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Christian Estrosi, the mayor of Nice, having had himself treated with chloroquine, without any government input, directly calls Sanofi so they may deliver chloroquine to Nice hospitals.
Because of Raoult's research, a large-scale chloroquine test finally starts in France, under the predictable direction of INSERM, which wants to "remake the experiments in other independent medical centers." This will take at least an extra six weeks as the Elysee Palace's scientific council now mulls the extension of France's total lockdown to ... six weeks.
If joint use of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin proves definitely effective among the most gravely ill, quarantines may be reduced in select clusters.
It appears the perpetrators of the chloroquine theft were very well informed.
This chain of events, astonishing for a highly developed G-7 nation proud of its health service, is part of a long, painful process embedded in neoliberal dogma. EU-driven austerity mixed with the profit motive resulted in a very lax attitude towards the health system.
As Bugault told me, "test kits very few in number were always available but mostly for a small group connected to the French government [former officials of the Ministry of Finance, CEOs of large corporations, oligarchs, media and entertainment moguls]. Same for chloroquine, which this government did everything to make it inaccessible for the population.
They did not make life easy for Professor Raoult he received death threats and was intimidated by "journalists." And they did not protect vital stocks. Still under the Hollande government, there was a conscious liquidation of the stock of masks which had existed in large quantities in all hospitals. Not to mention that the suppression of hospital beds and hospital means accelerated under Sarkozy."
This ties in with anguished reports by French citizens of nurses now having to use trash bags due to the lack of proper medical gear. At the same time, in another astonishing development, the French state refuses to requisition private hospitals and clinics which are practically empty at this stage, even as the president of their own association, Lamine Garbi, has pleaded for such a public service initiative: "I solemnly demand that we are requisitioned to help public hospitals. Our facilities are prepared. The wave that surprised the east of France must teach us a lesson."
In an explosive development on Tuesday, Raoult said he's not participating in Macron's scientific council anymore, even though he's not quitting it altogether. Raoult once again insists on massive testing on a national scale to detect suspected cases, and then isolate and treat patients who tested positive. In a nutshell: the South Korean model.
For years, Raoult has been pleading for a drastic revision of health economic models, so the treatments, cure and therapies created mostly during the 20th century, are considered a patrimony in the service of all humanity."That's not the case," he says, "because we abandon medicine that is not profitable, even if it's effective. That's why almost no antibiotics are manufactured in the West."
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