"I should have alarmed a little more, I should have worried a little more", swung Michel Cymes sure France 5, March 19, 2020. Invited in the show alongside Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine and Patrick Cohen, the most famous doctor in France made a point after receiving a lot of criticism on social networks. Indeed, a few weeks earlier, Michel Cymes affirmed that a victim of Covid-19, as currently suffered by nearly 10,000 people in France, felt the effects of a simple "banged flu". Words that the former favorite French host seems to regret today …
"At the time, no scientist thought it would take on this magnitude, so yes, I reassured people", he said, somewhat irritated by this controversy, before adding: "I tell myself that in the end, I reassured people a lot, but what did that mean? Nobody stayed at home, everyone went for a walk as we could see on the pictures. .. That's why I should have alarmed a little more, I should have worried a little more … "
A "scientific truth" that evolves every day
Asked by Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine about her first diagnosis, Michel Cymes tried to defend herself by advocating a certain "scientific truth" which would evolve day by day: "Yesterday, you had guests, on this same set, who told you the scientific truth of yesterday. I’m telling you today’s, " swung the facilitator, before concluding: "A fortnight or three weeks ago, when I was speaking, I was doing it with the scientific truth of the moment, " he concluded. Foul confessed, half forgiven …
Read also: Michel Cymes: these two guests he almost fired from "It will not come out of here"