Alarmist, Professor Raoult?
Head down, the director of the IHU Méditerranée Infection spoke on Tuesday, October 6 on CNews of a new variant of the coronavirus, "
less benign than the previous one
" which dated from "
July-August
".
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Advancing again his theory of the “
overmutation
” of Covid-19, Professor Raoult suggested that there were “
mini-epidemics with several different variants (...) and one has the impression that these variants did not exist. not the same severity.
""
The first variant, which circulated in July-August, gave (...) a lesser severity: less hospitalizations, fewer resuscitations, fewer deaths
".
Today, “
variant 4
” makes us “
think that it is not so commonplace nor so benign.
"
Asked about the state of the health situation in Marseille, Didier Raoult was less reassuring than in the past: “
The reverse of what one might imagine is happening: we were on the verge of a small decrease and there, there is a small increase following the closure of restaurants and bars.
"
On the aerosolization of the virus, Didier Raoult persists: "
The risk of airborne exposure is relatively low next to the risk of manual exposure
(transmitted by the hands, Editor's note)".
“
I pass my hands on alcohol 20 to 30 times a day
,” he said.
Finally, questioned about the management of the epidemic by the States, Professor Raoult believes that “
Western Europe and the United States are doing rather less well than other countries in the world (...) perhaps because our populations are too reactive or too emotional
”.
