In a message promoting vaccination against pneumococcus, the Marseille scientist took the opportunity to launch a spike with anti-Covid sera.
Professor Didier Raoult returns to the forefront at the start of the year. On the evening of Wednesday January 5, the director of the IHU Méditerranée Infection published a very noticed message on his Twitter account, calling on the population to be vaccinated. But not against Covid-19, as the epidemic flares up because of the exponential number of people infected with Omicron. It is against the pneumococcus that the infectious disease specialist calls on the French to protect themselves: “Do not forget to be vaccinated against the pneumococcus, which is currently returning, which gives fatal pneumonia. This vaccine, for its part, works for 10 years. “
Don’t forget to get vaccinated against pneumococcus, which is now recurring, which causes fatal pneumonia. This vaccine works for 10 years.
– Didier Raoult (@raoult_didier) January 5, 2022
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As recalled Public health France, pneumococcal infections are a real major health issue, causing many deaths. According to the WHO, 800,000 children under 5 die of it each year worldwide. But Didier Raoult’s prevention message also refers to the Covid-19 vaccine against which the infectious disease specialist has exposed his criticisms at length. As had shown France Inter, the Marseille scientist had in particular contested “the rate of protection” of the anti-Covid sera currently available.
“Nuisance power”
His tweet quickly made Internet users react, including some scientists, who denounced on social networks “its harmful power”.
And that says the elite !?
Through this simple message, D. Raoult once again proves his power of nuisance in the current crisis, between disinformation and strategy to restore his image under the air of biomedical benevolence.
1/n pic.twitter.com/ECv1MPK1M2— Eric Billy ud83cuddebud83cuddf7ud83cuddeaud83cuddfa (@EricBillyFR) January 5, 2022
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And if we had to demonstrate once again that Didier Raoult is as useful to public health as the left ball of the Zouave of the Alma Bridge in a period of drought … ud83d udc47 ud83c udffc https://t.co/RoZNK3v9kZ
— sophia aram (@SophiaAram) January 5, 2022
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In recent weeks, the IHU Mediterranean has made a notable comeback by publishing data on a new variant that has affected 12 people in the south of France.
A new COVID-19 variant has been detected at the IHU Méditerranée Infection from patients of Forcalquier. It was named the IHU variant and deposited on GISAID under the name B.1.640.2. pic.twitter.com/Rh3klIxy0w
– IHU Mediterranean Infection (@IHU_Marseille) December 9, 2021
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