Last Saturday, depending on the available numbers, somewhere between 25,000 to 100,000 mask-less Germans – in violation of mask wearing mandates and social distancing rules – gathered in Berlin to protest government virus restrictions.
Among the signs being carried: “Corona, false alarm,” “Natural defense instead of vaccination,” and “We are being forced to wear a muzzle.”
Police on bullhorns yelled for protesters to follow social distance requirements and wear masks. Demonstrators responded by chanting, “We’re here and we’re loud, because we are being robbed of our freedom!”
The situation turned violent as reports cited 45 police officers injured when attempting to break up the crowd. More than 130 protesters were arrested.
Michael Müller, Berlin’s mayor, announced the protesters were risking the health of others and pointed out there was no vaccine yet, so the pandemic was not over.
Markus Söder, the politician considered a potential successor of Chancellor Angela Merkel, posted a warning on Twitter: “I am very worried about the rising case number in Germany. Total alertness is needed, and that’s why now is not the time for easing restrictions or naïve carelessness.”
TRENDPOST: While German political leaders point out the recent rise in number of virus cases as the reason to maintain mask wearing, social distancing, and other restrictions, they make no mention of the fact that the rate of death has dropped dramatically.
According to the New York Times’s “Germany Coronavirus Map and Case Count,” since peaking in mid-April, the death count from COVID-19 in Germany has steadily been dropping, and last week only 23 people died of the virus, the lowest ever.
While headlines blare fear of rising “cases,” since the COVID Hysteria began spreading in late January of this year, now, some six months later, Germany, a nation with a population of some 84 million, has the grand total of 9,206 deaths or 0.011 percent.
“Covidiots”
A small group of counter protestors called the anti-mask/anti-social distancing demonstrators “covidiots.” Co-leader of the Social Democratic party, Saskia Esken, tweeted that the anti-restriction protesters “are not just endangering our health, they are endangering our success against the pandemic and for the revival of the economy, education and society. Irresponsible!”
TRENDPOST: To diminish the scope and depth of whom was demonstrating and why, the New York Times pigeonholed the tens of thousands of protestors into “a variety of attendees, including conspiracy theorists and right-wing populists.”
Ignored by the self-proclaimed “Paper of Record” (or, by their deeds of selling wars based on lies and their overt political favoritism over the decades, more appropriately the “Toilet Paper of Record”) are the variety of demonstrators that surely included intelligent, well-informed individuals who have read and/or researched the ineffectiveness of made-up social distancing and mask wearing rules imposed by their government.
And, most likely among those who had taken to the streets included business owners and workers suffering from the government imposed lockdown and restrictions. Indeed, Germany recorded its worst decent of its economy in the second quarter since 1970, with its GDP falling a seasonally adjusted 10.1 percent.
“The Mask is Stupid”
In addition to Saturday’s large protest in Berlin, a hundreds of anti-mask/anti-social distancing activists took the streets in London the same day, in response to the government’s increasing restrictions to deal with the virus.
Among the signs being carried: “Stop the new normal,” “Freedom over fear,” “Masks are Muzzles” and “The Mask is Stupid.”
The U.K. protestors chanted, “Natural defense instead of vaccination,” “We are the second wave,” and “I will be not be masked, tested, tracked, or poisoned.”
Mask Me Up
According to a 22-26 July survey from the U.K.’s Office for National Statistics, 84 percent reported wearing a mask in the last seven days – up from 61 percent two weeks earlier… and only 3 percent were unlikely to wear a mask in the coming days.
On Friday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who reversed his previous plans to allow more of the nation’s businesses to reopen, also expanded the mandate on mask wearing to include museums, cinemas, and places of religious worship as of 8 August.
TRENDPOST: Absent in the mainstream media coverage of these protests (which has been minimal) are the pros and cons of mask wearing.
Instead, those opposed to government imposed COVID mandates are accused as selfish individuals who have no concern for the health and safety of fellow citizens.
Aside from not reporting legitimate scientific evidence that challenges their position, they fail to acknowledge the no-mask wearing success of the Nordic nations.
