Sylvie Briand wants to “reposition the debate in favor of health”

Do barrier gestures and measures to fight coronavirus damage our freedom? For Sylvie Briand, invited on Monday at 7.40 on Europa 1, these restrictions are there to “save life”. The director of the World Health Organization, responsible for epidemic and pandemic risks, calls for “repositioning the debate in favor of health”.

“Public health strategies that have asked people to make efforts to be able to collectively address a threat. Of course, we can individually think that this cuts our freedom. But it is to protect the population. When we put these measures in place, they also serve to prevent people from getting sick and dying. It’s a way to save their lives. I think the debate should sometimes be repositioned more in favor of health, “he explains. -She.