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Hold-Up: "doubly dangerous", "counterproductive", why this "documentary" on Covid-19 arouses the anger of doctors?
November 12, 2020
google translation from the french
“Hold up” is supposed to denounce a global “manipulation” on the Covid-19.
It especially gives the floor to controversial personalities.
“Lies, corruption, manipulation, Covid-19, return to chaos”. This is the promise displayed by the “documentary” Hold-up, released on the Internet on November 11. A film of 2:43 where are evoked, jumble, Bill Gates, the dangers of the mask, the origin of Covid-19, 5G or the voluntary reduction of the world population.
Subjects for which are questioned sulphurous personalities, accustomed to conspiracy theses such as Silvano Trotta, Ema Krusi, but also Laurent Toubiana and Christian Perronne, doctors accustomed to certain TV sets who believe that there is no second wave. We also find the anti-mask MP Martine Woenner or the former Minister of Health, Philippe Douste-Blazy.
In a column on France Soir , the director describes the Covid-19 as a "virus no more offensive than another seasonal Covid" and criticizes an "authoritarian health ideology" which wants "to force a society of surveillance and submission". He attacks "an incredible and phenomenal global manipulation enterprise" and members of the Scientific Council, whom he considers "mostly close to pharmaceutical laboratories".
“A doubly dangerous pseudo-documentary”
So many words that indignant a large part of the medical staff, very critical of the feature film. “This pseudo-documentary is doubly dangerous. From a health point of view, because this will deprive some of the effective protections against the virus and will comfort those who minimize the seriousness of the health situation ”, fears the pulmonologist Corinne Depagne, member of the collective On the side of Science .
What worries him is the credibility that viewers can give to the comments made. “These are people presented as scientists, which gives them credibility in the eyes of the public, but who give their personal opinion, which is not based on any scientific evidence. Those who will believe in it will no longer protect themselves. Ultimately, this kind of speech can lead to deaths, ”worries the pulmonologist, who fears that this speech will strengthen the anti-masks and anti-vaccines in their positions.
“We rely on people's intelligence not to believe it”
A concern shared by Eric Billy. “In a period when people doubt, like today, this type of story can lead to a loss of support for barrier gestures in the population,” adds the researcher in immuno-oncology who still remains hopeful. “We rely on the intelligence of individuals not to believe what they say. These words will have a deleterious effect, that's for sure, but at what depth? What is obvious is that such a documentary is counterproductive when we are fighting against Covid-19 ”.
Despite the discourse of mistrust, the measures to fight Covid-19 are still mostly accepted by the population. According to an Odoxa-Dentsu poll for Le Figaro , 70% of French people approve of the new confinement, decided at the end of October, to face the second wave.
Fear of violence against doctors
Another danger raised by Corinne Depagne, more implicit. “Those who find themselves comforted in their ideas can react violently to a credible health professional. In addition to the health danger, this documentary is dangerous with this implicit call for violence against doctors ”. Tweets, since deleted, call for violence, as shared by infectious disease specialist Nathan Peiffer-Smadja.
A fear shared by Yvon Le Flohic, general practitioner. “As a caregiver, we are singled out: we would have let people die, we are bought by pharmaceutical companies … We have crossed a milestone. There are people who are legitimately angry, so such a speech can be appealing. By dint of pointing the finger at us for no reason, there is a risk of taking action, of violence against a doctor ”, worries the general practitioner who practices in the Côtes-d'Armor.
“These people are dangerous”
A danger of which Doctor Jérôme Marty is fully aware. “These people interviewed in the documentary are dangerous. They imply that doctors are making money on the backs of patients, that they invent patients, it is extremely serious ”, worries the president of the UFML union.
What he fears are the consequences of such a message. “We are in the midst of a psychiatric crisis in France, in particular because of the confinements. If someone psychologically fragile sees this, and lacks perspective, he can take action and attack doctors ”, fears Jérôme Marty. A fear reinforced by the millions of views recorded by the document. “Even if the documentary risks speaking only to those who are convinced, it can affect two or three weirdos who will take action”.
Several doctors refuse to give their opinion on the documentary “Hold up”. Their argument: Brandolini's law, which states that "the amount of energy needed to refute spiel is much greater than that which made it possible to create it".
https://fr.news.yahoo.com/hold-up-covid-19-dangereux-inquietant-contreproductif-colere-medecin-162334488.html
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