Back to class now has a calendar. Citing equality of opportunity, Emmanuel Macron announced Monday evening the gradual reopening of schools, schools, colleges and high schools, from May 11. But this decision raises many questions, especially since schools were among the first structures to close their doors at the start of the coronavirus epidemic. At the microphone of Europe 1, doctor Jimmy Mohamed, health specialist of Europe 1, answers the questions raised by this announcement from a health point of view.
Why did you choose May 11 as the date for gradual resumption of school? Isn't it a bit precocious?
"May 11 will be the day after. It will mark a new moment in the epidemic. We will have the means, masks, gel, but also tests which will allow, for new cases, to identify them more quickly, to isolate them, to make an investigation around the sick, as if we had returned to the first stage of the epidemic.
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Are children less exposed than others?
Children are considered to be at low risk for complications and transmission of the disease. Putting people at lower risk in community allows partial deconfinement. Children will also participate in collective immunity. On the other hand, it will be necessary to ask the question of the protection of teachers and grandparents. Perhaps it will be necessary to ensure that they are not in contact with our elders.
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Are we going to force children to wear masks?
No. And probably that children will not respect barrier gestures either. It is practically impossible to explain to a 4 year old child that he should not touch the hand of his camarde, this would risk traumatizing him. It is believed that the virus should be allowed to circulate in children, assuming that the parents are young. But by May 11, the government may backtrack. "