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*Strasbourg/Angelo Marcopolo/(+Version Francaise Infra)- On the Controversial Issue of the Timing for Starting DeConfinement, (from May 11 in France : See http://www.eurofora.net/newsflashes/news/hastydeconfinementrisk.html, etc), Public Authorities have Repeatedly stressed that it will Not go on if Virus' Infections affected More than 3.000 People a Day.

But, the Latest Data just Revealed that France, in fact, already Faces about ... 4.200 New Infections on May 7, i.e. at the Last Working Day Before the DeConfinement is Scheduled to KickStart, Next Monday, May 11 !...

Moreover, this is Not an Isolated Event : Facts, indeed, show that, During several Recent Days, the Numbers of Infected People in France have, Suddenly, started to Increase Constantly Upwards, forming a Growing Series, which reveals the existence, Nowdays, of a Fast TREND :

- F.ex. on 5 May = 534 New Infections. But on 6 May, it's almost the Double : 1.050 New Infections... And on May 7, it "Explodes" Up to almost 4.200 New Infections, (i.e. about X 4 Times More) !!!!

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+ And this Recent Phenomenon is Not Limited just to France, but seems to Affect Even ...All Europe, mutatis mutandis, since relevant Official Statistics on Infections during these Last Days, clearly Show also a Larger Upward Trend, Europe-Wide (See Attached Graphics from ECDC, WHO, etc)...    

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++ Such Facts appear particularly Grave in the case of France, since that key EU Country, Unfortunately, shares, Nowadays, a World-wide Record on the Highest ..."Death Rate" among People Infected by the Virus, together with its Neighbouring Belgium : 15 % and 16 % respectively !  

This is Clearly the Worst "Death Rate" in the World among Infected People, since it's Obviously much More than USA's 6,3%, and even China's 5,5%...            

+++ In Addition, in France, curiously, there are even Less Patients who "Recovered" (Only 55.000), than at ...Iran : 82.800, in Italy : 96.000, Germany : 142.000, Spain : 164.000, or USA: 217.OOO, (etc).

=>  Therefore, France still has, Currently, also the Highest Number of "Active Infections" among All EU Countries, (i.e. about 93.800, instead of Italy: 89.600, Spain : 66.600, or Germany : 20.300, etc), but also Compared to Brazil : 71.300, Turkey : 47.100, or Iran : 14.000, etc.

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>>> In such Circumstances, inevitably, it looks Too Dangerous to Start a Massive DeConfinement Nowadays in France (and many Other European Countries),

particularly When we see that it's almost during these Same Days, that ...China is just Starting, Carefully, its own DeConfinement, (including, progressively, on Schools, spread accross May), with Only ...3 or 5 New Infections per Day, and ZERO (0) Deaths due to the Virus Currently (Since the Middle of April) !

As for the Fact that China's current Situation, vis a vis that Deadly Virus, (which seems to have been, basically, Defeated there Recently), still, Nowadays, remains so Different, that it has almost ...Nothing to do with the, quite Opposite context Currently prevailing in EU Countries, where, on the Contrary, the Numbers of Infections and Deaths still Remain, Comparatively, Too High, it's blatantly Obvious if one just takes a look at WHO's or Statista's (etc) latest Graphics, which Clearly Picture a Huge Gap...

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=> So, it's Not Suprising that, Already, inter alia, f. ex., Near Strasbourg, at Neighbouring Germany's Rheinland-Pfalz Region/Länder, ...2 Schools had to be Urgently Re-Closed anew, these Days, Because it was found that they had been Infected by the Virus, almost Immediately After Starting a "DeConfinement" Local Plan !

+ Moreover, at NRW Länder/Region, at least certain Factories were anew Closed and Part of the DeConfinement process was Postponed for Later, (including, f.ex., the Opening of Parcs, Gardens, etc), After a Factory with about 1.500 Workers was found Infected. (Partly UPDATED)

And Chancellor Angie Merkel (earlier placed in "Quarantine" herself, and repeatedly Checked, after meeting an Infected Person), has reportedly Faced several Exceptionaly "Hard" Oppositions, these Days, because of Sharp Differences of Opinions among Various Stakeholders, on What should be done with "DeConfinement" Draft Plans and When, sometimes Lifting her Hands in sign of Anger or Despair...

+ But Contradictions about DeConfinement Policies are, inevitably, "Hotter" in France, at the Eve of the May 11 Rendez-Vous (Comp. Supra) :

- Thus, After the Rejection, by the French Senate, of a Governemental Draft Plan (adopted, however, by the National Assembly, whose view predominates), it's Also Many Education Trade Unions, as well as representatives of Pupils' Families, and even private Businessmen's Groups, Top Scientific Experts, (etc), who Added their various Oppositions, more and more vocally...

>>> This concerns Mainly the Timing for progressively Re-Opening, or Not Yet, Public Education establishments, all the way from Primary Shools and Lyceums, until Universities, etc :

- F.ex., even the Head of France's Anti-Virus Scientific Council (Independent National Think-Tank, set up by President Macron), and Chairman of the National BioEthics Committee, Professor Delfraissy (Comp. his Replies to "Eurofora"s Questions at a CoE's Conference on BioEthics, previously, at http://www.eurofora.net/newsflashes/news/coebioethicsdebatechildrenforlesbiansandheritablegenemanip.html, etc), has just Strongly pointed at the Fact that those Top Scientists had Already Rejected, since 20 and 24 April, any Opening of Schools or Universities from May, (as the Present Hasty "DeConfinement" Draft Plan pushes, Starting by Monday, 11 of May, etc), calling, on the Contrary, to Keep them Closed "until September" at least, (as Also decided Italy, Spain, etc, while Germany hesitates).

