“The mask will be a supply like any other; just as you come with your pencil case or notebooks. “ The implication is that it’s up to families to get them for their children. These words made Thursday evening by the Minister of Education, Jean-Michel Blanquer, on France 2, aroused the ire of teachers and … Read more
Question asked by Lucienne on 04/19/2020 Hello, Masks intended for the general public should play an important role in the post-containment period. In any case, this is what the various speeches by the authorities seem to indicate in recent days. To start with that of the President of the Republic, on March 16, which suggested … Read more
For weeks, the government did everything to hide it. In February, when the coronavirus was already spreading in France, the state’s stock of masks was practically dry. A situation that does not prevent Jérôme Salomon, the director general of health (DGS), from assuring with confidence that no shortage is to be feared. At the same … Read more
For the past month, the fatal countdowns have been making headlines in the press: at “Villa Victoria” in Noisy-le-Grand (Seine-Saint-Denis), 25 deaths; the “Aurélias” of Pollionnay (Rhône), 28 deaths; at “la Vill’Alizé” in Thise (Doubs), 26 deaths … And the heaviest death toll known to date, at “la Riviera” de Mougins and its 36 dead … Read more
D-18. The patient in room 172 has been fighting the Covid-19 for the last eighteen days. Intubated and ventilated, the man is 52 years old. Several probes gravitate around his naked body. His cheeks are pale, his eyelids yawn, his swollen hands are motionless. Everything seems extinct in him. Only his chest moves, under the … Read more
On the front line with the elderly, Jean-Paul Duplan, 69, is the coordinating doctor of two accommodation establishments for dependent elderly people (Ehpad) in the department of Essonne. For request of Release, he keeps a logbook of his daily work in the face of the coronavirus. The fight is tough. This article is the updated … Read more
Question asked by Kevin on 04/07/2020 Hello, You are referring to a press release from the SUD federation of postal and telecommunications activities, published on Monday. Entitled “Mind-blowing, the Post Office hides millions of masks“, The press release, taken up in particular by rebellious deputy Alexis Corbière, writes that the Post Office has 24 million … Read more
In the space of a few hours, dozens of pharmacists in the Grand-Est region received the same phone call. At the end of the line, a man introduces himself as the assistant to Professor Jérôme Salomon, director general of public health and figure in the fight against the Covid-19 epidemic. His voice imbued with gravity, … Read more
They evoke a “enemy”. Sometimes see themselves as “Infantrymen”. They have much more “Fear for others” that they do not fear falling ill, without playing the heroes: “This is our job”, they say. Nurses, interns, emergency physicians, resuscitators, hematologists, psychiatrists… Their lives are now entirely dedicated to saving patients from the coronavirus. What is their … Read more
Does France have enough protective masks to cope with the wave of coronavirus cases? While the country has been confined since Tuesday and the epidemic has already killed 450 people in the territory, the question is on everyone’s lips. In recent days, testimonies are pouring in on tense situations, even shortages, to equip professionals in … Read more