Olivier Véran, Minister of Health, in Paris, October 1, 2020. -

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  • While the restriction measures are increasing to stem the curve of the Covid-19 epidemic, remarks allegedly made by Olivier Véran have earned him strong criticism on Facebook.

  • The Minister of Health would have said: “If your family or your friends are not among your colleagues at work then you will have to get used to not seeing them anymore.

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  • It is actually a false quote, invented by a parody account, taken at face value by some Internet users according to its circulation on social networks.

"No but what is this binz ???

Did he actually say that ???

"," He smoked the carpet "… Judging by the multiple indignant reactions posted in comment on Facebook, Olivier Véran would have made absurd remarks during one of his last speeches on the Covid-19 epidemic .

The associated Facebook post, showing a screenshot of the Minister of Health during an interview, attributes the following quote to him: "If your family or your friends are not among your colleagues at work then you will have to get used to not seeing them anymore.

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The false quote attributed to Olivier Véran.

- screenshot / Facebook

Except that these are parody remarks, which were therefore never uttered by Olivier Véran.

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This sentence was indeed invented and put online by the satirical Twitter account "Journal de l'Elysée" on September 28, as can be seen below.

🔴 DIRECT: @olivierveran, Minister of Health



“If your family or friends are not among your work colleagues then you will have to get used to not seeing them anymore.

»Pic.twitter.com/OvpObrFRH4

- Le Journal de l'Elysée ᵖᵃʳᵒᵈᶦᵉ (@JournalElysee) September 28, 2020

If the latter clearly indicates its parody nature, the resumption, by other Internet users, of the quotation and the screenshot of the interview (very real but unrelated) without mentioning the source, leads to this type of mistake. on the authenticity of these words.

As we have seen recently with Sibeth Ndiaye, Amélie de Montchalin or Nicole Belloubet.

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