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"Those who are hospitalized today, those found in intensive care units, are those who, at the beginning of confinement, did not respect it". It is because of this sentence, pronounced Friday morning, that the Paris police prefect Didier Lallement was strongly criticized both on social networks and in the political class, forcing him to apologize a few hours later. Doctor Jimmy Mohamed pointed to words "absolutely false" on Friday evening on Europe 1. "Medicine must be left to the doctors. It was not his role in giving this medical opinion."
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"Some patients will continue to deteriorate", despite the confinement
Doctor Jimmy Mohamed disputed the prefect's assertion, assuring that other patients would continue to see their condition worsen in the days to come, despite the containment measures.
"We have a period of 14 days of incubation, degradations occur between the fifth and the tenth day. The effects of confinement will be felt soon, but some patients will continue to deteriorate in the coming days," he said. he called back.
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"There are lots of reasons to get sick"
Jimmy Mohamed also pointed out that many people "have to work, take public transportation, go shopping or help people." "There were also municipal elections where people went out to vote. There were lots of reasons to get sick," said the doctor.
"You can't make people feel guilty, just like you don't tell smokers that it is their fault that they have lung cancer. The apologies were deserved and necessary."
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