INTERVIEW
They demand "the compulsory mask" in closed public places. Faced with the relaxation observed in recent weeks in the respect of barrier gestures, combined with a multiplication of alerts on a possible restart of the coronavirus epidemic, fourteen doctors sign on Sunday a column in the columns of the Parisian . These caregivers claim that the wearing of the mask be made compulsory, not only in public transport, but also in shops, cinemas, or museums.
Among the signatories: Doctor Jimmy Mohamed, health columnist for Europe 1. He assures him: wearing a mask remains the most effective means of preventing a further spread of the virus. "We know that the virus is very contagious in closed spaces, precisely where there has been a certain relaxation: at the butcher where you go to get your meat, in cinemas, at museums", lists Jimmy Mohammed at the microphone from Europe 1. "In all closed, public and closed places, we ask that the mask be imposed on everyone."
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"We have a whole bunch of weak signals that suggest that a second wave is possible. However, this second wave is anticipated today", continues the general practitioner. "We must not wait until we have an increasing number of hospitalizations or patients in intensive care, it will be too late. We must anticipate. Our Belgian neighbors did the same thing, they did not wait to have this second vague to act, "he cites as an example. In recent days, health authorities have called for vigilance as the reproduction rate of the epidemic has returned above 1, which indicates that a patient on average contaminates more than one person.
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"Wearing a mask is the only effective measure to limit the spread of the virus. At this stage we have no preventive or curative treatment, and the vaccine may never arrive," warns Jimmy Mohamed. "Let's be pragmatic!"