Cochin Hospital Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/cochin-hospital/ The low down on African affairs Fri, 03 Apr 2020 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Cochin Hospital Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/cochin-hospital/ 32 32 French doctor apologizes for suggesting COVID 19 vaccines be tested on poor Africans https://jjcornish.com/2020/04/french-doctor-apologizes-for-suggesting-covid-19-vaccines-be-tested-on-poor-africans/ Fri, 03 Apr 2020 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2020/04/french-doctor-apologizes-for-suggesting-covid-19-vaccines-be-tested-on-poor-africans/ A French doctor has apologized for what he calls his clumsy remark suggesting COVID19 vaccines should be tested on poor Africans. There has been a furious social media reaction to what Dr Jean-Paul Mira said on live French television. Jean Paul Mira is head of intensive care at Cochin hospital in Paris. He was being […]

The post French doctor apologizes for suggesting COVID 19 vaccines be tested on poor Africans appeared first on Jean-Jacques Cornish.

]]> A French doctor has apologized for what he calls his clumsy remark suggesting COVID19 vaccines should be tested on poor Africans.

There has been a furious social media reaction to what Dr Jean-Paul Mira said on live French television.

Jean Paul Mira is head of intensive care at Cochin hospital in Paris.

He was being asked on the LCI television channel about testing COVID 19 vaccines. 

Mira said the value of this being done in Europe and Australia was undermined by the number of people there using personal protective equipment.

He suggested, by his own admission provocatively, that it would be more effective in parts of Africa, where there are no masks, no treatment and no intensive care.

Mira’s apologized to those who were hurt, shocked or felt insulted at his remarks clumsily expressed.

The post French doctor apologizes for suggesting COVID 19 vaccines be tested on poor Africans appeared first on Jean-Jacques Cornish.

]]>