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Covid-19: "the decision is in the hands of the politician", assures Pr Delfraissy

2020-09-11T08:22:47.574Z


The decisions expected on Friday in the defense council are " in the hands of the politician ", assured Friday, September 11, Jean-François Delfraissy, the president of the Scientific Council who guides the public authorities in the face of the Covid-19 epidemic, defending himself from any attempt at " medical power ". To read also: Jean-François Delfraissy: "We remain at the mercy of a major sup


The decisions expected on Friday in the defense council are "

in the hands of the politician

", assured Friday, September 11, Jean-François Delfraissy, the president of the Scientific Council who guides the public authorities in the face of the Covid-19 epidemic, defending himself from any attempt at "

medical power

".

To read also: Jean-François Delfraissy: "We remain at the mercy of a major supercontamination event"

He warned this week that the government would "

be forced to make a number of difficult decisions

" given a "

worrying

" level of circulation of the virus.

A shattering warning nuanced by Emmanuel Macron on Thursday, stressing that it was up to political leaders to "

make decisions

".

"

I think the decision is in the hands of the politician,

" Professor Delfraissy said on Europe 1 Friday. "

Everyone is in their place.

It is obviously the politicians who decide, we are there to help them make decisions which are extremely difficult, and in no way has there been either the desire or an attempt at medical power,

”he added. he adds.

"

The choice is no longer just sanitary

"

Faced with the virus, "

the choice is no longer just health, we are all aware of it

", he continued: "

we are in a choice which must reconcile living with this virus - and we must learn to live with it, that the schools resume, that the economy picks up again - and on the other hand prevent the multiplication of the virus leading to too important health consequences

”.

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In a column published Friday in Le Parisien, several researchers and scientists, attack the “

anxiety-provoking

communication

from the authorities.

The 35 signatories, including the epidemiologist Laurent Toubiana and the philosopher André Comte-Sponville - on the same line since the start of the pandemic - call on the government to "

not instrumentalize science

", as well as to "

refound or suppress

»The Scientific Council.

"

It seems to me that we have demonstrated since the beginning of a certain form of transparency

", replied Professor Delfraissy.

"

If it is necessary to change the Scientific Council, after all no one is essential

", he concluded.

Source: lefigaro

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