No false hopes ... The probability of having in 2021 a vaccine "effective" 100% against the coronavirus is low, estimated Sunday the epidemiologist Arnaud Fontanet, inviting the French to "return to more serious habits" in the face of epidemic risk.
"The end of the epidemic" is still "very far"
"A vaccine is many years of development, there is of course an unprecedented effort to develop this vaccine but I would be very surprised if we had in 2021 a vaccine that is effective," said on BFM TV the Board member scientist responsible for enlightening the French government in the face of the health crisis.
"We will probably have a vaccine that will work partially," he added, insisting that "the end of the epidemic" is still "very far". Consequently, "we have to learn to live with this virus, we cannot allow ourselves to be reconfigured ... so let's take things seriously", he stressed.
"This summer, let's already respect physical distance! The gathering of the population is the enemy number 1 ", he insisted the day after an outdoor concert, Saturday in Nice, without physical distancing. The images of that event led LR Mayor Christian Estrosi to impose the wearing of masks for big events now that his municipality will organize. In Guyana, Prime Minister Jean Castex assured that "the question of developing the use of masks is under consideration", including enclosed places.
The most favorable environment for the emergence of new outbreaks remains confined areas, said Arnaud Fontanet. "The" clusters "for many, started in confined spaces: there are cruise ships, war, sports halls, nightclubs, slaughterhouses, where are housed migrant workers, places of worship ... "
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