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"Corona is over - with rs2!": The editorial staff of the Berlin radio station had declared January 28, 2021 to be "Future Day" and in its program it traveled a year into the future - exactly to the day on which the pandemic was declared over .
The Berlin radio station 94.3 rs2 caused a stir with its day of action and a journey through time to 2022.
Instead of news about the daily new infections, vaccine shortages and the economic consequences of the pandemic, the spokeswoman could be heard saying: "The World Health Organization has declared the coronavirus to be eradicated."
Weather, traffic and other content also referred to a fictional future on Thursday in which the corona pandemic is over.
"Due to many inquiries, we would like to point out that Corona is unfortunately not over yet," it said on the station's homepage.
After the experiment, the regular program should run again from 6 p.m.
Calls to the Senate and authorities
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In the fictional time travel not only Corona has survived, there is also a Federal Chancellor Markus Söder (CSU), Elon Musk is planning a spaceport in Brandenburg and Franziska Giffey (SPD) is Berlin's mayor.
Apparently, some listeners had not understood that the program was not meant seriously: There were calls to authorities and the broadcaster, as the managing director Armin Braun said of the German press agency.
The action should therefore entertain and offer a pandemic break.
According to the broadcaster, the background was the wish of an eight-year-old girl from Berlin-Wilmersdorf.
That wished that Corona was over.
With the mental cinema and the scenario of a virus-free future, the station wanted to encourage.
"We expected that it would not go down well with everyone," said Braun about the campaign.
"It polarizes." On the net, the comments ranged from "total nonsense" to "I think it's funny."