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, Professor Didier Raoult reacted for the first time to the disciplinary procedure launched by the Order of Physicians against him last week.
This follows the filing of a complaint by the French-language Infectious Pathology Society (SPILF) last September, which accuses the professor of having touted hydroxychloroquine.
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From his office at the University Hospital Institute (IHU) in Marseille, the infectious disease specialist declared that he was not “
surprised
” by these lawsuits.
He said he was the target of "
a very, very senior conspiracy
", without however specifying who he was referring to.
“
I had been warned very early.
I was told 'You know Didier, there is going to be a complaint to the Council of the Order of Physicians.
There will also be a complaint to the prosecutor of the Republic of Marseille,
”he continued.
Faced with the accusations of the SPLIF, which relate in particular to hydroxychloroquine, Didier Raoult defends himself and affirms: “
We treated 13,000 people so I take with great irony the fact that I am told that I never say the truth.
"
Didier Raoult then criticized the government for having mismanaged the Covid-19 crisis and for making it "
a purely political matter
".
He also accused the executive of not “
worrying about care
” and of having “
a vision that thinks that there is a scientific authority that is imposed on the scientist
”.
The professor also considers that there is no second wave of Covid-19 and prefers to speak of “
a succession of small epidemics
”.
“
I never understood what the second wave was.
I don't know what it is and I don't want to create a semantic quarrel (...) Our interpretation is that there are two variants (...)
”, he declared.
