The mask, "a civic attitude", according to the National Academy of Medicine. In fact, according to her, "it must be made mandatory in public space" to fight against the Covid-19. "A simple recommendation is not enough, everyone should consider themselves as potentially carriers of the virus and contagious, even when they feel healthy, insists the Academy in a press release. Being careful not to contaminate others is not optional, ”.
"Despite the obvious need for such a measure", the Academy deplores "objections in principle" which "delay its implementation and promote the persistence of transmission of the virus in the community". “Restricting the wearing of masks in public transport only means neglecting all public spaces where the risk remains. To subordinate this obligation to the free supply of masks by the State is to comfort the population in a situation of assistance and de-responsibility ”, enumerates the Academy.
Do not "give three weeks of respite" to the virus
Finally, "to wait for the date of May 11 [date announced for a possible progressive deconfinement] to make the French wear the mask, is to grant three weeks of respite" to the virus and "to accept several thousand new infections, therefore several hundred hospitalizations and several dozen additional deaths ”.
The Academy recalls that "it is possible, in each family, to make" traditional "," alternative "," screen "or" barrier "fabric masks, washable and reusable from non-expensive common materials".
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