Bilderberg/2021

 Bilderberg/2021(meeting)

Date	June 2021
Perpetrators	Bilderberg/Steering committee
Description	The 2021 Bilderberg is an unknown quantity. This page highlights the involvement of over 100 Bilderbergers in the COVID-19 event.

It is unknown whether a 2021 Bilderberg Meeting was held; the group's website stated that it "had to be cancelled, due to travel and meeting restrictions." Of the 1837 living Bilderbergers, over 100 have played significant roles in managing the COVID-19 event:

COVID-19

Many Bilderbergers have profited from COVID-19. This page lists over 100 Bilderbergers who have taken active roles in the COVID-19 event. Steering committee members (present and former) are underlined.

Virus R & D

Full article: COVID-19/Origins

A lot of evidence suggests that SARS-CoV2 did not occur naturally, but was genetically manipulated from a naturally occurring bat coronavirus and possibly parts of additional viruses. Bilderberg members have done important work in developing the CRISPR gene editing technique:

Preventing Global Catastrophic Biological Risks, held in February 2020 before the Munich Security Conference, attended by three veteran Bilderberger pandemic planners: Gro Harlem Brundtland, Sam Nunn and Avril Haines

• Bernard Cazeneuve - 2018 - In 2017 attended the founding ceremony of the BSL-4 lab at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, together with Yves Lévy, whose wife abruptly banned over-the-counter sales of hydroxychloroquine in France in January 2020, declaring it "poisonous" without explanation.
• Emmanuelle Charpentier - 2016 - Pioneered CRISPR as a tool for genome editing (for which she was co-recipient of a Nobel prize in 2020)
• Sean Parker - 2010 - Billionaire who was the first to gain NIH approval for a trial of CRISPR

Pandemic Planning

Full article: Pandemic/Planning

Many Bilderbergers have experience at Pandemic Planning, and the group has been well represented at such exercises for at least 20 years. Those with the most obvious ties:

• Gro Harlem Brundtland - 1982, 1983, introduced A Spreading Plague (2019 Pandemic planning exercise), and attended Atlantic Storm, and the February 2020 Preventing Global Catastrophic Biological Risks exercise
• Avril Haines - 2017 - US Deep State actor who participated in Event 201 and the February 2020 Preventing Global Catastrophic Biological Risks exercises. Deputy Director of the CIA 2013-15, Director of National Intelligence since 2021
• Sam Nunn - 1997, 1996 - Long experience at pandemic planning, Operation Dark Winter, A Spreading Plague, the February 2020 Preventing Global Catastrophic Biological Risks exercise

Judith Rodin took part in the 2010 Lock Step exercise about using a pandemic to usher in high tech totalitarianism

• Judith Rodin - 2005 - As President of the Rockefeller Foundation took part in the Lock Step exercise which foresaw a pandemic as the means by which a technototalitarian government might unfold.

Task Forces

Full article: COVID-19 Task Force

In Spring 2020, many nation states formed COVID-19 Task Forces, many of which had, or acted as if they had, "state of emergency" powers to override standard operating procedure.

National Task Forces

• Vittorio Colao - 2018 - Leader of a special task force to handle "Phase 2" of the Italian Covid Task Force
• Christopher Liddell - 2017 - Member of Trump's White House Coronavirus Task Force
• Matthew Pottinger - 2019 - Member of Trump's White House Coronavirus Task Force. His wife Yen Pottinger was explaining the importance of social distancing in mid March 2020
• Kathleen Sebelius - 2008, 2007 - Member of Biden's White House Coronavirus Task Force
• Jeffrey Zients - 2017 - Became White House coronavirus coordinator in 2021, announced in August that year that “it’s time to impose some requirements” where COVID jabs are concerned.

