coronavirus

The information war around covid-19 : freedom of expression alert

Le Thursday 7 May 2020

The confrontation is increasingly ruthless between the "official" media and the alternative media or citizens who have emerged in the digital age. Back on the lessons of the H1N1 flu case for the management of the covid-19 pandemic.

Do you test covid-19, watch out for false positives!

Le Tuesday 5 May 2020

What are these epididological data for covid-19 really worth while, de toute évidence, reliability of tests is not acquired ? Given the current low level of bibliographic data on these tests, whether you test negative or positive, even being symptomatic, the laboratory result should not be taken as diagnostic certainty ...

Where did the seasonal flu go? ?

Le Thursday 30 April 2020

While the flu averages 10 000 dead every year, we hardly heard about it this year. And if we had classified coronavirus a majority of people with influenza ? This angry question will fuel many debates. As a matter of fact, we are currently unable to tell the difference between flu and coronavirus deaths this year !

No seasonal excess mortality this year ? Update on the figures…

Le Thursday 30 April 2020

Is the anxiety-provoking media treatment with the daily death tally really justified ? Containment, draconian measure, is it based on exceptional mortality ? Not at all : INSEE figures show that winter mortality does not exceed that of previous years…