INTERVIEW
May 11 is now eagerly awaited by the French, this date announcing the gradual lifting of containment. The fight against the coronavirus would however be far from won. The virologist and member of the Covid-19 Scientific Council, Bruno Lina was speaking at the microphone of Europe 1, Saturday, on the modalities of deconfinement. Concerning the most fragile people, he pleaded for an individualized follow-up: "We must protect these fragile people, individually and collectively. This does not necessarily mean locking them up."
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Indeed, the case of the elderly, especially those over 65, raises many questions. Asked about the possibility of maintaining their confinement, the virologist member of the Scientific Council said: "We are still thinking [...] We weigh the pros and cons".
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Decision of the attending physician
"The attending physician is the person who knows the patient best," says Bruno Lina. According to him, his opinion should prevail in deciding whether or not to lift the confinement of people at risk. "We will have to go to [a deconfinement] not necessarily à la carte but very individualized."
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Bruno Lina has repeatedly said that people over 65 are particularly affected by severe forms of the disease, with one in six people being brought into the intensive care unit. If this observation pleads for the maintenance of confinement at home, it is nevertheless balanced against the difficulties inherent in confinement. "These people, sometimes very old, must not be affected by confinement."