Handlers

Mark Carney, Tri-national, quad-Bilderberger, Governor of the Bank of England until March 2020, when he became an "informal adviser" to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

• Mark Carney - 2019, 2018, 2012, 2011 - "acting as an informal adviser to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the federal government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic."
• Andrew Liveris - 2012 - Ex Dow CEO and Member of the Board of Citigroup, "Special Adviser" to the Australia/National COVID-19 Coordination Commission

Others

Other significant institutions have appointed Bilderbergers to their Covid or pandemic groups:

• Laurence Boone - 2015 - A Commissioner of the Lancet Commission on COVID-19 - As the Global Economic Forum's chief economist, advising about the economic response to COVID-19
• Sylvia Burwell - 2018 - Co-chair of the Council on Foreign Relations's "Independent Task Force on Improving Pandemic Preparedness
• Mitchell Daniels - 2012 - Member of the Council on Foreign Relations's "Independent Task Force on Improving Pandemic Preparedness"
• Paul Polman - 2012 - Member of the The Lancet's COVID-19 commission.
• Jeffrey Sachs - 1990 - Chaired The Lancet's COVID-19 commission.
• Tidjane Thiam - 2019, 2013 - One of the four African Union’s COVID-19 Special Envoys
• Philip Zelikow - 2007, 2006 - Drafter of the 9/11 Commission Report, appointed to lead the University of Virginia's COVID Commission Planning Group

Social change

The "response" to COVID-19 was a sweeping set of social changes enforced by fiat, having minimal scientific justification, if any. They directly contradicted best practice up to 2020.

• Stefan Löfven - 2013 - As Swedish PM, managed the Swedish Covid measures.

Lockdowns

Full article: COVID-19/Lockdown

A WEF tweet which was quickly deleted after it raised criticism.

Most nation states decreed what was termed a "lockdown", i.e. a drastic restriction of freedom of movement. This was in opposition to the 2019 WHO best practice guide for pandemics, which specifically advised against this practice. As of Summer 2021, there is little scientific evidence that these measures had any measurable impact on spread of COVID-19, but this claim remains part of the COVID-19 official narrative.

• Alberto Alesina - 2018 - "Strongly agreed" in March 2020 with all 3 points of the Bilderberg consensus Lockdown policy, with a high degree of confidence. Died in May 2020, aged 63.
• Cathy Berx - 2018 - Governor of Antwerp who oversaw the introduction of lockdown and curfew measures in Antwerp in July 2020.
• Stefano Feltri - 2019 - Italian journalist who wrote supporting the official narrative, that lockdowns were "inevitable".
• Demis Hassabis - 2018, 2016, 2015 - Dialed in to a meeting of SAGE which promoted the UK COVID Lockdown.
• Sauli Niinistö - 1997 - As President of Finland uncritically wrote of "the need for strict, short-term restrictive measures..." and was similarly uncritical about the need for a fast rollout of "vaccines"
• Bill Morneau - 2017, 2016 - as Canadian Finance Minister in 2020 "approved the spending of nearly $200 billion in federal aid in a deliberate effort to shut down huge portions of Canadian society"
• Norbert Röttgen - 2014 - As chair of the CDU he was promoting the German Covid lockdowns
• Erna Solberg - 2011 - Norwegian PM who led the national lockdowns. Directed billions of dollars to international vaccine programs (GAVI etc)

Furlough Schemes

• György Surányi - 1997 - Wrote a long essay in April 2020 suggesting the Hungarian government pay targeted subsidies to those who lose their jobs due to lockdowns.

Digitalization

• Frans Timmermans - 2008 - Co-Executive Vice President of the European Commission for A Europe Fit for the Digital Age, Vice-President of the European Commission, took many opportunities to opine on "Which world do we want after COVID-19?"
• Carlo Ratti - 2014 - Published about Reimagining the Office
• Margrethe Vestager - 2014 - Co-Executive Vice President of the European Commission for A Europe Fit for the Digital Age

Masks

Full article: Mask

Bain & Company's instructions on how workplaces should change due to COVID-19

• Dianne Feinstein - 1991 - In July 2020 proposed withholding COVID-19 relief from states without mask mandates. Both she and her husband sold stock in Allogene Therapeutics in 2021 before the lockdowns.

Social distancing

Full article: “Social distancing”

• Orit Gadiesh - 1998, 1997 - Chairman of Bain & Company, which was closely involved in directing government policy in various nations. In France it was entrusted by the government to steer the country's Covid testing strategy. On 29 April 2020 it put out a guide describing how workplaces should change due to COVID-19.

