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Optimism messages multiply on the third day of deconfinement. Some go so far as to minimize the probability of a "second wave" and call for faster deconfinement. "We must not declare victory too quickly but the path followed [is] the right one" said Emmanuel Macron carefully, Wednesday during the Council of Ministers. Doctor Jimmy Mohamed agrees: "The way is good ... but the road is still very long."
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The doctor and columnist of Europe 1, tempers the latent enthusiasm and calls for caution. "This crisis made me personally learn one thing: humility." Recalling the many twists and turns that punctuated this health crisis, he added: "We were very wrong, we underestimated many things, we were not armed."
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"Don't say too early that everything is fine"
According to him, the worsening of the health crisis during the first months of the year should invite us to review our certainties and consider the threat that the coronavirus still represents. "Even if the signal is good, I think that we should not tell people too early that everything is fine," he said, fearing the resurgence of behavior conducive to the outbreak of a second wave. .
Admittedly, the famous "R0", representing the average number of people infected by a carrier, is now less than 1, but any renewed pressure on hospital services could have dramatic consequences.
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The damage caused by the virus has in any case informed the authorities on how to combat such an epidemic. "Now, maybe we can face a new wave, if it happens, but I think any projection is impossible to do." Indeed, there is a lag time between the appearance of new cases and the overall worsening of the health situation. "Maybe we will have a little more visibility within two weeks three weeks."