This Tuesday, November 16, BFMTV received Professor Éric Caumes. On the set, the doctor brought up the subject of the flu, which should not be neglected. He fears a difficult winter.
Professor Éric Caumes was invited on BFMTV, this Tuesday, November 16. During his visit to the news channel, the infectious disease specialist warned the French about the flu. He fears the arrival of an epidemic of this virus, as France enters a 5th wave of Covid-19. “In a context where hospitals are unfortunately in great suffering, the cocktail risks being explosive”, he declared to our colleagues.
The head of infectious diseases at Pitié Salpêtrière also warned that there was no no flu epidemic the two previous winters. The reason: the Covid-19 pandemic. “With a respiratory virus occupying the field [le Covid], this prevents other viruses from circulating, especially the flu ”, confirmed her colleague Anne Mosnier, doctor and member of the disease and epidemic observation network, to the Huffington Post, on November 3.
Pr Éric Caumes: “If we have a big flu epidemic this winter, which comes on top of a 5th wave of Covid-19, the cocktail may be explosive” pic.twitter.com/ruoVFowiP1
— BFMTV (@BFMTV) November 16, 2021
A start in December
Normally, the flu virus should arrive in December. But this year, cases have already been detected. At the end of October, 50 consultations per 10,000 inhabitants and less than 1% of SOS Médecins interventions were made for influenza syndromes, reported the Huffington Post. “It is very important that we get vaccinated against the flu”, insisted Professor Éric Caumes on BFMTV. The vaccination campaign began on October 22. It concerns people over 65 and vulnerable people. It will be extended on November 23 to the entire population, specified CNews, on November 7.
Article written in collaboration with 6Medias
Photo credits: BFM TV screen capture
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