On August 1, 2020 massive rallies broke out in both England and Germany (in fact globally) protesting lockdowns, mask mandates, and the obvious corruption within their government and “trusted” news organisations – overreaching use of “emergency powers”. [@10:40]
“We are the 99%” they shout, knowing then that the data showed that COVID-19 was a disease affecting a small subsect of the community – the frail and elderly and those with underlying health conditions, the rest get a bad flu at worst and recover.
Those who watch the mainstream news likely didn’t hear about the protests or the numbers we massively under-estimated, and were continued to be fed “fear”.