Track and Trace

Full article: Mass surveillance

• Louise Arbour - 2019 - In 2020 made Honorary President of COVI Canada, which released the COVI application.
• Dido Harding - 2016 - Placed in charge of producing the NHSX app for Covid

Controlling the Narrative

George Soros, of The Good Club, is suspected to have been controlling the narrative through groups such as BLM

• Regina Dugan - 2015 - DARPA, Facebook, Google, "The global pandemic is our generation’s Sputnik", CEO of Wellcome Trust
• Henry Kissinger - 2019-2010 , 2008-1994 , 1992-1980, 1978, 1977, 1971, 1964, 1957 October, 1957 February - Arch-Bilderberger deep politician, numerous influential public pronouncements on COVID-19
• Charles Michel - 2018, 2016, 2015 - As President of the European Council, in December 2020 he proposed an international treaty on pandemics.
• George Soros - 2002, 2000, 1996, 1994, 1990 - The Good Club, influence of BLM to control the narrative in 2020
• Sidney Taurel - 2007 - Chair of Pearson which "implement[ed] new health and safety principles" and "launched an online community for our people to connect, share stories and support each other", chair emeritus of Eli Lilly which produced bamlanivimab.

Academia

• James Orbinksi - 2011 - Developed the COVID-19 Global Health Portal. Also published various research about COVID-19
• Ole Petter Ottersen - 2011 - Presented at the July 2020 International Symposium On Novel Ideas In Science And Ethics Of Vaccines Against Covid-19 Pandemic, published research on Addressing production gaps for vaccines in African countries
• Arild Underdal - 2004 - Editing academic research about COVID-19
• James Vaupel - 2011 - Edited and co-written academic research about COVID-19, on topics such as the death toll in Sweden after their refusal to instigate widespread lockdowns.

Big media

The non reporting of Bilderberg by TV or newspapers reveals that the group has considerable control of big media, which was mobilised to support the official narrative.

• Juan Luis Cebrián - 2018-2001, 1993, 1990-1987, 1985, 1983- Billionaire, media mogul, one of the ten most influential Spaniards in Spain and Latin America for 44 years (from 1976 to 2019).
• Andrew Coyne - 2015 - Canadian columnist dismissing the Great Reset as a "conspiracy theory" and saying the introduction of vaccine passports is no big deal.
• Mathias Döpfner - 2019-2014, 2007-2005 - Billionaire, Axel Springer Publishing House/CEO
• Felix Gutzwiller - 2013 - On Swiss TV in March 2020 answering public questions about COVID-19.
• François Lenglet - 2017 - French editor who in March 2021 termed vaccine passports "the best recovery instrument available".

In March 2020 Shiraz Maher wrote a first hand account of his mild case of COVID-19

Promoting panic

Full article: COVID-19/Panic

Commercially-controlled media's coverage of COVID-19 was a more-or-less monotone echo of the fear-driven official narrative, while calmer, more scientific voices “were never invited to the expert table”, as the editor of Bild admitted in August 2021.

• Oliver Bäte - 2017 - A German businessman who made various alarmist statements about the virus, such as comparing it to a "worldwide meteor impact" or the explosion of a nuclear power station.
• Shiraz Maher - 2015 - A "Terror expert" who reportedly had a case of COVID-19 which was "classified as “mild” by British health authorities". Maher wrote a "horrifying account of his experience with COVID-19" which was picked up by the commercially-controlled media after it "went viral" on Twitter.

“Every time I open the obituary pages of the local newspaper, I find so many people that I know have died. A whole generation is being wiped out.”
Beppe Severgnini (25 April 2020) 

• Beppe Severgnini - 2017 - Italian editor/journalist who reported from north Italy in March 2020.

Opinion polling

• Renate Köcher - 2018 - A German pollster who researched attitudes to COVID-19 and was interviewed about them by corporate media

Censorship

Full article: COVID-19/Censorship

"I urge world leaders to fully support the Global Vaccination Strategy I launched with the World Health Organization last month. We need to get vaccines into the arms of 40 per cent of people in all countries by the end of this year — and 70 per cent by mid-2022."

