.png 736w, https:\/\/www.taotv.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/covid19-abril-29-2-300x138.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><strong>The situation in Great Britain<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Deaths in the UK have risen sharply in recent weeks, but are still in the range of the <a href=\"http:\/\/inproportion2.talkigy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">strongest flu seasons<\/a> of the last fifty years (see chart below). In the UK, too, <a href=\"https:\/\/ltccovid.org\/2020\/04\/12\/mortality-associated-with-covid-19-outbreaks-in-care-homes-early-international-evidence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">up to 50%<\/a> of additional deaths occur in nursing homes, which do not benefit from a general lockdown.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/edition\/news\/coronavirus-record-weekly-death-toll-as-fearful-patients-avoid-hospitals-bm73s2tw3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">up to 50%<\/a> of the additional deaths are said to be non-Covid19 deaths and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/67e6a4ee-3d05-43bc-ba03-e239799fa6ab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">up to 25%<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n<p>The editor of the British <em>Spectator<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/politics\/2020\/04\/09\/boris-worried-lockdown-has-gone-far-can-end\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has claimed that<\/a> 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/coronavirus-bethany-palmer-teenager-death-suicide-152707750.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">became known<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It is striking that England, in contrast to most other countries (including Sweden), has a significantly elevated mortality rate even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euromomo.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">among 15 to 64-year-olds<\/a>. This could be due to the frequent cardiovascular preconditions, or it might be caused by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/global-health\/science-and-disease\/two-new-waves-deaths-break-nhs-new-analysis-warns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">effects of the lockdown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/inproportion2.talkigy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">InProportion project<\/a> 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/lockdownsceptics.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lockdown Skeptics<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukcolumn.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UK Column<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16895\" src=\"https:\/\/www.taotv.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/covid19-abril-29-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"736\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taotv.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/covid19-abril-29-3.png 736w, https:\/\/www.taotv.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/covid19-abril-29-3-300x148.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Switzerland: Excess mortality well below strong flu waves<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>A first serological study by the University of Geneva <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hug-ge.ch\/medias\/communique-presse\/seroprevalence-covid-19-premiere-estimation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">concluded that<\/a> 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 Switzerland also falls well below one percent, while official sources still speak of up to 5%.<\/li>\n<li>Even in the most severely affected canton of Ticino, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluewin.ch\/de\/news\/schweiz\/sp-chef-levrat-will-die-reichen-schropfen-383977.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">almost half<\/a> of the additional deaths occurred in nursing homes that do not benefit from the general lockdown.<\/li>\n<li>In Switzerland, 1.85 million people or over a third of all employees have already been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluewin.ch\/de\/news\/schweiz\/sp-chef-levrat-will-die-reichen-schropfen-383977.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">registered for short-time work<\/a>. The economic costs are estimated at 32 billion for the period from March to June.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Infosperber<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infosperber.ch\/Artikel\/Medien\/Corona-NZZ-deckt-das-Nachplappern-anderer-Medien-auf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Corona: The parroting of the media<\/a>. \u201eMajor media outlets are hiding the fact that they rely on opaque data for Covid-19 numbers.\u201c<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ktipp<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktipp.ch\/artikel\/artikeldetail\/bund-fast-alle-zahlen-ohne-gewaehr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Swiss authorities: Almost all numbers \u201awithout guarantee\u2018.<\/a> \u201eThis 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.\u201c<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The following graph shows that overall mortality in Switzerland 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzz.ch\/zuerich\/coronavirus-zuerich-aendert-nun-das-testregime-in-heimenauch-viele-aeltere-covid-19-infizierte-entwickeln-keine-symptome-zuerich-aendert-nun-das-testregime-in-heimen-ld.1552089\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nursing homes<\/a> that do not benefit from a lockdown.