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@welt published an article today on the “panic paper”-scandal in Germany.
Title is "Maximum collaboration”, showing @BMI_Bund / Horst Seehofer had a secret paper drafted in the 1st COVID-19 wave that dramatically depicted the threat.
A scandal of gigantic proportions. Thread
Title is "Maximum collaboration”, showing @BMI_Bund / Horst Seehofer had a secret paper drafted in the 1st COVID-19 wave that dramatically depicted the threat.
A scandal of gigantic proportions. Thread
2/: @welt released 2 versions: long version as print, short-edit, online.
This thread focuses on the long version. It's of crucial importance-people around the globe understand this earthshaking scandal. Share.
English: http://bit.ly/3jqJUxL
German: http://bit.ly/3aDfMv4
This thread focuses on the long version. It's of crucial importance-people around the globe understand this earthshaking scandal. Share.
English: http://bit.ly/3jqJUxL
German: http://bit.ly/3aDfMv4
3/: Mid-March 2020: Federal Minister of the Interior-Horst Seehofer ( @BMI_Bund, @cducsubt) was on the edge: Christian Drosten ( @c_drosten) & Lothar Wieler (@RKI) urgently warned: Germany was threatened w/ dramatic consequences if the country returned to everyday life too quickly.
4/: Horst Seehofer sent his Secretary of State Markus Kerber into the lane. The plan was to bring together leading scientists: they should produce a paper that would then serve as legitimation for further tough political measures, beyond Easter - now known as the “panic paper”.
5/: Markus Kerber launched a corresponding call to researchers via e-mail, 4 days later, the request was fulfilled: A classified paper, which presented the danger posed by the virus as dramatically as possible, and which quickly spread through the media.
6/: In a "worst case scenario," they painted: If Germany did nothing, more than a million people in the country would be dead by the end of the pandemic.
Said correspondence is available to @welt, shows exactly what happened during those critical days in Mar 2020 on 200 pages.
Said correspondence is available to @welt, shows exactly what happened during those critical days in Mar 2020 on 200 pages.
7/: Seehofer's authority was intent on enlisting the commissioned scientists for the political purpose he had in mind - and that they were happy to heed the call.
The 200 or so pages of e-mails thus prove that.
The 200 or so pages of e-mails thus prove that.
8/: The researchers were by no means acting as independently as scientists and the federal government have been constantly emphasizing since the beginning of the pandemic - but were working toward a predetermined, fixed result dictated by politicians.
9/: A group of lawyers, represented by Berlin attorney @nhaerting obtained the 200 pages/emails in a months-long legal dispute, they reveal a lot about how the Interior Ministry influenced researchers & how they collaborated to portray the situation as threatening as possible.
10/: A calculation model was needed to "get 'in front of the situation' mentally, in terms of planning, measures of a preventive & repressive nature."
The secretary painted a dystopia: It was a matter of "maintaining internal security & stability of public order in Germany."
The secretary painted a dystopia: It was a matter of "maintaining internal security & stability of public order in Germany."
11/: Kerber asked for secrecy: what would be discussed in these circles in the coming days should be kept confidential "outside of operationally active crisis management institutions."
"Without bureaucracy. Maximum courage," Kerber wrote.
"Without bureaucracy. Maximum courage," Kerber wrote.
12/: "Whether & how long the networks would continue to function reliably," the participants were to transmit telephone numbers, private e-mail addys.
Compared the situation "with Apollo 13" to Wieler: "Very difficult task, but with a happy ending due to maximum collaboration."
Compared the situation "with Apollo 13" to Wieler: "Very difficult task, but with a happy ending due to maximum collaboration."
13/: He set the tone for the approach that the Minister of the Interior apparently expected from the scientists he had written to:
a presentation of the situation that was as threatening as possible.
a presentation of the situation that was as threatening as possible.
14/: The result was available only four days later: That secret paper, stamped "VS - For official use only," about the looming prospect of up to a million dead.
It also said how to achieve the "desired shock effect" in society in order to avoid this worst acceptable case.
