Karine Labombe, head of the infectious disease department at Saint-Antoine hospital in Paris, was invited on January 9, 2021 in the show We are live sure France 2 to talk about the current health crisis. Vaccination, new containment, variant of the virus observed in the United Kingdom: during the emission, dStrong tensions arose between the infectious disease specialist and Laurent Ruquier on the government's coronavirus strategy. It all started when the presenter of France 2 repeatedly asked: "Why should I be interested in the 200 or 300 deaths from the Covid than in the 1300 other deaths that there are every day in France?"Visibly annoyed, the head of department replied:"It's not that 200 or 300 dead, it's that I'm telling you for the third time now. It is because beyond the 300 deaths, there is a much higher mortality and the mortality in France is much higher since the start of the pandemic!"
Another guest on the show, Martin Solveig, was saddened that the government was ignoring the psychological distress of young people and extended the closure of bars and restaurants. The infectious disease specialist then explained: "In England, we reopened all the bars and restaurants and look where they are now! We have to find …" Laurent Ruquier then cut him off, Karine Labombe then exclaimed: "I can't speak!"
"He wanted to get a doctor. Iit was pathetic"
This heated debate against a background of coronavirus generated many reactions on social networks. The host's remarks were not appreciated by many viewers and for good reason: "Ruquier was very bad. He repeatedly says bullshit without letting K. Lacombe speak. He wanted to make himself a doctor. He was shabby", annoyed a user."I am fed up with the argument "it only kills 0.03% of the population" … In this case, we stop being indignant for the victims of wars, attacks, road accidents " , can we also read. An indignation shared it seems by many on Twitter.
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