• António Guterres - 2005, 1990 - In March 2020, as UN secretary general, asked for increased censorship by big tech of online "hate speech" in response to COVID-19. In October 2021, advocating swift vaccination of the whole world's population.

Big tech is notoriously opaque in its censorship, which reached record heights in 2020/21 on the topic of COVID-19, as predicted by Event 201. Involvement in censorship is difficult to prove, but it seems likely that censorship was carried out with the agreement of (or at the behest of) the following chief execs:

• Jared Cohen - 2019, 2018 - Jigsaw CEO (formerly Google Ideas)
• Reid Hoffman - 2019-2014, 2012, 2011, LinkedIn Executive Chairman
• Robert Kimmitt - 1995 - Appointed Facebook's "lead independent director" in March 2020
• Patrick Pichette - 2018 - Appointed Twitter's CEO in June 2020.
• Eric Schmidt - 2019, 2017-2007 - US billionaire who works for Alphabet, with a track record of arranging YouTube censorship of dissent.
• Jens Stoltenberg - 2002-2015-2017-2018-2019 - NATO General-Secretary. Using censorship mechanisms established during Russiagate, NATO played a role in "combatting the spread of harmful, false and misleading narratives through disinformation."

"Vaccines"

Full article: “COVID-19/Vaccine”

Audrey Azoulay, UNESCO Director general, "Every day, people are searching for a path out of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, scientific international cooperation and vaccines have created hope that a brighter future is within reach..."

The experimental gene therapies always referred to by commercially-controlled media as "COVID-19 vaccinations" received emergency use authorisations which could not have been given if alternative treatments were available. It was therefore necessary to sideline drug therapies.

Sidelining repurposed drugs

Jens Spahn was made German Health minister after attending the 2017 Bilderberg, rejected a donation of hydroxychloroquine in 2020 and stated that "vaccines are the way out of this pandemic"

Sidelining of drugs to treat the disease was a requirement for the granting of Emergency Use Authorisation of the experimental jabs. Many Bilderberg controlled groups, such as Médecins Sans Frontières, termed repurposed drugs "disinformation".

• Werner Baumann - CEO of Bayer, who in early 2020 initially announced a plan to create a Chloroquine production facility in Europe, which transitioned to a partnership with Curevac to create CVnCoV, a COVID-19 Vaccine candidate.
• Trine Eilertsen - 2015 - Promoted to Editor in chief of Aftenposten in 2020, a paper as of June 2021 which was questioning the need for "experimental treatment" of COVID-19 cases with ivermectin.
• Jens Spahn - 2017 - German Health minister since March 2018, close to big pharma. Was specifically requested to look into ivermectin as a tool to control the spread of the disease, but moved towards mandating vaccines and stated that "vaccines are the way out of this pandemic".

Uncritical promotion

Dozens, perhaps hundreds of Bilderbergers have been actively promoting This list contains only the most fervent advocates and those with key jobs allowing them to throw large institutional weight behind such opinions:

“COVID-19 does not respect borders. No country will be safe until the people of every country have access to the vaccine.”
Audrey Azoulay

• Audrey Azoulay - 2019, 2018 - UNESCO Director general. Vocal, uncritical promotion of the COVID official narrative
• Carl Bildt - 2014-2013, 2011-2006, 2000-1999, 1997-1996, 1993-1992 - "An unprecedented threat demands an unprecedented response" - appointed by Tedros Ghebreyesus in March 2021 as WHO Special Envoy for the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator, which was Bill Gates's "bid to organize the development and distribution of everything from therapeutics to testing."
• Ana Botín - 2019-2015, 2010 - Head of Banco Santander, who declared at the virtual Davos Agenda summit of global leaders that vaccinations against coronavirus are “the most effective 2021 economic policy.”

