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Coronavirus: Health Crisis Management and Socio-political Consequences – Part 3

Coronavirus: Health Crisis Management and Socio-political Consequences – Part 3

Written by : Fugel Khan Student of Masters in Social Science, University Paris 8, Saint Denis Photo credit: Shutterstock.com READ IN FRENCH A French perspective : Part 3 Recently, a very serious study conducted by the INA (National Audiovisual Institute) shows how the media treated Professor Raoult over the period of end March. "... between Monday 23 and Sunday 29 March ... a total of 401 hours were devoted to coronavirus and its consequences ..., i.e. an on-air share of 79.6%. "During the week of 23 to 29 March, BFMTV has pronounce the words "chloroquine" up to 35 times per…
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Coronavirus: Health Crisis Management and Socio-political Consequences – Part 2

Coronavirus: Health Crisis Management and Socio-political Consequences – Part 2

Written by : Fugel Khan Student of Masters in Social Science, University Paris 8, Saint Denis Photo credit: Shutterstock.com READ IN FRENCH A French perspective: Part 2 I love you... neither do I! On March 17, the former Health Minister Agnès Buzyn's confession in ‘Le Monde’ newspaper came as political bombshell against the government that she had warned the President and the Prime Minister Edouard Philippe as early as January of an impending health catastrophe. The former Health Minister, who replaced Benjamin Griveaux, the original candidate weaken by sex scandal, to represent the LREM in the municipal elections in Paris…
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Coronavirus : Health Crisis Management and Socio-political Consequences – Part 1

Coronavirus : Health Crisis Management and Socio-political Consequences – Part 1

Written by : Fugel Khan (Student of Masters in Social Science, University Paris 8, Saint Denis) Photo credit : Shutterstock.com READ IN FRENCH A French perspective : Part 1 Before the world could assess the impact of forest fires in Brazil and Australia on the survival of humankind, the worst was not thought to have happened until the appearance of the COVID-19 virus, which finds its origin in a local market of Wuhan city in late 2019. The Chinese authority, which was rather discreet at first, officially recognized the spread of the epidemic in January 2020, and the WHO confirmed…
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