At the end of the year, the Scientific Council recommended, on the occasion of holidays and family reunions, especially in the presence of fragile and unvaccinated people, the wearing of an FFP2 type mask. Thicker and more filtering than surgical masks, these duck-billed masks are also four to five times more expensive (around 70 cents each), even on online shopping sites. And yet, in pharmacies in recent days, demand is exploding.
The current doctrine of the health authorities specifies that they represent “a very strong constraint” and are reserved for nursing staff and among patients, for people who have severe forms of Covid. But given the context …