THE QUESTION.
As Omicron expands across France, contamination increases, queues in front of pharmacies and laboratories lengthen, screening tests explode... And the government's portfolio becomes lighter.
Invited to Europe 1 last week, doctor Gérald Kierzek again criticized the current massive screening policy.
Screening is useful “
in the trough of the wave […] but when you are in the midst of an epidemic wave, it no longer makes sense, because you can no longer trace
” the cases, he argued.
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In addition, the current campaign has an exorbitant cost: "
one and a half billion [d'euros] of tests per month
", underlined the emergency doctor, also medical director of Doctissimo.
This is not the first time that Dr. Kierzek has spoken on the subject: he had already regretted, at the beginning of January, that the tests cost “
one billion [euros] per month.
We have to stop, with these tests, pharmacists can't take it anymore […].
You have to ask yourself the question...
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