COVID-19 / Prof. Dr. med. Dr. hc Paul Robert Vogt – Considerations of a concerned Swiss citizen

The lifting of the „lock-down“, or the return to what we perceive as normal, is certainly everyone’s wish . Nobody can predict which steps will lead to negative consequences when returning to normalization – that is, if the infection rate flares up again. Every step towards easing is basically a step into the unknown.

We can only say what is not feasible: an active infection of the non-risk groups with the COVID-19 virus is surely an absolute fantasy. It can only come to mind people who have no idea about biology, medicine and ethics:

– it is certainly out of the question to deliberately infect millions of healthy citizens with an aggressive virus of which we actually know absolutely nothing, neither the extent of the acute damage nor the long-term consequences;
– the greater the number of viruses per population, the greater the chance of an accidental mutation, which could make the virus even more aggressive. So we should definitely not actively help to increase the number of viruses per population.
– The more people are infected with COVID-19, the more likely it is that this virus will adapt to humans “better” and become even more disastrous. It is assumed that this has already happened before.
– with government reserves of 750 billion ostensibly, it is ethically and morally reprehensible to infect millions of healthy individuals for mere economic considerations.
– The deliberate infection of healthy people with this aggressive virus would acutely undermine one of the fundamental principles of the entire medical history from pure, short-term economic „concerns“: the principle of the „primum nil nocere“. As a doctor, I would refuse to take part in such a vaccination campaign at all.

#Covid-19 #vaccination

ouaouh, les recommandations bibliographiques minimales pour comprendre la situation globale…

Instead of parroting senseless propaganda, one should perhaps deal with authors who actually have something to say at a high level, such as:

• Pankaj Mishra: „From the ruins of the empire“
• Kishore Mahbubani: „The Asean Miracle. A Catalyst for Peace“
• „Has the West lost it?“
• „Can Asians think?“
• Lee Kuan Yew: „One man’s view of the world“
• David Engels: „On the way to the empire“
• Noam Chomsky: „Who rules the world“
• Bruno Macàes: „The Dawn of Eurasia“
• Joseph Stiglitz: „Rich and poor“
• Stephan Lessenich: „The Deluge Beside Us“
• Parag Khanna: „Our Asian Future“

Reading does not mean that all these authors are right in everything. But it would be of great value for the West – including Switzerland – to replace know-it-all, ignorance and arrogance here and there with facts, understanding and cooperation. The only alternative is to try to eliminate our supposed competitors sooner or later in a war. Everyone can decide for themselves what to think of this “solution”.

In this sense, one can only hope that humanity will remember better. Dreaming is always allowed.

#on_peut_toujours_rêver …

avec une bonne série #in_retrospect

En revanche « With a budget of 85 billion, Switzerland – in terms of the number of corona patients per 1 million population – made it to second place worldwide. » c’est pas tout à fait juste ; avec (ce jour) 15 morts p. 100 000, la Suisse est derrière la Belgique (50), l’Espagne (45), l’Italie (40), la France (32), UK (24), les Pays-Bas (22), et à égalité avec la Suède.