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Most politicians, scientists and business leaders say the emergency measures by the crown of the Federal Council and other governments were necessary and correct. Known voices differ. Four examples
Lateral thinker 1: John Ioannidis, professor of medicine, Stanford University, USA. USA
John Ioannidis, epidemiologist.
Dismantling of half the world due to the corona virus: this is disproportionate and irrational, because the social and financial consequences are devastating. That’s what John Ioannidis says, and he makes a comparison. It is as if a domestic cat attacks an elephant:
“The elephant wants to shake off the cat, accidentally falls off a cliff and dies.”
Ioannidis is not an economic lobbyist, but an award-winning epidemiologist. He is a professor at Stanford Elite University School of Medicine in California, and specializes in clinical medicine, data, and meta-research. According to Google Scholar, he is one of the 100 most cited scientists worldwide.
In her research on scientific studies, Ioannidis has concluded that they often have a “bias”, a key page. The biggest “bias” is: Scientists want “to be able to show the most significant, dramatic and fascinating results possible,” as Ioannidis explained to the “Wall Street Journal.” Science is particularly prone to exaggeration when it comes to researching new things, including the coronavirus.
According to Ioannidis’s calculations, Covid-19 is much less fatal than initial research suggests. He says these were “greatly exaggerated” as it soon became apparent. By then, governments would have had their blockades in place.
Lateral thinker 2: Regula Stämpfli, political scientist, Bern / Munich
Regulates Stämpfli, political scientist.
The political scientist criticizes that western democracies have reacted to what she calls the “Chinese virus” as much as the dictatorship of China: with almost totalitarian measures. Even Swiss democracy “could have plunged hundreds of thousands of livelihoods into a disaster overnight,” Stämpfli wrote in the NZZ.
She quotes Hannah Arendt’s study of totalitarianism. The German philosopher and fighter against National Socialism (1906 to 1975) demonstrated how ideologies aim to “replace the no longer valid rules of common sense.” Stämpfli sees parallels in the crown regime:
“Current policy means that we are finally able to sacrifice everything and everyone.”
After all, this policy “turns people into isolated people who cannot join family, friends, acquaintances, workplaces, clubs or parties, but are forced to live and survive collectively.”
Lateral thinker 3: Stefan Homburg, economist, University of Hannover
Stefan Homburg, economist.
In the German media it is known as a reminder or as a mystical conspiracy. Stefan Homburg, professor of public finance at the University of Hannover, says it would have worked quite well in Germany without closure.
Homburg argues with figures from the Robert Koch Institute: The so-called reproduction number R, which indicates how fast the virus spread, had dropped below 1 before the closure was ordered in Germany on March 23. So far, little controversial, but Homburg accuses the government of unnecessarily shutting down the economy, fully knowing about the slowdown in expansion:
“The elites knew the real facts.”
The authorities reject this claim. Reliable calculations of the R number are only possible with a delay, so the situation was still unclear at the time of the closure announcement.
The “Süddeutsche Zeitung” attributes a huge influence to Homburg, which reaches millions of YouTube viewers, “Homburg is not a forceful covidiot, nor one of those who think that the entire Corona crisis is a crazy conspiracy. But he appears before they applaud him.
Lateral thinker 4: Anders Tegnell, chief epidemiologist in the Swedish government.
Anders Tegnell, state epidemiologist.
Not only is he a theorist, but he is part of the authority that decides on the crown’s measures: Anders Tegnell, Sweden’s state epidemiologist. Therefore, you can not only criticize, but determine the course, and this course is news worldwide. The Scandinavian correspondent for CH Media recently portrayed Tegnell here.
Not only because of Tegnell, Sweden’s red and green government decided not to close restaurants and shops. Large events are also banned in Sweden, but groups of up to 50 people are still allowed. Tegnell’s special route is also controversial in Sweden. In an open letter to the government, 2,000 health experts immediately called for stricter measures to be taken, but the latter supported Tegnell.
The number of Covid-19 deaths in Sweden, converted to the population, is significantly higher than in other Nordic countries. Tegnell is not discouraged by this, on the contrary: in the long run, the Swedish special form will pay off. He says:
“There will be a second wave in the fall. Sweden will have high immunity. “
Therefore, his country would be less affected than other European countries, Tegnell told the Financial Times. Tegnell estimates that about 40 percent of people in Sweden’s capital Stockholm will be immune in late May.
