never mind brexit we need covexit
I wonder if these (395) doctor's opinions count for anything, or the 1339 medically trained health professionals who also signed the letter:
Open letter from medical doctors and health professionals to all belgian authorities and all belgian media.
some quotes, apologies for the length but to edit it down more will lose the reasoning:
We call on politicians to be independently and critically informed in the decision-making process and in the compulsory implementation of corona-measures. We ask for an open debate, where all experts are represented without any form of censorship. After the initial panic surrounding covid-19, the objective facts now show a completely different picture – there is no medical justification for any emergency policy anymore.
The current crisis management has become totally disproportionate and causes more damage than it does any good.
We call for an end to all measures and ask for an immediate restoration of our normal democratic governance and legal structures and of all our civil liberties.
The concept of health
In 1948, the WHO defined health as follows: ‘Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or other physical impairment’.
Health, therefore, is a broad concept that goes beyond the physical and also relates to the emotional and social well-being of the individual. Belgium also has a duty, from the point of view of subscribing to fundamental human rights, to include these human rights in its decision-making when it comes to measures taken in the context of public health.
The use of the non-specific PCR test, which produces many false positives, showed an exponential picture. This test was rushed through with an emergency procedure and was never seriously self-tested. The creator expressly warned that this test was intended for research and not for diagnostics.
The PCR test works with cycles of amplification of genetic material – a piece of genome is amplified each time. Any contamination (e.g. other viruses, debris from old virus genomes) can possibly result in false positives.
The test does not measure how many viruses are present in the sample. A real viral infection means a massive presence of viruses, the so-called virus load.
If someone tests positive, this does not mean that that person is actually clinically infected, is ill or is going to become ill.
Since a positive PCR test does not automatically indicate active infection or infectivity,
this does not justify the social measures taken, which are based solely on these tests.
Vaccine
Survey studies on influenza vaccinations show that in 10 years we have only succeeded three times in developing a vaccine with an efficiency rate of more than 50%. Vaccinating our elderly appears to be inefficient. Over 75 years of age, the efficacy is almost non-existent.
Due to the continuous natural mutation of viruses, as we also see every year in the case of the influenza virus, a vaccine is at most a temporary solution, which requires new vaccines each time afterwards.
The role of the media and the official communication plan
Over the past few months, newspaper, radio and TV makers seemed to stand almost uncritically behind the panel of experts and the government, there, where it is precisely the press that should be critical and prevent one-sided governmental communication. This has led to a public communication in our news media, that was more like propaganda than objective reporting.
In our opinion, it is the task of journalism to bring news as objectively and neutrally as possible, aimed at finding the truth and critically controlling power, with dissenting experts also being given a forum in which to express themselves.
This view is supported by the journalistic codes of ethics.
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It's a long letter but seems fairly balanced and comprehensive regarding the known science and gives links to support the opinion.
IMO The authorities are losing the 'fear' battle, the public are starting to question how deadly this pandemic is now, hence switching the narrative to concerns about long term effects, which are not as easily quantifiable or can be determined at this point in time.
Edit: the point being regarding 'fear' that without it the public may not accept the need for the 'new normal'...whatever that entails...regular covid vaccines and tests, restrictions if you refuse to partake etc..
