Will there be enough masks and how will they be distributed to all professionals in the medical and paramedical sectors by May 11? This is the question that currently arises as the date for the end of confinement linked to the coronavirus approaches, next May 11. These professions are on the front line facing the coronavirus, very in contact with the population, and fear is growing. But some of them feel aggrieved. The carers, for example, launched a petition to be heard.
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"What are we going to do with three masks a week?"
The manager of a home help company is indignant. "What are we going to do with three masks a week?" He wonders. "It is almost symbolic for an employee who works with 6 to 10 people per week," he said. "This is unacceptable because home helpers are vectors of the virus and, therefore, they can endanger people who need their services."
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Orhtopedists and podiatrists are also professions which also consider themselves injured. Dentists must disinfect their workspace between each patient. A dentist based in Occitania believes that his profession is marginalized. "Whether it was the Prime Minister or the Minister of Health, neither of us cited us on the list of caregivers and from the start, we did not exist! Nothing was given to us, we had to scrape the funds drawer of the liberal cabinets. It is a cry of alarm, because it is really necessary that one is helped ", he calls.
With this concern at the approach of May 11 and the multiplied demands for masks in all sectors, the shortage for some health professionals is likely to worsen.