Medical facts — contextualised, evidenced, explained
It is an ethical obligation. Doctors of conscience speak up — because silence is not a neutral stance.
On these pages we provide information relevant to the relationship between doctor and patient, between medical practice and social responsibility.
We focus on topics that are frequently oversimplified or distorted in public debate — from the individual medical assessment of tolerability to the ethical foundations of medical practice.
We understand information as the prerequisite for informed decisions — for patients as well as for physicians.
Issuing a mask exemption certificate is not a political statement, but a medical assessment — individual, documented, justified. Nevertheless, physicians who confirmed this assessment in writing came under considerable institutional and legal pressure.
We document what constitutes a legally and medically sound exemption certificate, which conditions can medically justify an exemption, and how physicians have dealt with challenges to their decisions.
When doctors certified that a Covid-19 vaccination was medically contraindicated for their patients, they were following their duty of care. Yet many of them faced criminal prosecution.
We document the medical, legal and ethical background of these certificates — and why the physician’s conscientious decision must be protected.
Since 1948, physicians worldwide have committed themselves to the Declaration of Geneva — the modern successor to the Hippocratic Oath. It places the wellbeing of the patient above all other considerations: institutional pressure, majority opinion, or political demands.
We document the exact wording, the history of the declaration, and its relevance to current questions of medical practice.
In June 2024, the Hamburg-based physician Dr. Walter Weber issued a call to colleagues who had experienced house searches over mask exemption certificates. Around 200 doctors responded within a week. What they reported painted the picture of a systematic persecution.
Here you will find the analysis of these responses: the house-search rate, financial penalties, physical assaults – and the data foundation on which this platform is built.