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I have no idea why this is getting upvoted. This is basically just a fellow French practising the age old sport of complaining about everything and everyone els
by maeln 6y ago
I have no idea why this is getting upvoted. This is basically just a fellow French practising the age old sport of complaining about everything and everyone else in the country.
Nobody hate French people and France more than another French, especially if they lived abroad for a bit. Then they will always tell you about how everything in country X is much better then in France.
Not that his points are all invalid. But as usual it is a gross exaggeration of a complex reality. Plus, we tend to forget what is working and the progress we are making. Sure France is definitely not a country to "move fast and break things" but it doesn't mean you can't start a successful business, or change the society little by little.
- DennisP 6y agoNot to mention, complaining that everyone considers themselves an epidemiologist, then claiming that masks don't work, in contradiction to pretty much every epidemiologist these days. The internet is full of unfocused ill-informed rants; I don't see what's HN-worthy about this one.
- 11235813213455 6y agoCovid19 is spreading mostly with hands, objects, clothes, .. Here's a specialist, explaining it (in French) https://youtu.be/CgQ3YBmiir4?t=660 https://youtu.be/CgQ3YBmiir4?t=660
- DennisP 6y agoI don't know French but here are some sources that disagree: CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/downloads/2019-ncov-factsheet.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/downloads/2019-nco... WHO: https://www.who.int/news-room/commentaries/detail/modes-of-transmission-of-virus-causing-covid-19-implications-for-ipc-precaution-recommendations https://www.who.int/news-room/commentaries/detail/modes-of-t... Harvard Medical School: https://www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and-conditions/preventing-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus https://www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and-conditions/preve... BC CDC: http://www.bccdc.ca/health-info/diseases-conditions/covid-19/about-covid-19/how-it-spreads http://www.bccdc.ca/health-info/diseases-conditions/covid-19... UC Davis: https://health.ucdavis.edu/coronavirus/covid-19-transmission/index.html https://health.ucdavis.edu/coronavirus/covid-19-transmission... There are plenty more; I think it's clear that "pretty much" every epidemiologist agrees masks are important, even if it's not absolutely everyone.
- maeln 6y agoRaoult is very much a special case here. Almost every other researcher and public health organisation in France recommand wearing a mask. Raoult just want to be on TV to satisfy is ego and sell books.
- 11235813213455 6y agoIn closed areas yes, masks make sense, but outdoor, it's a bit ridiculous (https://youtu.be/OrOPuSlK9yQ?t=103 https://youtu.be/OrOPuSlK9yQ?t=103)