After worrying two weeks earlier about a
more virulent
"
mutation
" of the coronavirus, Didier Raoult said this Thursday, October 22 on Radio Classique that the current situation was not as serious as that of last March.
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“
Currently,
(the situation)
seems more severe than in July.
But for the moment,
(it)
is less severe than in the spring
”indicated the professor from the Marseille university hospital institute.
"
Mortality was much lower during the first scene of Act 2
" in July, he conceded, omitting the phrase "
second wave
".
Asked about the implementation of the curfew in several French metropolises - which could extend this Thursday evening to several other departments - Didier Raoult described the subject as "
complex
".
“
What is very clear is that the isolation and placement of testing plays an incredibly important role.
We had excess mortality in March due to the delay in setting up the tests,
”he said.
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Finally, the specialist in infectious diseases lamented a "
terrified Western world
".
“
This viral episode reveals the state of panic and fear in our society.
We are at the end of a system
”, he also declared, tackling“
these people who think they are only doing therapeutic trials with Gilead
”.
And to affirm: “
the situation in the countries of the South is happening without despair, without unexplained death.
(These nations)
managed
”.
Yet more than 150,000 people have died from Covid in Brazil, and Mexico has nearly 88,000 deaths.
