It would be inconsistent to criticise now public authorities which, if only as a precautionary measure, could have included the possibility of a major health crisis in their forecasts. Apparently nothing prepared us for Covid-19 because no one believed in it. We learn a lot from those moments of suffering, of concern...
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The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing our society to make choices of a magnitude and intensity whose consequences cannot yet be measured. While it is certainly justified to base decisions on the expertise of scientists, the crucial trade-offs are a political responsibility. In the area of public health, they constitute a
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Emmanuel Hirsch is Professor of Medical Ethics and President of the Council for Research Ethics and Scientific Integrity at the University of Paris-Saclay. In this forum for UP', he proposes the organization in the coming days of a citizens' convention to allow urgent consultation on the choices that will be imposed on our country.
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Every day the number of people infected and deaths due to coronavirus passes a milestone. China is by far the most affected region in the world, despite the exceptional measures that the country has taken. Draconian measures to lock up tens of millions of people in
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