They address themselves in an open letter to the Minister of Health.
Fifty caregivers (general practitioner, teacher, resuscitator, pharmacist, oncologist, pediatrician, psychologist ...) call out, in a column published in Le journal du dimanche, Olivier Véran on the circulation of Covid-19 among children and its dangers, while, in the same time a new study explains why most children are immune to developing severe forms.
The signatories have been highlighting the circulation of the coronavirus since November.
They evoke a total of hospitalizations higher than those of previous waves "with more than 800 children under 10 years and 300 adolescents from 10 to 19 years hospitalized in six weeks".
The World Health Organization uses the age of 18 to define the end of childhood.
Closure of schools and reinforced protocol
They are concerned about the possible increase in cases of pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome (Pims) and long Covid.
They also point the finger at the school environment as a place of Covid-19 contamination.
“The lack of prevention in schools ultimately affects the care of the entire population.
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They ask for the postponement of the start of the school year, better deployment of CO2 sensors as well as better ventilation of classrooms, a stricter health protocol, better communication on the risks of Pims and Covid-long.
At the same time, Professor Patrick Berche, microbiologist and member of the Academy of Medicine, opposes the closure of classes in early January.
Asked on Franceinfo this Sunday morning, he recalls that in two years "we have had 280 serious cases in children".
For him, we must vaccinate the 360,000 children at risk and let the parents decide for the others.
Interferons, the natural and rapid defense of young people
Finally, a study by the scientific journal Nature, notably relayed by surgeon Laurent Lantieri, emphasizes the “specific” and “robust” response that the vast majority of children are able to provide to Covid- 19.
They have a stronger immune defense than adults and develop natural protections against disease.
They produce interferons, proteins that quickly prevent the virus from replicating in their body.
Adults respond to past viral threats their bodies have been exposed to.
Children, on the other hand, have the ability to react immediately to any threat.
This allows them to react much faster to Covid-19 and therefore to avoid, as a general rule, severe forms of the disease.
