Politics vs Science – The Task Force interacts with a muzzle request
National councils want to silence scholars
Martin Ackermann, Scientific Task Force Leader, explains why staff should provide public information.
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The Economic Committee of the National Council wanted to silence the scientific working group on the Coronavirus. Researchers are no longer allowed to comment publicly on Federal Council actions regarding the pandemic. It was decided by the votes of the bourgeois majorityAnd the To write the following sentence in Covid Law: “The public is informed of the Federal Council’s actions on Covid-19 exclusively through the Federal Council and Parliament.”
The scientific missionFUrs of the Federal Council insists in reaction to their right to be allowed to conduct independent assessments of the pandemic. When asked, President Martin Ackerman said I have taken note of the media statement issued by the Commission that “information provided to the public about the Federal Council’s actions regarding Covid-19 should only take place through the Federal Council and Parliament”. and he He points out that “this is really the case today.”