“People act like they have a choice. You don't have a choice. Normalcy only returns when we've largely vaccinated the entire global population [against COVID-19].”
Bill Gates (2020) 

• Bill Gates - 2010 - Aggressive promotion of vaccines, ID2020 and vaccine passports. Predicted in March 2020 that "Eventually we will need some digital certificates to show who has recovered or been tested (for COVID-19) recently, or when we have a vaccine, who has received it."
• Melinda Gates - 2004 - Of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation which sponsored ID2020 and is heavily invested in vaccine research, development and advocacy
• Luis de Guindos - 2017, 2013 - As Vice-President of the European Central Bank, in late 2020/early 2021 was talking up the economic benefits of fast vaccine rollouts and of banks in helping businesses affected by the lockdown measures.
• Rolf Soiron - 2011. Former Chairman (2005–2018) of the Board of Directors of Lonza Group, a company with insider access to the World Economic Forum and manufacturing billions of COVID-19 vaccines for Moderna.
• Bill Richardson - 2000, 1999 - In November 2021 went to Myanmar to help the leadership "identify specific ways to speed the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX facility to Myanmar and to help mitigate a possible fourth wave of COVID-19".

R & D

The interviewer, John Snow covered his mouth after this remark, interrupted him, hesitated and did not ask any further questions.

• John Bell - 2013 - Gates Foundation, GAVI researcher whose interests include DNA mutation, on the UK Vaccine Task Force, who stated in an interview that “These [COVID-19] vaccines are unlikely to completely sterilize a population. They're very likely to have an effect which works in a percentage. Say, 60% or 70%.”

Production & distribution

Clément Beaune announcing the vaccine strategy

• José Manuel Barroso - 2019-2015, 2013, 2005, 2003, 1994, made GAVI CEO in 2021
• Clément Beaune - 2019 - Emmanuel Macron's "Monsieur Europe", as French European Affairs Minister, outlined France's strategy for the deployment of vaccines
• François-Philippe Champagne - 2019, 2018 - In August 2021, as Canada's Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, announced Canada has established an MOU with Moderna to build a state-of-the-art "mRNA vaccine" production facility in Canada.
• Leif Johansson - 2000, 2001 - Chairman of AstraZeneca
• Alex Karp - 2019-2012 - Co-founded Palantir, which has been active internationally with COVID, and provided the software for Operation Warp Speed.
• Jared Kushner - 2019 - Charged with fast tracking a Covid vaccine, announced Operation Warp Speed.
• Peter Thiel - 2019-2007 - Co-founder and largest shareholder of Palantir as of 2020

“It is by coming together on vaccine research, mass production and distribution, that we will deliver safe and fair access to vaccines to all that need it, leaving no one behind.”
Jutta Urpilainen (3 February 2021) 

• Jutta Urpilainen - 2013, 2012 - European Community Commissioner for International Partnerships, "Team Europe is working on preparedness of our partners. We are assisting partners with technical assistance and guidance to prepare national vaccination strategies, logistics, and information campaigns. National ownership and responsibility for preparing and deploying COVID-19 vaccines remains paramount."

Scapegoating of non-recipients

• Maurizio Molinari - 2017 - Italian editor who had "Hunt for the non-vaccinated" on his front page on July 17, 2021.
• Michael O'Leary - 2019-2015 - "If you’re not vaccinated, you shouldn’t be allowed in the hospital, you shouldn’t be allowed to fly, you shouldn’t be allowed on the London Underground, and you shouldn’t be allowed in the local supermarket or your pharmacy either."

Mandation

Full article: COVID-19/Vaccine/Mandation

Bilderbergers have been both calling for and decreeing mandatory injections in response to COVID-19.

• Mario Draghi - 2009, 2008, 2004-2000, 1995,1994 - As Prime Minister of Italy announced mandatory injection for healthcare workers in Italy, later floated mandatory injection of all adults.
• Christoph Franz - 2015 - As Hoffmann-La Roche President called for mandatory injections in Switzerland.
• Lilli Gruber - 2019-2015, 2013, 2012 - Italian journalist: "Yes to mandatory vaccines"
• Bernard Kouchner - 2005 - 3 time French Health Minister who started Médecins Sans Frontières, took part in Atlantic Storm. Aggressive promotion of mandatory injections.