It also said how to achieve the "desired shock effect" in society in order to avoid this worst acceptable case.
15/: "Many seriously ill people are brought to the hospital by their relatives, but are turned away, and die agonizingly at home, gasping for breath."
Thus, it is hoped to make it acceptable among citizens understanding, among other things, a "sharp but short exit restriction."
Thus, it is hoped to make it acceptable among citizens understanding, among other things, a "sharp but short exit restriction."
16/: During those four days, Kerber & other high-ranking ministry officials meticulously followed the researchers' work and dictated the course of action.
Correspondence shows: conference calls between @BMI_Bund & the researchers at short intervals.
Correspondence shows: conference calls between @BMI_Bund & the researchers at short intervals.
17/: The scientists also made concrete suggestions-how to address "fear and readiness to follow in the population."
"Söder is intuitively right," wrote one.
"The spreading sense of powerlessness must probably be held in check by the impression of strong state interventionism."
"Söder is intuitively right," wrote one.
"The spreading sense of powerlessness must probably be held in check by the impression of strong state interventionism."
18/: The e-mails show something else, perhaps far more serious: The scientists did not agree on the scientific assessment of the situation.
They discussed among themselves, for example, which figures they should use as a basis for calculating the desired scenarios.
They discussed among themselves, for example, which figures they should use as a basis for calculating the desired scenarios.
19/: The question was: What assumption should be made about what percentage of infected persons in Germany would die from the virus?
20/: This value was not easy to quantify; there was little experience with the virus. @rki_de had just published its own model. According to it, 0.56 % of infected persons in Germany were expected to die from the virus.
The RWI, however, argued for a death rate of 1.2 %.
The RWI, however, argued for a death rate of 1.2 %.
21/ : Its responsible researcher wrote that one should argue in the paper "from the goal", namely "to show high pressure for action" and from the precautionary principle "rather worse than too good". State Secretary Kerber read along with all this.
22/: It is conspicuous that both figures appear in the paper finally prepared by the ministry. There it says: "In a very moderate scenario, the RKI currently assumes a lethality of 0.56 percent. Further modeling uses a case mortality of 1.2 percent."
23/: In other words, @BMI_Bund explicitly decided VS using only the @rki_de's restrained value for its calculations - even though Wieler's agency is precisely responsible for that: providing the figures on the basis of which the government argues when planning its measures.
24/: The ministry used the "worst case" - how many would die if life continued completely as before Corona? This is the logic of @BMI_Bund: Because Seehofer's agency is responsible for the internal security, they always want to be prepared for the greatest possible damage.
25/: From the point of view of @bmi_bund, the project was successful. State Secretary Kerber formulated on March 23: "Our paper was [...] very well received and will now find its way into the crisis cabinet of the federal government due to its high quality and prudence."
![25/: From the point of view of @bmi_bund, the project was successful. State Secretary Kerber formulated on March 23: "Our paper was [...] very well received and will now find its way into the crisis cabinet of the federal government due to its high quality and prudence."](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Etp5qM4XYAczKDw.jpg "25/: From the point of view of @bmi_bund, the project was successful. State Secretary Kerber formulated on March 23: \"Our paper was [...] very well received and will now find its way into the crisis cabinet of the federal government due to its high quality and prudence.\"")
26/: The actual authors of the so-called "panic paper" are known, it is also known that Lothar Wieler did not actively write text-parts for that paper, only served as "consultant", investigative journalist @aya_velazquez found that out via @OttoKolbl. https://twitter.com/DerInformant_/status/1358464635482046465
27/: It's of crucial importance that all parties involved @welt release all 200 pages of email communication concerning that matter:
@nhaerting, @antennedowideit, @Nabertronic.
No sense in #gatekeeping here, this is of great public interest & should be in the public domain.
@nhaerting, @antennedowideit, @Nabertronic.
No sense in #gatekeeping here, this is of great public interest & should be in the public domain.
28/: You can help by spreading the news and by sharing this thread to raise the pressure on the parties involved. Thank you for reading through this thread.
