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In the autumn of 2021, Hugo de Jonge publicly stated on TV that 80 percent of the corona patients in hospitals were unvaccinated. The speaker, who was conducting research at the time, had precise hospital data on all corona patients and personally asked each patient whether they were vaccinated. They found that the actual percentage in their hospital was 35 percent, a substantial discrepancy from the 80 percent figure.
The speaker and a colleague published the data online from their study, which was permissible because they were conducting integral scientific research and intended to publish whatever the results showed. However, they encountered significant pushback, which was largely political in nature. The backlash did not come from colleagues denying the data’s accuracy; instead, it came from political actors and environments.
The speaker notes that the pushback included responses from political circles and not from medical colleagues or other scientists who would challenge the data. A notable example mentioned was pressure from the Forum for Democracy, with the implication that the data or its dissemination could be affected by the party’s interests. The speaker recalls being questioned about whether they would be retweeted or supported by that forum, and expresses astonishment at the idea that they would need to adjust their scientific conclusions to align with a political party’s interests.
The core point emphasized is the discrepancy between the widely cited 80 percent unvaccinated figure and the speaker’s observed 35 percent within their hospital, and the subsequent political pushback encountered when publishing and sharing those findings.