"
The after-effects are important
", confided Roselyne Bachelot on Friday April 23 on BFMTV. The 74-year-old Minister of Culture reconsidered the days during which she was hospitalized after catching Covid-19 and was put on "
reinforced oxygen therapy
". To the question asked by Jean-Jacques Bourdin if she was afraid of dying, she replied in the affirmative.
“We tell ourselves that this is the moment,
” she adds.
Since then, I try to tame death as much as possible, every night I tell myself that it may be the last evening. ”
"
This disease is filth
," she hammered.
An illness which can last several months (...) you sometimes think that you are out of it because for 3-4 days you no longer have any signs
and
all of a sudden the disease returns
”.
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Without wishing to “be
moved by her personal case
”, Roselyne Bachelot underlined the difficulty for patients who suffered from a long Covid, “
who are said to be cured
” but whose life “
is terribly impacted
”. Some
"may never find a normal life in their personal, sentimental and professional life"
. Long-term symptoms would concern one in three Covid-19 patients.