Add.a): Release the 200 pages #1:
@nhaerting-Please provide the 200 pages of the original document. This is a case of public interest.
Half a newspaper page does not do justice to the explosiveness of the material.
Please no gatekeeping on this topic! https://twitter.com/aya_velazquez/status/1358418662785486855
@nhaerting-Please provide the 200 pages of the original document. This is a case of public interest.
Half a newspaper page does not do justice to the explosiveness of the material.
Please no gatekeeping on this topic! https://twitter.com/aya_velazquez/status/1358418662785486855
Add.b): Rls the 200 pages #2:
@Nabertronic-Please provide the 200 pages of the original document. This is a case of public interest.
Half a newspaper page does not do justice to the explosiveness of the material.
Please no gatekeeping on this topic! https://twitter.com/aya_velazquez/status/1358418361642872833
@Nabertronic-Please provide the 200 pages of the original document. This is a case of public interest.
Half a newspaper page does not do justice to the explosiveness of the material.
Please no gatekeeping on this topic! https://twitter.com/aya_velazquez/status/1358418361642872833
Add.c): Rls the 200 pages #3:
@antennedowideit-Please provide the 200 pages of the original document. This is a case of public interest.
Half a newspaper page does not do justice to the explosiveness of the material.
Please no gatekeeping on this topic! https://twitter.com/aya_velazquez/status/1358417329265246209
@antennedowideit-Please provide the 200 pages of the original document. This is a case of public interest.
Half a newspaper page does not do justice to the explosiveness of the material.
Please no gatekeeping on this topic! https://twitter.com/aya_velazquez/status/1358417329265246209
Add.d): This is the TL:DR-Version (shorter online version by @welt). https://twitter.com/Bobby_Network/status/1358427601526734848
Add.e): This is an excellent thread in German language on the matter. https://twitter.com/Grund_gesetzt/status/1358329817045880832
Add.f) This is the actual panic paper translated into English language, thx to @CarolineAdriaa1 for pointing out. https://steemit.com/covid19/@jamiedlux/panic-paper-translated
Add g) Here is the so called "panic paper" by @bmi_bund, @rki_de in English language including all graphs and figures. https://app.luminpdf.com/viewer/602077e2794f890012a5cfcc
Add h) "The game with fear", by @DanieleGanser (only in German language, but automatic subtitles should do the trick).
@nhaerting, @Nabertronic, @antennedowideit
It is of utter-most public interest that you release all 200 pages of the email communications, everyone should be able to see those emails. This gigantic scandal is taking shapes of unprecedented nature. https://twitter.com/Bobby_Network/status/1359213119625699328
It is of utter-most public interest that you release all 200 pages of the email communications, everyone should be able to see those emails. This gigantic scandal is taking shapes of unprecedented nature. https://twitter.com/Bobby_Network/status/1359213119625699328
Supplementary material, predecessor-propaganda.
Who is involved again? You guessed right, @c_drosten
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30418-9/fulltext
Who is involved again? You guessed right, @c_drosten
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30418-9/fulltext
Here is the original graph, with the "proposed" 1,2% mortality-rate out of the "panic paper".
More German MSM coverage on the matter. https://www.focus.de/gesundheit/lockdown-und-kollateralschaeden-zahlreiche-seiten-geschwaerzt-wie-kam-es-wirklich-zur-lockdown-strategie-der-bundesregierung_id_12965163.html
English Translation: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https://www.focus.de/gesundheit/lockdown-und-kollateralschaeden-zahlreiche-seiten-geschwaerzt-wie-kam-es-wirklich-zur-lockdown-strategie-der-bundesregierung_id_12965163.html
Thx to @theotherphilipp
English Translation: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https://www.focus.de/gesundheit/lockdown-und-kollateralschaeden-zahlreiche-seiten-geschwaerzt-wie-kam-es-wirklich-zur-lockdown-strategie-der-bundesregierung_id_12965163.html
Thx to @theotherphilipp
