Why does Christian Drosten benefit from an odd sort of moving of the goalposts in reverse? If in the original version of the metaphor, the goalposts are moved further away, making it harder for the kicker to reach them, in the version of the metaphor applicable to Drosten – and the agenda of mass COVID-19 vaccination he championed – they are moved closer and closer to the kicker, so that somehow, some way his feeble kick is just enough to get the ball over the bar, thus converting error into wisdom.
He is quoted as saying "The disease is a serious general viral infection that produces significantly more severe side effects than anyone could imagine from the worst vaccine."
Of course, it turned out later that The "worst vaccine"?
Well, the vaccine used against the swine flu, Pandemrix, was linked to narcolepsy.
Drosten was not wrong to be wrong already in 2009 at the time of the swine flu.
In an article in the Sueddeutsche Zeitung 2 Nov. 2009 titled
"Schweinegrippe "Die Welle hat begonnen"" ("Swine flu, The wave has begun" https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wissen/schweinegrippe-die-welle-hat-begonnen-1.140006) Drosten urged people to get vaccinated against swine flu.
He is quoted as saying "The disease is a serious general viral infection that produces significantly more severe side effects than anyone could imagine from the worst vaccine."
Of course, it turned out later that The "worst vaccine"?
Well, the vaccine used against the swine flu, Pandemrix, was linked to narcolepsy.