Guest of Patrick Cohen, this Sunday, June 7, in the program “It happened tomorrow” on Europe 1, the philosopher and writer Bernard-Henri Lévy analyzed and commented on the management of the crisis Covid-19. According to him, “People have been taken in by the media, doctors and power”. For the philosopher, by having blindly trusted doctors or any medical official, our leaders have shown “Abuse of authority”, he believes.
“We all considered them to be” knowledgeable “. Politicians have kept telling us “we rely on those who know”, and we ourselves have considered them to know “, continued Bernard-Henri Lévy. “Now, the most serious scientists knew that they knew nothing”, he explains, pointing to the fact that medicine is not “Not a hard science […] and that the fight dominates between the doctors. “
“An atmosphere of terror”
Bernard-Henri Lévy also denounces the “Arguments from unbearable authorities” employed in the media by politicians and health authorities. The philosopher notably alludes to the count ” creepy “ daily deaths. “There was a kind of general atmosphere of terror which I believe was a bad deed”, regrets BHL. “This is not how we face a pandemic”, he believes, justifying the title of his new book This virus that drives you mad. “There have been mechanisms of this madness. I think we were seized by a moment of collective madness. “
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