An old video of Marc Van Ranst resurfaces in which he explains how to influence the population: "If you do that, they will not look for alternative voices"
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"In January 2019, a conference entitled "How to join forces to prepare for an influenza pandemic?" was held in London by the Royal Institute of International Affairs, better known as Chatham House, a think tank recognised on the international stage.
"At this conference, as Belgian Flu Commissioner, the Belgian virologist Marc Van Ranst. Particularly thrust into the media spotlight since the beginning of this health crisis, he had been invited to speak on epidemic management and in particular on communication and public engagement."
"During his talk, we thus learn that for Marc Van Ranst, who takes the example of the Mexican flu that hit the country in 2009, one must be "omnipresent" in the media: "From the very first days, you have to start communicating with the press, with the population. You have to have an agreement with them. You tell them everything. If they call you, you answer," he explains. "If you do that, they will not look for other alternative voices," the virologist adds."
"Further on in the video, he even reports that it would be possible to build ties with the media and thus influence public opinion: "You can ask them for favours in return. Use them to broadcast an infomercial for free, for example."
"Exploiting fear"
"[...] The virologist thus says that he sometimes used shock phrases: "There will be 7 deaths a day at the peak of the epidemic", for example. Yet that is the case every year, even when there is no epidemic. [...]"
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