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
It was a month ago. An eternity since the Covid-19 turned time upside down. This Wednesday, March 4, the seven main candidates for mayor of Paris are debating for the first time on a television set. We are talking about social housing, garbage collection and greening, but already, the new coronavirus invites itself in the … Read more
Every day, find the Green thread, the environment meeting of Release. Serge Morand is a health ecologist, research director at CNRS and CIRAD and teaches at the Faculty of Tropical Medicine in Bangkok, Thailand. For him, it is urgent to preserve genetic diversity in nature and agriculture to avoid the multiplication of pandemics. Several species … Read more
When the night service gives them some respite, the nurses at Besançon hospital confide in this colleague who has come for a few days. And to the member too. Emmanuelle Fontaine-Domeizel, elected LREM and former liberal nurse, was sent there, for a week, to the service of infectious diseases, to reinforce caregivers in tension because … Read more
Eric d’Ortenzio is an epidemiologist at Inserm and coordinator of the Reacting network, a multidisciplinary consortium responsible for coordinating research in the face of health crises. For him, the coronavirus epidemic will last. Should France fear an Italian scenario facing the coronavirus? It is clear that we are heading towards a national epidemic and that … Read more
like animal The World Health Organization (WHO) reminded him as early as January 12: “The data seem to clearly indicate that the outbreak is associated with exposures at a fish market in Wuhan” (see: Hubei). The hypothesis of a zoonosis, a disease transmitted by animals, is therefore preferred. February 7, the scientific journal Nature asks: … Read more