Eric Ciotti "calls for the generalization of FFP2 masks"

Europe 1 with AFP 4:21 p.m., January 02, 2022

"I call for the generalization of FFP2", declared Eric Ciotti in "The Grand Jury RTL / LCI / Le Figaro", regretting a "lack of anticipation" of the government.

"Today, we do not have stocks. Production in France has fallen by 90% (compared to the end of 2020, facing competition from Asia, Editor's note)".

"We are going to come there, I take the bet, because this mask protects more and that other countries, like Austria and Italy, came there", added the deputy of the Alpes-Maritimes.

A mask that protects "100 times more"

The FFP2 "costs 10 times more expensive (in reality up to six times more than a surgical mask, editor's note), but it protects 100 times more", pleaded Eric Ciotti, in reference to the filtration of the air towards the inside and out of this type of mask, and its airtightness.

According to him, "it is up to the State to provide vulnerable groups, health personnel and public personnel such as teachers with FFP2 masks".

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For the vaccination pass

Eric Ciotti also affirmed that he "will vote (t) for the vaccine pass" which is examined in the National Assembly on Monday: "I believe in the vaccine, which protects us, I stand up with great force against the conspiracy theories ".

"I am against the vaccine obligation but for accountability" he said before adding: "we must go to the five million people who are not vaccinated" to convince them, he said. .

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Mr Ciotti said the right "would have done better" than the government in the face of the pandemic.

"Under the presidency of Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy, we had protective equipment, pandemic plans", assures the deputy.