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Has hydroxychloroquine, a drug popularized by Professor Didier Raoult, been banned by Olivier Véran too quickly? "Yes", replies Ségolène Royal. The former Minister of the Environment, guest of the Grand Rendez-vous Sunday, estimated on Europe 1 that the Minister of Health "hurried" to ban the molecule (following the publication of a study in the reference journal The Lancet ), "as if there was some kind of revenge against Professor Raoult".
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"Let us have no aggressiveness towards him"
"It is not the proper functioning of a state official," she said, recalling that medical professors "who are not favorable to Didier Raoult have also challenged the study". Ségolène Royal therefore appeals to reason. "We need rationality: there are studies and protocols, let's do them", she said to the microphone of Europe 1.
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Asked about her possible support for Professor Didier Raoult, Ségolène Royal explains "that she is not a doctor", and that as such, "she does not support him". On the other hand, the former Minister of the Environment is clear: "I denounce the way it was treated (...) Let us reintegrate it into rationalized protocols, but let's have no aggressiveness towards it".
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