Christian Drosten
 Christian Drosten    (Epidemioligist, Pharma lobbyist) | ||||||||||
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| Born | Christian Heinrich Maria Drosten 1972 | |||||||||
| Nationality | German | |||||||||
| Alma mater | University Frankfurt am Main | |||||||||
| Member of | Robert Koch Institute | |||||||||
| Interest of | Corona Investigative Committee, Viviane Fischer, Reiner Fuellmich | |||||||||
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Dr. med. Christian Drosten is a German virologist whose research focus is on novel viruses (emergent viruses). During the 2019–2020 coronavirus 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 collegues critical of the COVID-19/lockdown.
Profit
He 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]
