Did Véran show "the example not to follow" with his mask?

Olivier Véran during a situation update on the Covid-19, August 27, 2020. -

• Has the Minister of Health publicly removed his mask in a way that does not comply with health recommendations against Covid-19, at the risk of becoming contaminated?

• This is what many Internet users say by relaying a sequence showing the minister manipulating the front face of his mask, then touching his face after having removed it.

• We take stock of this sequence as well as the risks incurred with this type of gesture.

“A mask pro shows you how to get contaminated in 6 seconds”, “the example not to follow”, “And there is nothing ????

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The sequence only lasts a handful of seconds but it arouses strong reactions on social networks, thanks to its numerous covers by various Internet users.

And for good reason: we see the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, removing his mask during a public intervention ... without necessarily respecting the usual health precautions.

The example not to follow!

😷 #masks # rentreescolaire2020 pic.twitter.com/s1I1QlKEl1

- The nurse 💎 (@ Infirmier0) September 1, 2020

“Véran and his mask… I take it off by the rubber bands… Good !!!!

I'm sticking with the virus in my left hand… A little on my right hand… I'm rotting the desk… And I'm scratching my nose !!!!

And sometimes that I have not done enough bullshit… I start again !!!!

And the guy is… Minister of Health !!

», Comments ironically one of the versions of this video, detailing, in slow motion, each of the minister's gestures.

This video extract, authentic, dates from August 27: it is taken from the situation update on Covid-19 held that day by the Prime Minister, Jean Castex, the Minister of National Education, Jean-Michel Blanquer, and Olivier Véran, as can be seen from the government's Periscope account.

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Update on # COVID19 with @JeanCastex, @JMBlanquer and @OlivierVeran.

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- Government (@gouvernementFR) August 27, 2020

Are the actions of the Minister of Health (visible from 38'24 in the full video) nonetheless contrary to health recommendations in terms of wearing a mask, as these Internet users claim?

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Removing his mask by holding it by the rubber bands, as Olivier Véran does in this extract, is in accordance with the advice given by the Ministry of Health in this area.

Or rather partially compliant, since it recommends "washing your hands" before removing the mask "by touching only the laces or elastics".

If the Minister had a hydroalcoholic gel handy before reaching the desk (as can be seen on the wide shot of the video, at 38'25), the images do not allow us to verify whether he has it. used beforehand.

Olivier Véran during the situation update on the Covid-19 of August 27, 2020. - screenshot / Periscope

After removing his mask, Olivier Véran, on the other hand, clearly contravenes the usual precautions since he touches it from the outside, potentially carrying the virus - a practice strongly discouraged by the Ministry of Health as by the WHO, which recalls well to "do not touch [r] the front of the mask".

Because by then bringing his hand to his nose several times, Olivier Véran takes the risk of contaminating himself, as long as his mask has been contaminated after he has handled it with his bare hands (again, assuming he had not just washed his hands beforehand).

Placing it on an external support also contravenes current health advice, which recommends placing it in a plastic bag before throwing it away (or washing it, if it is made of fabric).

Hand washing with hydroalcoholic gel afterwards

On the other hand, the viral video fails to show Olivier Véran at the end of his intervention, twenty minutes later (at 58'14 in the complete sequence), when he washes his hands with hydroalcoholic gel after putting on his mask and regaining its place.

Olivier Véran, Minister of Health, during the situation update on Covid-19 on August 27, 2020. - screenshot / Periscope

A practice in accordance with the recommendations in force (at 1'58 in the video of the Grand Est Regional Health Agency below, in particular) - and which the Minister of Health repeats at the same time as Jean-Michel Blanquer at the end from the point of situation (at 1'54'10), after Jean Castex threw them: "Wash your hands".

In any case, this is not the first time that Olivier Véran has handled his mask on both sides after having removed it, since he had done so on July 21 and 27, during two separate interventions in the Assembly. national, viewable online.

Without being able, again, to verify if he followed this gesture of washing with hydroalcoholic gel.

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