Christian Drosten
Christian Drosten (Epidemiologist, Pharma lobbyist) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Christian Heinrich Maria Drosten 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | University of Frankfurt am Main | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Member of | Robert Koch Institute | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest of | Corona Investigative Committee, Viviane Fischer, Reiner Fuellmich | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Germany's "real face of the coronavirus crisis", Big pharma
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Dr Christian Heinrich Maria Drosten is a German virologist whose research focus is on novel viruses (emergent viruses). During the Covid-19 pandemic, Drosten came to national prominence as an expert on the implications and actions required to combat the outbreak in Germany.[1] The commercially-controlled media response in Germany was massively dominated by his changing opinions on how dangerous SARS-COV-2 'really' is.
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"Corona-explainer-in-chief"
During the 2019–2020 coronavirus pandemic, Drosten was called by The Guardian as "the [German] country's real face of the coronavirus crisis", who also noted that the Süddeutsche Zeitung had described Drosten as "the nation's corona-explainer-in-chief".[1] He was a counterpart to Lothar Wieler, head of the State's Robert Koch Institute in Berlin, in consulting to German federal and state authorities.[1]
Research
Drosten is one of the co-discoverers of SARS-associated coronavirus (SARS-COV-1) in 2009.
Funding
In 2004, Drosten received the GlaxoSmithKline funding award.[citation needed]
Mixed messages
Concerning SARS-COV-2 he said that antibodies may develop naturally[citation needed]. On the other hand he shuts down[clarification needed] colleagues critical of the COVID-19/lockdown.[citation needed]
Profit
Drosten developed a test for SARS-COV-2, ready to be sold at 5x the normal price in January 2020, which was quickly accepted by the World Health Organization (WHO) who sent test kits to affected regions.[2]
Other activities
- World Health Summit 2020, Member of the Scientific Committee.[citation needed]
WP page of interest
References
Sponsor
Event | Description |
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | Very influential and rich foundation established to take leadership of global health. |