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, around 75% of the additional deaths occurred <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/wissen\/woran-sterben-corona-patienten-wirklich-ein-schweizer-forscher-macht-hoffnung-im-kampf-gegen-covid-19\/25750666.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">at home<\/a>, while hospitals and intensive care units remain <a href=\"https:\/\/swprs.files.wordpress.com\/2020\/04\/intensivbettenbelegung-schweiz-2020-04-14.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">heavily underutilized<\/a> and numerous operations have been cancelled. In Switzerland, too, the very serious question thus arises as to whether the \u201elockdown\u201c may have cost more lives than it saved.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16897\" src=\"https:\/\/www.taotv.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/covid19-abril-29-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"736\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taotv.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/covid19-abril-29-4.png 736w, https:\/\/www.taotv.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/covid19-abril-29-4-300x146.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Political updates<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Video<\/strong>: In the Australian state of Queensland, a police helicopter with night-vision equipment <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Independent\/status\/1252911273597120513\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tracked down three young men<\/a> who were drinking a beer on the roof of a house at night, thus violating \u201eCorona regulations\u201c. The men were informed via a megaphone that the building is \u201esurrounded by police\u201c and that they must proceed to the exit. The men <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/police-helicopter-uses-night-vision-21899640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">were fined<\/a> about $1000 each.<\/li>\n<li>In <strong>Israel<\/strong>, the domestic and anti-terrorism intelligence agency Shin Bet, in cooperation with the police, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jewishpress.com\/news\/the-courts\/state-to-high-court-even-more-shin-bet-involvement-in-fighting-the-coronavirus\/2020\/04\/14\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has been tasked<\/a> to monitor the population\u2019s 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.<\/li>\n<li><strong>OffGuardian<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/off-guardian.org\/2020\/04\/23\/the-seven-step-path-from-pandemic-to-totalitarianism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Seven Step Path from Pandemic to Totalitarianism<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>UK Column<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukcolumn.org\/article\/who-controls-british-government-response-covid19-part-one\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Who controls the British Government response to Covid-19?<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>corona-critical Swiss doctor<\/strong>, 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/uncut-news.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Wer-l%C3%B6ste-den-Fehlalarm-aus.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">revealed that<\/a> 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.<\/li>\n<li>A Munich local radio station, which interviewed doctors critical of corona in March, <a href=\"https:\/\/norberthaering.de\/medienversagen\/radiomuenchen-blm-meinungsvielfalt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">was informed<\/a> by the responsible media supervisory authority after complaints that \u201esuch problematic broadcasts must be stopped in the future\u201c.<\/li>\n<li>The website <a href=\"https:\/\/kollateral.news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">kollateral.news<\/a> of a German specialist lawyer is collecting reports on \u201esuffering due to the lockdown\u201c and on the actual situation in German hospitals.<\/li>\n<li>German general practitioners have published an <a href=\"https:\/\/aerzteinnenvorort.de\/der-appell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">appeal to politics and science<\/a> in which they call for \u201ea more responsible handling of the corona crisis\u201c.<\/li>\n<li>Both in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sn.at\/panorama\/oesterreich\/arzt-droht-berufsverbot-wegen-kritik-an-corona-massnahmen-86594140\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Austria<\/a> and in <a href=\"https:\/\/magyarhang.org\/belfold\/2020\/04\/16\/etikai-vizsgalat-indul-az-orvos-ellen-aki-szerint-nincs-jarvany-es-az-idosek-csak-a-felelemtol-halnak-meg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hungary<\/a>, doctors who have criticised the corona measures are threatened with a ban from their profession.<\/li>\n<li>In Nigeria, according to official figures, more people have so far been killed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-52317196\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">by the police enforcing corona curfews<\/a> than by the corona virus itself.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 25, 2020 Medical updates Professor Detlef Kr\u00fcger, the direct predecessor of the well-known German virologist Christian Drosten at the Charit\u00e9 Clinic in Berlin, explains in a recent interview that Covid19 is \u201ein many respects comparable to the flu\u201c and \u201eno more dangerous than certain variants of the flu virus\u201c. 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