Nuremberg II: the Covid archive awaiting trial

Nuremberg II: The Citizen Archive Awaiting Trial

Will there ever be a day in court for the handling of the pandemic? The question has gone unanswered for years, and some have decided not to sit idly by waiting for it. On the internet, some people are compiling a citizen archive —screenshots, links, headlines and figures from official records— with an avowed aim: that when a "Nuremberg II" opens, there will be no shortage of material with which to demand accountability. It is not a report, nor a lawsuit, nor a incivil complaint. It is a folder that grows on its own, fed by those who stumble upon a data point and file it away just in case.

The starting point was a specific accusation: the "institutional terrorism" that one participant attributes to the Ayuntamiento de Almería (Almería City Council). From there, the repository branched in three directions —adverse reaction records, the fine print of vaccination, and the way the media treated young people during the final phase of the crisis— and kept adding the names of health officials and politicians.

The figures that sustain the archive

The bulk of what has been compiled consists of counts from adverse effect reporting systems. From the US VAERS, it cites 701,559 adverse cases, 60,741 hospitalizations, 80,393 emergency room visits, 19,210 people with disabilities and 14,925 deaths. From the European EudraVigilance, 21,766 deaths and 2,074,410 injuries recorded up to mid-August, according to data circulating in the archive. Among the categories, 6,637 heart attacks and 5,765 cases of myocarditis are highlighted.

It is worth clarifying what these databases are. They are passive reporting systems, which can include both confirmed reactions and mere suspected reports; a report does not equal a proven cause-and-effect relationship. That distinction, which public health authorities repeat, has not dented those who argue that the volume alone is already enough of a signal to demand accountability.

What is attributed to Pfizer at the European Parliament

One of the most repeated items is Pfizer's appearance at the European Parliament, where, according to information spread in the archive, the company allegedly admitted that its vaccine was not tested to stop transmission of the bicho before it came to market. The data point is shared as central proof that something was promised that could not be guaranteed.

The claim circulates within the repository itself without independent verification and is mixed with press headlines and TV clips. It is not the most solid part of the collection, but it is the most cited.

The trial no one knows will ever happen

Here the archive splits in two. One current trusts that the accumulation of evidence will eventually force judicial proceedings; another considers it impossible and warns that those responsible "have it all sewn up." The Nuremberg reference works as a slogan, not as a plan. Some recall that even the most famous historical trials were decided by who won the war, not by who was right, and some directly believe that neither newspaper archives nor time will serve any purpose.

The most optimistic calculation assumes that some court will eventually act; the pessimistic scenario starts from the premise that judges and governments go hand in hand with pharmaceutical companies. Neither current provides a real roadmap.

No jab for me: the argument for refusal

Another part of the archive does not seek culprits but justifications. The most repeated: not injecting a genetic product that has not been sufficiently tested, because proving that something is safe requires years of analysis. To that reasoning is added the thesis — disputed and without consensus — that a vaccinated person transmits just like an unvaccinated one and with a similar viral load.

Almería, young people and the fine print

The repository does not only store health figures: it also stores headlines. One participant archives the TV coverage that singled out young people as responsible for the outbreaks as an example of incivil a group, and denounces that average ages of hospital admissions were aired that did not square with the hospital reality. In the end, the folder grows by inertia.