Keeping Tigers Away
April 2, 2020
“OUR main problem is that no one will ever get in trouble for measures that are too draconian. They will only get in trouble if they do too little. So, our politicians and those working with public health do much more than they should do.
“No such draconian measures were applied during the 2009 influenza pandemic, and they obviously cannot be applied every winter, which is all year round, as it is always winter somewhere. We cannot close down the whole world permanently.
“Should it turn out that the epidemic wanes before long, there will be a queue of people wanting to take credit for this. And we can be damned sure draconian measures will be applied again next time. But remember the joke about tigers. ‘Why do you blow the horn?’ ‘To keep the tigers away.’ ‘But there are no tigers here.”There you see!’”
– Dr Peter Goetzsche, Professor of Clinical Research Design and Analysis at the University of Copenhagen;“Corona: an epidemic of mass panic,” blog post on Deadly Medicines, 21st March 2020. [Source]