La Vague - L'epidemie Vue Du Terrain

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Renowned expert in cholera epidemics in developing countries, Renaud Piarroux never thought he'd have to be on the front line of the fight against the Covid-19 epidemic in France. However, on his return from a mission to Kinshasa at the beginning of March, he was shocked to discover that his own country was underestimating the danger and taking too long to prepare. After several days spent trying to alert his colleagues at the Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, he managed to meet Martin Hirsch, its Director General.

His message hit home, and the Paris hospitals immediately got down to business. In this lively account, Renaud Piarroux, a key player and observer of the crisis, takes the reader on an epic journey that takes him from the Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital to the heart of the Amazon rainforest in French Guiana, at a critical moment. He reveals all the richness of epidemiology: collecting relevant information and analyzing it, implementing control strategies to break the chains of contamination, keeping abreast of scientific news and discerning, among studies, those whose results are reliable from others.