For doctor Jimmy Mohamed, the second wave of the coronavirus will not only affect hospitals, but the entire health system.

Because because of Covid-19, some patients forgo treatment and hide pathologies which can then degenerate.

In addition to the new restrictive measures, the Minister of Health Olivier Véran announced Wednesday that, unlike the month of March, the surgical activity could not be postponed to make room for patients with Covid-19.

"Because there are other patients than those who have the coronavirus," he explained.

Thursday on Europe 1, Doctor Jimmy Mohamed explained why many patients forgo treatment during the health crisis and how this can affect the entire health system.

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"All the rest of the health system will be impacted. I am going to tell you about a study published in

The Lancet,

in England. Over the period of March, among general practitioners, they realized a drop 50% of diagnoses of cardiovascular and psychiatric illnesses. There have also been fewer diagnoses of type 2 diabetes and fewer initial prescriptions for treatment. This means that patients forego care when there is coronavirus.

We had already seen this trend with the drop in vaccination and the drop in screening for certain cancers.

We must also think of pregnant women who, during their pregnancy and childbirth, often had to separate from their husbands.

The coronavirus will certainly have an impact on the hospital, but on our entire health system and also on the school.

The school will eventually close if the outbreak gets out of hand.

For some children, school is the only way to have a normal life and sometimes even to have a balanced meal.

So we will have to do something, because the situation is deteriorating.

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What to do to limit the circulation of the virus?

Two weeks ago, I told you that we had to whistle the end of recess.

I think we're going to have to really wake up.

As far as our Marseille friends are concerned, what is happening to them is not persecution.

It's really to protect them.

You have to tell them that it is not magic thinking that will make the virus disappear, it is not Professor Raoult or even chloroquine that will save them.

It's the change in their behavior: you have to wear a mask, it's the only way to bend the curve and avoid confinement.

If we are honest, Marseille should certainly have been confined, with much more severe measures than those announced by the Minister of Health.

We must also pay attention to the irresponsible elected officials, who will challenge the decisions of the governments of the Minister of Health, who has explained the issues very clearly.

The situation is likely to overflow, or even explode within two weeks to three weeks.

It is true that we announced the apocalypse every fortnight, but there, it is real.

Finally, limiting your social interactions does not mean not going to see your elderly people, your relatives.

Go see them, but with a mask.

Love and human warmth are not blocked by a mask.

The only thing the mask will block is the virus.

So you can take care of each other.

You can limit this second wave by wearing a mask and really, we're going to have to wake up and change our behavior so that October doesn't look like March. "