This Thursday, April 22, 2021, in an interview with L’Express, epidemiologist Catherine Hill spoke about the government’s deconfinement project in May. A terrible mistake, according to her.
This Wednesday, April 21, 2021, a Health Defense Council was held at the Élysée. The executive is reportedly considering lifting, as of May 3, the ban on moving more than 10 km from home. A reduction in the curfew is also under consideration. It is in this context that the Minister of Culture Roselyne Bachelot would have obtained the agreement in principle of President Emmanuel Macron for a reopening of cultural places on May 17, 2021, like the restaurant terraces, according to The chained Duck.
The virus is circulating too much.
However, some scientists have expressed their concern about these possible measures. According to epidemiologist and biostatistician Catherine Hill, interviewed by our colleagues from The Express this Thursday, April 22, 2021, “it’s much too early”. “We deconfine when we are in full peak, which is obviously totally unreasonable. The virus is circulating too much. For example in the last seven days, 443 people on average have arrived every day in intensive care, which is still in the above peak in November “, she adds.
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Lifting the foot on health measures would therefore be illogical, according to the scientist, who considers this decision as “purely political.” The health risks are indeed very present: “The risk is that the epidemic will start again. The children will go back to school, they and their parents will meet new people. It will make the virus circulate more. In addition, there is no all enough people vaccinated for the virus to stop circulating “, she explains.
We deconfine when we are in full peak.
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Other scientists say they are skeptical. According to Renaud Piarroux, epidemiologist and epidemic management specialist, the rate of contamination is too high: “I have the impression that the government has radically changed its doctrine. It no longer takes the time to wait for a low level of contamination. It is very dangerous”, he explained to Release April 20. This probable deconfinement divides, therefore. For its part, the government should announce its decisions in the next few years.
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