Two French doctors are feeling some major backlash after they suggested “Coronavirus vaccines” should be tested on people in Africa.
The two men are being accused of “racism” after one of the doctors said they should test a tuberculosis vaccine in Africa to see if it could combat the coronavirus, according to a new BBC report.
The doctor’s remarks happened during a televised debate on the French TV channel LCI.
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One doctor mentioned conducting the trials of the BCG vaccine in Europe and Australia.
Dr. Jean-Paul Mira, who is the head of intensive care at Cochin Hospital in Paris countered that by saying, “If I can be provocative, shouldn’t we be doing this study in Africa, where there are no masks, no treatments, no resuscitation?”
That was “provocative” alright.
The comments came during a debate on the French TV channel LCI, the BBC reported. Camille Locht, head of research at the Inserm health research group, had mentioned conducting a trial of the BCG vaccine in Europe and Australia.
“If I can be provocative,” responded Jean-Paul Mira, head of intensive care at Cochin Hospital in Paris, “shouldn’t we be doing this study in Africa, where there are no masks, no treatments, no resuscitation?”
“A bit like as it is done elsewhere for some studies on AIDS,” the doctor added, according to the report.
“In prostitutes, we try things because we know that they are highly exposed and that they do not protect themselves.”
Mira had earlier suggested that the study might not work as planned on health care workers in Europe and Australia, because they have access to personal protective equipment, guarding them from the contagion.
“You are right,” Locht responded.
“We are in the process of thinking about a study in parallel in Africa,” he said, referencing the studies underway in other continents.
Two former soccer players in Africa blasted the doctors for their comments.
“It is totally inconceivable we keep on cautioning this,” Didier Drogba tweeted. “Africa isn’t a testing lab. I would like to vividly denounce those demeaning, false and most of all deeply racist words.”
“Africa is not your playing ground,” Samuel Eto’o wrote on Instagram. [New York Post]
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The doctors are now claiming that the televised debate was “the subject of erroneous interpretations.”
They said they simply didn’t want Africa forgotten or excluded from research because the pandemic is global.”
Uh, okay…
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This piece was written by Missy Crane on April 4, 2020. It originally appeared in WayneDupree.com and is used by permission.
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