▲Japanese artist Gackt (photo in 2015)
(ZENA/Translation) Japanese artist Gackt (47 years old) said in the live broadcast about the new crown pneumonia that "it is just a cold" and called on everyone not to be too nervous, and his remarks triggered a heated discussion.
On May 14, 2021, GACKT, which is currently on the European island of Malta, asked fans during a live broadcast on "17 LIVE": "How is Japan now?" ”
■ He said that hospitals except for the designated treatment points for the new crown have closed down, "there is cat grease in this"
After he asked about the situation in Japan, fans told him that the Tokyo Olympics were imminent and the number of infections was only increasing, and the situation was more serious. Seeing the fans' answers, GACKT said worriedly: "Everyone, they are thinking too negatively, right? Then he said the next thing:
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, the new crown is not a big deal, right?" Don't be too neurotic. ”
"It's just a cold, a cold. Every year, many people die of colds. So it's just a cold, a cold. ”
GACKT also said it was strange that COVID-19 was classified as a designated infectious disease in Category 2. He said: "Avian influenza is not classified as a designated infectious disease, but judging from the number of people killed, avian influenza is obviously much more dangerous."
Then he revealed: "Actually, I have a friend who bought the hospital, and he is now constantly acquiring the hospital. So that is to say, there is actually cattiness in this. This is really a very excessive thing. ”
The firm to which it belongs said that "my remarks do not correspond to the status quo"
Regarding the current policy of strengthening epidemic prevention and control, GACKT explained: "This is actually a world strategy, which is essentially a question of who will benefit from it. Then he made his own observations:
"In the United States, Pfizer, which supports the national economy, has been in a state of loss for 10 years, but this year it has made a profit of 3 trillion yen. But for 10 consecutive years it has been a loss, which is even more terrible, the water is very deep. ”
Some of his fans thanked him for sharing his unique insights into COVID-19 during the livestream. But in addition, there are also people on Twitter and other online message boards who believe that some of THE CLAIMS of GTKT are suspected of supporting the "new crown conspiracy theory", which is questionable and critical.
On May 17, the Tuberculosis and Infectious Diseases Division of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan gave a detailed explanation of the new crown pneumonia in an interview with J-CAST Newspaper.
From the description, it can be seen that the new crown pneumonia was classified as a nearly 2 infectious disease only at the beginning, and by February 2020 it was close to the 1 category, and in March of the same year, it was almost the same category as influenza A(H1N1). Then, in the amendments issued in February this year, COVID-19 was no longer classified as a designated infectious disease, and influenza A(H1N1) was classified as a similar infectious disease.
"Colds are not one of the above infectious diseases, so COVID-19 cannot be compared with colds." And the new crown pneumonia is more dangerous than the general flu, because the number of infected people is small, so there are no antibodies in the body, and there are so many people who die after the symptoms worsen. ”
In addition, there is no clear evidence that GACKT mentioned in the live broadcast that the US Pfizer pharmaceutical company will make a profit of 3 trillion yen in 2021. The company reported its first-quarter results on May 4 and said it expects vaccine sales to reach 2.8 trillion yen in 2021. In addition, the statement that "10 consecutive years have been a loss" does not clearly say which business the company has. In an interview on the 17th, Pfizer's Japanese method publicly stated that "I don't know what information I read to make such a comment, I hope to pay attention to my own statement."
The head of GACKT's grove firm also asked questions in an interview on the 17th whether the statement was related to the "new crown conspiracy theory" and what the "catty" referred to: "We are not himself, so we cannot explain it." His own statements are not the status quo. ”
(Author: J-CAST NewsRoom Hiroyuki Noguchi)