Has the state lied about the usefulness of protective masks? In any case, what Marina Carrère d'Encauss seems to be sayinge. Guest on the show Culture Media on Europe 1, on April 1, 2020, the presenter ofHello Doctor and The health magazine (France 5) has not mince words about the use of equipment that caregivers have lacked since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in France. According to her, by announcing to the populations that wearing them did not protect them from the coronavirus, the authorities hoped to best avoid the shortage that France is currently experiencing. A "lie" uttered for “the good cause", she says.
A lie according to Marina Carrère d'Encausse
“At the time, we tried to prioritize. As we did not have enough masks, we did everything to reserve them for those who needed them, namely the carers, and so that the population did not rush into pharmacies to buy masks ", explained the doctor by profession. It's because he "there weren't so many other solutions" that the authorities have “knowingly" lied. According to her, “This kind of lie” can “Totally understand and apologize" since it was about supporting “The nursing staff, to protect the population and the nursing staff”.
A bad for a good
So, Michel Cymes' acolyte believes that if the truth had been told "The nursing staff would have had even fewer masks". However, it considers that journalists must be “In total truth, sometimes even be anxiety-provoking because reality today is not necessarily reassuring. But by saying everything we know today, without hiding things ”. As for confinement, she explained in an interview with TéléStar, March 20, 2020: "he it takes about three weeks for the epidemic to stagnate, and then another three weeks for it to start to change. You have to go all the way and not lift the measures prematurely. " She analyzed: "What we are experiencing is unprecedented. Perhaps we will change our individualistic side. This crisis requires enormous solidarity. "
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