Published21. January 2024, 10:20
Ueli Maurer: “The pandemic was mass hypnosis”
The positions of the former UDC Federal Council are becoming increasingly radical, especially his criticism of Bern's handling of the pandemic.
Ueli Maurer on January 13, 2021 in Bern, during a press conference on measures to contain the spread of Covid-19.
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“The political fight of the people of Zurich knows no retreat,” noted the “NZZ am Sonntag” of the day. This is based on the analysis of Ueli Maurer's numerous public appearances since he left the Federal Council. The newspaper particularly addresses Ueli Maurer's statements on the topic of pandemic management in an interview with Hoch2.tv at the end of December last year: “The pandemic was a mass hypnosis” and a deliberately fomented “hysteria”. , underneath he said so.
“The pharmaceutical industry was behind all of this”
The Zurich resident asserts that “it was actually clear from the start that it couldn’t be as serious as was portrayed.” And that “the entire pharmaceutical industry was behind it, they made money from it” by exploiting the fear. The Federal Council, of which he was a member, reacted with concern and went beyond its limits. “We made people believe that we had absolutely useful vaccines,” he says again.
Lack of understanding from health authorities
Ueli Maurer's statements, which are not his first strike, have provoked the outrage of those responsible for health policy. Such a radical questioning of government decisions is “unworthy of a former Federal Councilor,” says National Councilor Barbara Gysi (PS/SG), President of the Commission for Social Security and Public Health (CSSS). Lukas Engelberger (The Center/BS), chairman of the Conference of Directors of Health (CDS), rejects the idea of population manipulation and adds: “Recent figures published by the WHO show that in Europe alone 1.4 million people have been vaccinated People were saved.” Lives.”
Unusual behavior according to Pascal Couchepin
The way in which Ueli Maurer criticizes his former Federal Council colleagues and places joint decisions in the area of conspiracy is unprecedented, writes the Zürcher Zeitung. In an interview on this topic, former Federal Councilor Pascal Couchepin was surprised: “Direct attacks of this kind do not correspond to the practice of former Federal Councilors,” he regrets.