Some have decided to hide their symptoms.
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Canva / 20 Minutes
In France, the virus is progressing more and more in recent weeks.
The symptoms are now known to everyone (loss of smell, fever, cough, etc.).
We asked some of our readers to tell us why they were hiding them.
A real case of conscience.
In the current climate, and with an increasingly tangible epidemic recovery, the coronavirus is affecting everyone in one way or another.
At the moment, everyone knows, at a minimum, "someone, who knows someone, who has had it."
“Obviously, the concern has grown stronger in recent weeks.
With each fit of cough or feverish episode, the doubt of having contracted the Covid sets in.
If, in such a case, the health protocol is known to all, in practice some have chosen to hide their symptoms.
"I can't afford it anymore ..."
Among the many testimonials we have received, the first parameter that prompted some of our readers to hide their symptoms is of a pecuniary nature or concerns their future.
If they regret it, they have “no choice”: “I have symptoms of the coronavirus.
I will integrate a training where I will receive more money.
I have to lie because I am unemployed and I only receive 350 euros per month, I cannot live on it, ”explains Etienne *.
Same pragmatic observation for Elise *, student: "I was in contact with someone who tested positive for Covid-19, I absolutely no longer have a sense of smell, however I did not say anything to my friends or at my university because I should have stayed at home and accumulated a lot of academic delay.
Also, the more cases there are in my university, the greater the risk of closure, something I fear.
That's why no one is aware.
Luc *, for his part, regrets.
But he also said that he had no other solutions: "In national education we have a day of deficiency so I went to class all the same so as not to lose a day's salary because I can no longer afford it. allow… "
The fear of being considered as "plague victims"
Another parameter, perhaps less admirable, which prompted you not to warn of the appearance of symptoms likely related to the coronavirus, is the judgment that those around you may have on you.
The fear of being treated differently, of being sidelined, according to Sarah *: “I am a student and I started to feel certain symptoms of the coronavirus shortly after a night out with friends.
This is where I started to worry.
At the start, I preferred to only inform my relatives.
I was confined to my room for several days.
However, I still did not want to inform the people who were at the party I had attended for fear of contempt or judgment against me.
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“I know it might sound pretty stupid said like that especially from a young adult but it can sometimes feel like making a comeback to the playground.
We are afraid of being singled out, or that we will blame ourselves.
The only thing that comes to mind at this time is therefore to remain silent, ”says Sarah *.
Daniel goes even further, if he hasn't said anything, it's out of fear of "the other's gaze."
To be considered a plague patient by saying that I was infected with Covid-19.
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Another fear, that of the test
For others, the motivation not to warn those around them is more "practical", and concerns the swab introduced into the nose to take the sample: "I did not say anything to not undergo the test, because everyone world told me that it's horrible and that in the lab they don't pay attention, I would rather not go through it rather than undergo this, if there was another less painful method that wouldn't bother me.
»Admits Alain *.
He is joined by Sandrine *: “I refuse to undergo an invasive PCR test because my nose is very sensitive (nosebleeds that easily last 45 minutes etc.).
So no test, just the mask and the barrier measures.
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Over the course of the testimony, other arguments have also been put forward: The slowness of the results in some cases, the endless queues in others.
Anyway, we remind you, if you feel symptoms or have been in contact with a positive person, isolation (septaine) and the test are required.
* First names are loan names used for anonymity reasons
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