Are we going to have to put the mask back on transport to protect ourselves from the Covid? Professor Alain Fischer responds.
The return of the mask? Since May 16, wearing a mask was not no longer compulsory in public transport, namely buses, subways, trains and planes. But for some time this decision is challenged especially due to the rise in Covid-19 cases. Guest on the set of Telematin this Wednesday, June 22, the professor and president of the Council of orientation of the vaccine strategy, Alain Fischer is not against this idea.
He even think it would be “reasonable” that wearing a mask in transport is again compulsory in view of the summer holidays which are fast approaching. To have the clearest possible answer, Thomas Sotto does not hesitate to ask him: “Should the mask be put back on in transport?”. “I think it’s being discussed seriously. Personally, it’s not strictly my field of action, I think in public transport, it’s probably reasonable.” replies Alain Fischer. So do you have to impose it again? To everyone, or only part of the population?
Covid: new wave and return of the mask?
A new wave of covid falls on France. Faced with this “disease flare”Professor Alain Fischer thinks that wearing the mandatory mask in transport could make a comeback. But then for whom? “Certainly for fragile people, and I would say probably for the whole population, because it is a collective protection measure. By making the small effort to wear the mask, we help to protect fragile people. he specifies. “There are more cases every day, for the moment this does not translate significantly into an increase in the number of hospitalizations and a fortiori deaths, but we know that there is always a lag” he added. In question, the BA.5 variant, a derivative of Omicron which promises to be a little more contagious, but visibly less severe than this one. Although some cases show high fevers, severe fatigue, body aches and persistent cough, it would be less serious than Omicron. On average, positives at BA.4 and BA.5 put 7 days to recover of the disease, compared to 4 days for the other cases affected by Omicron.