Ursula von der Leyen, a figure of great importance in COVID-19 event

• Ursula von der Leyen - 2019, 2018, 2016, 2015 - President of the European Commission since December 2019, in 2021 announced a proposal to "revive the EU tourism industry and for cross-border friendships to rekindle - safely," referring to permitting travel only for recipients of the COVID jabs She claimed to have lost the text messages she exchanged with Albert Bourla (Pfizer's CEO) during the EU’s COVID jab procurement talks. In December 2021 was promoting EU wide mandatory COVID jabs.
• Emmanuel Macron - 2014 - As French President, set up France's COVID-19 Scientific Council in March 2020. Declared mandatory jabs for access to common facilities in France in 2021.

Angela Merkel as German Chancellor stated that "the pandemic is not over until all people in the world have been vaccinated"

• Angela Merkel - 2005 - Stated in February 2021 that "the pandemic is not over until all people in the world have been vaccinated", later that “We have all agreed that we need vaccine certificates.”
• Olaf Scholz - 2010 - As German vice chancellor stepped up pressure on refuseniks, furst mandating free tests as an alternative then charging for the tests. In January 2022 he termed vaccine refuseniks "a tiny minority of reckless extremists."
• Tom Tugendhat - 2019 - UK MP who in November 2020 suggested that COVID jabs could be mandated for UK workers or travellers. In 2021, asked for investigation of the claim of (fellow 2019 Bilderberger) Matthew Pottinger that the virus came from the WIV.

"Vaccine Passports"

Full article: Vaccine/Passport

• Dominique Anglade - 2018 - Made leader of the Quebec Liberal Party in 2020. Calling for "freedom passports" in August 2021.
• Tony Blair - 1993 - Aggressive promotion of "Vaccine passports", early suggester of locking down people who declined the jabs.
• Ana Brnabić - 2018 - As Serbian PM, stated in September 2021 that the government was “preparing for the introduction of the COVID passes.”
• Gunilla Carlsson - 2012 - GAVI board member, shaping vaccine passport policy "Were similar vaccine passports to become the norm for international travel, the Green Certificate could set a precedent..."
• Sharon Dijksma- 2016 - Mayor of Utrecht who ordered a restaurant closed after it refused to check vaccine passports
• Kyriakos Mitsotakis - 2018, 2016 - As Greek PM displayed Klaus Schwab's The Great Reset on his desk. In 2021 he was promoting the idea of a "vaccine passport".
• George Osborne - 2018, 2017, 2015-2013, 2011, 2009-2006 - UK deep politician, promoter of vaccine passports, e.g. “Already some employers are demanding that their employees have vaccines. Leading a normal working life as part of society will become impossible without proof you’ve had a vaccine. Government shouldn’t stand in the way of that — it should facilitate it. As our real passports already say on the first page, Covid passports will “allow the bearer to pass freely without let or hindrance”. Bring them on.”
• Mark Rutte - 2019-2018, 2016-2015, 2013-2012 - As Dutch PM, fired his Economic Affairs Minister, Mona Keijzer, shortly after she publicly criticised the Dutch Vaccine passport.

Sidelining natural immunity

An especially obvious glitch in the official COVID narrative has been the refusal to admit that the scientific truth that natural immunity is far more durable than anything provided by the COVID jabs.

• William Lewis - 1997 - Non-executive Director of AP, which claimed that "Natural immunity is ... not long-lasting" to promote the COVID official narrative

Great Reset

Full article: Great Reset

Klaus Schwab, ex-Bilderberg Steering Committee

The Great Reset is an SDS attempt to reframe of economic inequality in a positive light: "You'll own nothing, and you'll be happy". COVID-19 has greatly increased economic inequality as small and medium enterprise have been forced under while unprecedented peacetime increases in the money supply and corporate welfare have been doled out to a few large organisations.

