According to a poll published this Monday, April 6 in Le Parisien , 59% of French people believe that the chloroquine-based protocol is effective against the coronavirus. 21% do not comment. This treatment has been the subject of heated debate for several weeks. 49% want their prescription to be extended to city doctors. However, 55% respond favorably to a prescription restricted to the seriously ill.
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A petition called " #NePerdonsPlusDeTemps ", launched by the former Minister of Health Philippe Douste-Blazy and asking to soften the possibilities of prescribing chloroquine exceeded 200,000 signatures Sunday evening.
In addition, three eminent doctors recommended, in a column published on Sunday evening on the Figaro website, to apply the treatment developed by the highly publicized Professor Didier Raoult, who advocates the use of hydroxychloroquine from the appearance of the first coronavirus symptoms.
“ The strong point of Pr Raoult's tests is, from our point of view, a very rapid reduction in viral load with negativation of virological research in more than 90% of cases in less than eight days, which could make it possible to avoid the aggravation and in particular the transfer to resuscitation ”, pleads this forum.
It is signed by the former scientific director of the National Cancer Institute Fabien Calvo, the former president of the High Health Authority Jean-Luc Harousseau and the former director general of the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and health products, Dominique Maraninchi. " On this basis, the strategy would rather be to offer early treatment before the occurrence of severe respiratory complications ," they continue.
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