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Covid-19: twelve patient associations call for the return of the compulsory mask in certain places

2022-12-08T07:40:08.207Z


According to them, the government's incentives for the population to wear the mask on public transport have "very limited effectiveness".


It is a call “

in the face of [the] seriousness [of the situation] and its challenges

.

In a column published Wednesday, December 7 by

Le Parisien

, twelve patient associations ask the government to reimpose the wearing of the mask “

in spaces of great promiscuity

” such as public transport, in pharmacies or even “

in crowded stores in December.

»

.

The tribune points to the "

ninth wave of Covid

, the early arrival of the flu, and the intense circulation of bronchiolitis

"

.

“The risks are very clear: they concern not only the most fragile, but also our hospital system

,

adds the patient associations in

Le Parisien

.

“Such a situation would be dramatic and must absolutely be prevented.

All the means that can contribute to this must be used simultaneously

, they support.

"Wearing a mask", a means of struggle

For these associations, the compulsory mask in certain places therefore becomes necessary again, faced with the “

very limited effectiveness

” of the “

various calls

” to wear the mask.

It must also contribute to the joint protection of the most vulnerable, by allowing them to escape the risks of contracting the virus, and sometimes of dying from it

,

further launch the associations.

Read alsoCovid-19: could wearing a mask become compulsory again?

The forum also points to the slow campaign of vaccine reminders.

“It now seems too late for vaccination alone to contain a situation that is deteriorating day by day

,” she says.

Also in question, the rise of the sub-variant of Omicron BQ.1.1, on the way to becoming the majority in France and against which monoclonal antibodies – treatment in particular used with the immunocompromised and the elderly – are ineffective.

Which, according to the signatory associations,

"poses unprecedented risks to the 300,000 severely immunocompromised patients".

Read alsoCovid-19: rise in cases, optional mask, low vaccination… Is it too late to have a quiet Christmas?

For its part, the government seems to be maintaining its guideline: encourage rather than constrain.

At the microphone of RTL, Wednesday, December 7, Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne once again said she was unfavorable to the return of the wearing of the compulsory mask.

"

You have to count on everyone's responsibility

,

"

she said at the time.

The Minister of Health François Braun for his part assured on Sunday December 4 that his arm

“would not [tremble] if [we had to] decide on the obligation”

of wearing a mask in transport, without giving a threshold from which he would.

Source: lefigaro

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