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  • 2020-05-21 (xsd:date)
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  • this makes us lean towards the idea that the statement is close to be "true". What the expert is trying to do in her article is to make us think about the issue of retirement homes during pandemics. Are they the most suitable places to protect our elders? And (en)
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  • Monique Boutrand, a French central administration officer and expert on ageing issues, states in an article in Le Monde that letting retired people stay in their own homes will protect them better against future pandemics than when they live in retirement homes. This claim is uncheckable. We are currently in a pandemic situation that is unprecedented in France. Today, more than ever, concerns for our elders are growing. The figures recorded by the Etablissements d’Hébergement pour Personnes Âgées Dépendantes (EHPAD, French retirement homes) are alarming. The establishments have had to face a great wave of contamination which has left many victims in its wake. The article by Boutrand in Le Monde On the other hand, Monique Boutrand explains in her article that the epidemic would have affected less the elderly who were confined to their homes. For the time being, the figures demonstrating and proving this fact have not yet come out. However, the curves give us a clear overview. In addition, sources external to this article state that certain facts such as the proximity to each other of nursing home residents and the existence of common living areas may have favored the spread of the virus" and "from the moment the virus enters (en)
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