• Magdalena Andersson - 2016 - As Swedish finance minister in April 2021 promoted a global economic restart. Emphasized "the need for strong international cooperation to accelerate vaccine production and support affordable and equitable distribution to all."
• Børge Brende - 2016-2018, 2019 - President of the World Economic Forum since 2017. "The direction we need to head is toward greater dialogue, coordination and collective action".."the principles call for greater public-private collaboration"
• He Liu - 2014 - As the Chinese vice-premier, stated that "We need to strengthen market mechanisms, form healthy competition, reduce institutional transaction costs, and establish a unified, open, competitive and orderly high-standard market system"
• Thomas de Maizière - 2016 - Suggesting the German constitution needed to be changed to account for the next great emergency after Covid...
• Mario Monti - 2015-2013, 2011-2003, 2001, 1999, 1996, 1994-1983 - Took over leadership of the European WHO commission in August 2020.
• Klaus Schwab - 2016, 2007, 2003, 1997-1995, founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, which has been central in the entire deep event
• Johan Rockström - 2019 - Swedish professor who at the 2019 Bilderberg presented a Planetary Emergency Action Plan written for the Club of Rome.
• Ignazio Visco - 2004 - Governor of the Bank of Italy, widely quoted about the financial consequences of "the necessary lockdown and social distancing measures"."The main instrument we have at the moment is neither monetary nor fiscal, it is vaccinations"

COVID handouts

As President of the European Central Bank, spent at least €1,850 billion on an asset purchase program during COVID-19.Declared intent to "vaccinate the whole world".

• Gordon Brown - 1991 - In April 2021, promoted a $60 billion effort to increase vaccination in "poor countries". Appointed WHO ambassador for global health financing in September 2021.
• Luis Garicano - 2016 - In March 2020, proposed a €500 billion "bazooka" to fight the virus, stabilise the European economy, and protect its jobs while the economy is in the "freezer".
• Kristalina Georgieva - 2016 - As IMF managing director organised “emergency financing on a scale [and at a speed] never seen before” - issuing dire economic forecasts
• Austan Goolsbee - 2012 - Obama advisor, published on the economics of COVID Fan of heavy COVID-19 spending. "The number one rule of virus economics is that you have to stop the virus before you can do anything about economics."
• Christine Lagarde -2017, 2016, 2014, 2013, 2009 - As President of the European Central Bank she spent €1,850 billion on asset purchase program during COVID-19. In joint interview with Klaus Schwab she declared an intent to "vaccinate the whole world".

Stephen Poloz speaking in March 2020.

• Stephen Poloz - 2014 - Took over from Mark Carney as Governor of the Bank of Canada. In late March 2020, announced a minimum $5-billion-per-week of market purchases of Government of Canada bonds, “to address strains in the government of Canada debt market and to enhance the effectiveness of all other actions taken so far.” "We have taken several actions to unclog key lending channels, adding over $200 billion of liquidity, or around 10% of Canadian GDP. As I said recently, no one has ever criticized a firefighter for using too much water. When the system demands more liquidity, the central bank must provide it."
• Nout Wellink - 2010, 2009 , 2006 - As ex-President of the Central Bank of the Netherlands, in March 2020, was promoting "Coronabonds".
• Pierre Wunsch - 2017 - As Governor of the National Bank of Belgium signed off on measures involving a 50 billion euro "financial buffer" that he named a “financial bazooka”.

French Covid debt commission

France’s Prime Minister Jean Castex chose the French Covid debt commission to "steer the nation’s deliberations on the future of public finances in the aftermath of the pandemic." He is not known to have attended the Bilderberg, but 3 of his 10 commissioners have:

• Beatrice Weder di Mauro - 2016, Laurence Parisot - 2007, Hélène Rey - 2013

Unproven/Unclear role

• Nicolas Berggruen - 2014 - Billionaire funder of various groups including the Berggruen Institute, which has been active in researching COVID-19 as a social change agent and in influencing attitudes and policies about it.
• Sigrid Kaag - 2019, 2018 - Dutch diplomat and politician who from 2018 sits on the WHO and World Bank Group's Global Preparedness Monitoring Board
• Johanna Rosén - 2017 - Expert on the electrical properties of thin films, including graphene
• Peter Brabeck-Letmathe - 2011 - Chairman of Nestlé and on the World Economic Forum Board of Trustees

Rating

12 December 2021 Terje 

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