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In March 2020, Jérôme Salomon told Olivier Véran to reserve the masks for the most exposed caregivers. “Refusing to decide would not be ethical,” he wrote to her.
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By Jeremy Andre and Marc Leplongeon
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VS’is a document for history. A confidential note which testifies to the eminently difficult choices that political leaders must sometimes make in the event of a major crisis. On March 9, 2020, when the shortage of masks in France had been known to the government since the end of January and the main world producers in Wuhan, China, were unable to meet demands, Jérôme Salomon, the Director General of Health ( DGS), wrote a long letter to Olivier Véran, the French Minister of Health.
The tone is serious. It calls for the clear and urgent establishment of a doctrine for the use of masks in the context of the Covid-19 epidemic. Not all French people could be protected: “Prioritising is not an easy decision, but it is the decision…
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