Reconfinement: the Scientific Council is divided over the strategy to follow
DECRYPTION – Some members of the Board published a letter in the scientific journal, The Lancet, where they plead for another strategy to be followed in the fight against Covid-19.
This is a point that undoubtedly marks a turning point in the strategy to fight Covid-19. While no opinion of the Scientific Council has been made public for more than a month, five of its members (including President Jean-François Delfraissy) publish a letter in The Lancet Public Health. They plead for an end to this endless cycle of lockdowns, curfews and restrictions.
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The speech is in opposition to the positions of many scientists who advocate the establishment of a zero-Covid strategy. A strategy that involves strict confinement in order to destroy any viral circulation, and then gradually reopen the country. “Jean-François Delfraissy is perfectly aware of the challenges of such communication, also notes a relative. He does so to bring to the public domain a debate which must simmer within the council. ” One element is obvious: neither Simon Cauchemez, nor Arnaud Fontanet, respectively modeler and epidemiologist
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