Germany’s Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development,
Gerd Muller, has warned that lockdown measures throughout the globe will
end up killing more people than the Coronavirus itself.
In an interview with German newspaper Handelsblatt, Muller warned that the response to the global pandemic has resulted in “one of the biggest” hunger and poverty crises in history.
Muller warned that further damage will be done if draconian measures continue to be enacted by governments.
“We expect an additional 400,000 deaths from malaria and HIV this
year on the African continent alone,” Muller emphasised, adding that
“half a million more will die from tuberculosis.”
“The supply of food and medication is no longer guaranteed,” Muller
continued, adding “Many of the West’s aid programs are not adequately
funded,” also noting that while countries focus on battling the virus at
home, it is having a massive toll on countries not equipped to combat
it without help.
Muller further warned that “humanitarian catastrophes” are “building
up right on our doorstep,” while European governments concentrate on
lockdowns and restricting the movement of people.
“Europe has decided to support its own economy with programs worth
around two trillion euros. No additional support is planned for Africa.
That will catch up with us,” Muller urged.
The Minister admitted that a further wave of mass migration in the future could result from such action.
Muller’s comments come five months after a leaked study from inside the German Ministry of the Interior
revealed that the impact of the country’s lockdown could end up killing
more people than the coronavirus due to victims of other serious
illnesses not receiving treatment.
the findings dovetail with other research that has concluded lockdowns will conservatively “destroy at least seven times more years of human life” than they save.
As we have previously highlighted,
in the UK there have already been up to 10,000 excess deaths as a
result of seriously ill people avoiding hospitals due to COVID-19 or not
having their hospital treatments cancelled.
Professor Richard Sullivan also warned
that there will be more excess cancer deaths in the UK than total
coronavirus deaths due to people’s access to screenings and treatment
being restricted as a result of the lockdown.
His comments were echoed
by Peter Nilsson, a Swedish professor of internal medicine and
epidemiology at Lund University, who said, “It’s so important to
understand that the deaths of COVID-19 will be far less than the deaths
caused by societal lockdown when the economy is ruined.”
According to Professor Karol Sikora, an NHS consultant oncologist,
there could be 50,000 excess deaths from cancer as a result of routine
screenings being suspended during the lockdown in the UK.
In addition, a study published in The Lancet that
notes “physical distancing, school closures, trade restrictions, and
country lockdowns” are worsening global child malnutrition.
Experts have also warned that there will be 1.4 million deaths globally from untreated TB infections due to the lockdown.
As we further previously highlighted,
a data analyst consortium in South Africa found that the economic
consequences of the country’s lockdown will lead to 29 times more people
dying than the coronavirus itself.
Hundreds of doctors are also on record as opposing lockdown measures, warning that they will cause more death than the coronavirus itself.
Despite citizens across the world being told to observe the lockdown
to “save lives,” numerous experts who are now warning that the lockdown
could end up costing more lives are being ignored or smeared by the
media.
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