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Disgusting!
DR JEAN-PAUL MIRA (president of France’s ICS): If I can be provocative, why don’t we test #COVID19 treatments in Africa...like is done for HIV or with sex workers b/c we know they are highly exposed & they don’t protect themselves?
DR CAMILLE LOCHT: You’re right. https://twitter.com/RymKh/status/1245664486675099648
DR JEAN-PAUL MIRA (president of France’s ICS): If I can be provocative, why don’t we test #COVID19 treatments in Africa...like is done for HIV or with sex workers b/c we know they are highly exposed & they don’t protect themselves?
DR CAMILLE LOCHT: You’re right. https://twitter.com/RymKh/status/1245664486675099648
Of the 50,000 people who have that died in #COVID19pandemic, only 80 deaths have been in sub-Saharan Africa (population more than 1 billion).
And yet, these two French doctors casually talk about conducting tests for new #coronavirus treatments in Africa. #COVID19 #COVID2019
And yet, these two French doctors casually talk about conducting tests for new #coronavirus treatments in Africa. #COVID19 #COVID2019
DR MIRA: Si je peux être provocateur, est-ce qu’on devrait pas faire cette #COVID19 étude en Afrique? Comme c’est fait d’ailleurs pour le Sida ou chez les prostituées, parce qu’elles sont plus exposées et ne se protègent pas?”
DR LOCHT: Voud avez raison.
DR LOCHT: Voud avez raison.
This footage was flagged to me & translated by my colleague - academic & activist - @RymKh. If you don’t follow her, you’re missing out.
What is most disturbing about this exchange is the casualness of their racism.
Dr Mira (“le provocateur") suggests Africa (& Africans) could be used for #covid19 experimentation: "There are no masks, no treatment, no ventilators...like the old HIV experiments with prostitutes.”
Dr Mira (“le provocateur") suggests Africa (& Africans) could be used for #covid19 experimentation: "There are no masks, no treatment, no ventilators...like the old HIV experiments with prostitutes.”
The use of human guinea pigs by pharmaceutical companies is nothing new.
Pfizer was accused of using a meningitis epidemic to test an unapproved drug on Nigerian children. AIDS drugs were tested in Africa, breast cancer & anti-psychosis drugs in India & vaccines in Latin America
Pfizer was accused of using a meningitis epidemic to test an unapproved drug on Nigerian children. AIDS drugs were tested in Africa, breast cancer & anti-psychosis drugs in India & vaccines in Latin America
Here’s the full video of Dr Jean-Paul Mira (chef du service réanimation à l’hôpital Cochin) & Dr a Camille Locht (directeur de recherche Inserm à l'institut Pasteur de Lille) talking about doing clinical trials of new #COVIDー19 drugs on Africans.
