thevaccinereaction--2020-08-03--Biggest Anti-Lockdown Freedom Day Protest Held in Berlin, Germany

While public health officials at the World Health Organization ( WHO ) and in other countries argue about whether the new SARS CoV-2 virus is causing a “ second wave ” of infections in countries that are easing lockdown measures or the world is simply experiencing “ one big wave of transmission , ” since late July Germany and other European countries have been reporting increases in COVID-19 cases and deaths.1 2 As governments discuss whether to re-institute regulations enforcing lockdowns , the people of Germany made their voices heard on Aug. 1 , 2020 in Berlin in the biggest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anywhere in the world .
Declared by event organizers as “ Day of Freedom—The End of the Pandemic , ” mainstream media outlets like the Associated Press and Reuters estimated that the peaceful demonstration drew a crowd of 20,000 people .
However , first-hand social media reports estimated hundreds of thousands of people—perhaps over one million—marched from the Brandenburg Gate , which is near the Reichstag building housing the German parliament , and then rallied on a boulevard in the city ’ s large Tiergarten park .
According to one Reuters report : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are free people !
” to the tune of rock band Queen ’ s ‘ We Will Rock You.
’ Others marched with placards saying , ‘ We are making noise because you are stealing our freedom !
’ and ‘ Do think !
Don ’ t wear a mask !
’ “ Our demand is to return to democracy , ” said one protester who declined to give his name .
“ The mask that enslaves us must go.
’ ” 3 ‘ We Are the Second Wave ” According to Associated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and held signs that said : “ We are being forced to wear a muzzle , ” “ Natural defense instead of vaccination ” and “ We are the second wave.
” AP reported that when police using bullhorns warned those marching in the streets to wear masks and adhere to social distancing rules and were ignored , a criminal complaint against the rally ’ s organizer was drawn up for “ failing to enforce hygiene rules ” and protesters moved to the Tiergarten park to continue the rally before being dispersed without @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Germany ’ s management of the pandemic has widely been viewed as relatively successful , with a lower death rate than comparable countries .
The country has been easing lockdown measures since late April but social-distancing rules remain in place , as does a requirement to wear masks in public transport and shops.
” 5 The U.K. newspaper compared Germany ’ s death toll— “ just over 9,150 people out of more than 210,670 confirmed virus cases ” —as being “ five times less than Britain ’ s , which has a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of people who traveled to Berlin to march against the government ’ s lockdown and masking requirements came from big cities and small towns all over Germany , most big media companies described them as “ conspiracy theorists ” and “ right wing populists.
” 6 A co-leader of the Social Democrats , the junior party in Germany ’ s governing coalition , was quoted by the Associated Press angrily criticizing the protestors , alleging “ They are not just endangering our health , they are endangering our success against the pandemic and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ education and society .
Irresponsible !
” 7 Unlike the U.S. and most European countries , which instituted strict universal social lockdown measures , Sweden ’ s public health agency refused to order a country-wide lockdown this year.9 Instead , public health officials allowed a controlled natural spread of the new coronavirus so the population could develop “ herd immunity.
” Voluntary social distancing measures were instituted to allow the country to continue to operate economically and socially without closing offices , restaurants , primary schools , recreational facilities and other parts of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , European countries that had implemented strict lockdowns during 2020 started reporting a “ second wave ” of SARS CoV-2 infections accompanied by mortality increases , including Belgium , Netherlands , France , Germany , Spain and the U.K .
However , new infections in Sweden have been steadily declining .
Newsweek reported that:10 Even though Sweden currently ranks eighth among countries with the highest number of COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 people—higher than the U.S. and Brazil , which are number one and two in terms of numbers of COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Tegnell said , “ We are now seeing rapidly falling cases , we have continuously had healthcare that has been working , there have been free beds at any given time , never any crowding in the hospitals.
” Tegnell told Newsweek that failure to manage deaths among the elderly living in long term care facilities at the beginning of the outbreak contributed to Sweden ’ s high death toll , and changes have been made to control outbreaks in those facilities .