Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach Accused of Making Up “Tens of Thousands of Heat Deaths”

Germany’s federal health minister makes up 300,000 fictional heat deaths, accused of spreading fear through the public. 

With the Covid Pandemic scare coming to an end and people finally coming to their senses and realizing what a global scam that was, Germany’s federal minister of health Karl Lauterbach, A member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, has now shifted his focus on to a new scare story: summer heat deaths.

The solution: more government control.

Recently Lauterbach introduced his National Heat Protection Plan, claiming that there are between 5,000 and 20,000 heat-related deaths each and every summer. According to Lauterbach, those who are at risk include pregnant women, new mothers, infants, and young children in particular. In some cases, lockdowns may be required when it’s hot outside.

Lauterbach feels that the alleged summer heat death numbers 5,000 to 20,000 are more than enough to justify the implementation of a drastic nationwide heat protection plan. However, it turns out that Lauterbach wildly over exaggerated the numbers by close to 10,000 deaths annually.

The newly created Nius.de here reports on Lauterbach’s gross exaggeration, and presents the true figures going back to 1990 (blue bars):

Chart: Nius.de

Lauterbach claims 5,000 to 20,000 (orange) die from heat in Germany annually, but the blue colored bars tell the reality.

Wildly exaggerated

Nius.de calls Lauterbach’s figures “completely made up”, and adds: “In 25 of the past 31 years there have been fewer than 5000 heat deaths, and in 17 of those years fewer than 2000. So Lauterbach is inventing tens of thousands of heat deaths.”

Lauterbach’s range of 5000 to 20,000 has a mean of 12,500. However, the actual mean for the period from 1992 to 2022 is around 2500, meaning Lauterbach made up roughly 300,000 fictitious cases of heat death during that time. That is more than 100 deaths every day of the summer.

From or with heat

When NIUS asked the Federal Ministry of Health multiple times on which data basis Lauterbach made his claims, they never got an answer.

Perhaps Lauterbach now counts heat deaths like Corona deaths: If a patient dies from or during a heat wave, than the cause of death is heat.

Nius.de adds: “The figure of up to 20,000 heat deaths would indeed be disturbing – if it were not highly unserious. But that doesn’t move the minister at all. Following France’s example, he wants to be allowed to cancel events when it is very hot.”