+ In Addition, "We (France's Highest Independent Scientists' Council) have Discussed and Adopted also Various Other, "More Conclusions and Proposals, which were Not Even Published !", obviously frustrated, Professor Delfraissy now Denounced.

Meanwhile, it's Also an UnPrecedented, but locacious, ..."Ping-Pong" Game, on eventual Legal Responsibilities, including Penal and/or Criminal, which is Currently played in France, around such Topical Issues concerning DeConfinement Controversies :  

- Indeed, after some Groups of Lawyers, etc., have Published various Models for Legal Complaints, "against X", and/or one or anOther Public and/or Private Decision-Makers, particulaly for Penal/Criminal Responsibilities in case of "Non-Assistance to Persons in Danger", and/or for "Causing Serious Damages or Lesions to others by Negligence or Knowingly" (etc), related to Controversies on the Management of that Deadly Virus' crisis, (Already since EU Citizens were, Curiously, Abandoned, withOut Any Timely Protection, f.ex. to the Spreading of Infections from nearby NW Italy's initial "Hotspot" in Europe : See ... +..., etc), Nowadays, the French Senate adopted Amendments to the DeConfinement Plan, which Exonerated Mayors from any Responsibility, in case of Virus' Infections in Re-Opening Schools, as well as Private Businessmen for similar incidents eventually at Industries or Services also re-opening, in Parallel. But, all this was Voted Down, soon afterwards, by a Majority in the National Assembly...

=> Will, then, the French Government and/or President Macron, at last, Cut Short to all these "Hot" Controversies, and Simply Apply their own Warnings, (f.ex. that there will be No Hasty, Early DeConfinement, in case of important Risks, and particularly if the Infections per Day reach 3.000 Victims : Comp. Supra), by Postponing the most Controversial parts of that 11 May Draft DeConfinement Plan, and, particularly, on Public Education, (which Affects Many Pupils, their Families, Staff, Restaurants/Canteens, Public Transports, etc.) ?

>>> Otherwise, the Consequences seem Obvious : Later Today, after a new Presentation of that Controversial official "DeConfinement" Plan (Comp. Supra), a Huge Majority of French People (more than ...72% !) Believed that "a 2nd Wave" of Virus' Spread, and anew a ..."RE-Confinement", in the foreseable Future, were both "very Probable" !  (Partly UPDATED).

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Virus: au dernier jour ouvrable avant le DeConfinement, la Hausse des Infections Depasse la "Ligne Rouge" de la France !

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*Strasbourg/Angelo Marcopolo/- Sur la question controversée du calendrier de mise en œuvre du Deconfinement (à partir du 11 mai en France : voir http://www.eurofora.net/newsflashes/news/hastydeconfinementrisk.html, etc.), les autorités publiques ont souligné à plusieurs reprises qu'il n'y aura pas lieu si les infections par le virus arrivent au seuil de 3 000 personnes par jour.

Mais, les dernières données viennent de révéler que la France, en fait, affronte déjà environ ... 4.200 nouvelles infections le 7 mai, c'est-à-dire le dernier jour ouvrable avant le début du Deconfinement, lundi prochain, le 11 mai !

De plus, il ne s'agit pas d'un événement isolé : Les faits, montrent, en effet,  que, pendant plusieurs jours dernièrement, le nombre de personnes infectées en France a, soudainement, commencé à augmenter constamment, formant une série croissante, qui révèle l'existence, aujourd'hui, d'une Tendance à augmentation rapide :

- F.ex. le 5 mai = 534 nouvelles infections. Mais le 6 mai, c'est presque le Double : 1.050 Nouvelles Infections... Et le 7 mai, ça "explose" jusqu'à près de 4.200 Nouvelles Infections, (soit environ X 4 fois plus) !!!!

+ Et ce phénomène récent n'est pas limité à la France, mais semble toucher même ... toute l'Europe, mutatis mutandis, puisque les statistiques officielles sur les infections de ces derniers jours montrent clairement une tendance à la hausse encore plus importante, à l'échelle européenne (voir les graphiques ci-joints de l'ECDC, de l'OMS, etc)...   

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++ Ces faits semblent particulièrement graves dans le cas de la France, puisque ce pays clé de l'UE partage malheureusement, aujourd'hui, un Record Mondial du "taux de Mortalité" le plus élevé parmi les personnes Infectées par le virus, avec la Belgique voisine : 15 % et 16 % respectivement ! 

C'est clairement le pire "taux de mortalité" au monde parmi les personnes infectées, puisqu'il est évidemment bien supérieur aux 6,3 % des États-Unis, et même aux 5,5 % de la Chine...   

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           +++ De plus, en France, curieusement, il y a encore moins de patients qui ont "récupéré" (seulement 55.000), qu'en Italie : 96.000, en Allemagne : 142.000, en Espagne : 164.000, ou aux USA : 217.OOO, (etc).

=> C'est pourquoi, la France a, encore, le plus Grand Nombre d' "Infections Actives" parmi tous les pays-membres de l'UE, actuellement, (cad. environ 93.800, au lieu de l'Italie  : 89.600, l'Espagne : 66.600, ou l'Allemagne : 20.300, etc), mais ausi en comparaison avec le Brazil : 71.300, la Turquie : 47.100, ou l'Iran : 14.000, etc.

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>>> Dans telles circonstances, il semble inévitablement trop dangereux d'entamer un Déconfinement  massif de nos jours en France (et dans nombreux autres pays européens),

surtout quand on voit que c'est presque en ces mêmes jours, que ...la Chine vient de commencer, prudemment, son propre déconfinement, (y compris, progressivement, sur les écoles, qui s'étend sur tout le mois de mai), avec seulement ...3 ou 5 nouvelles infections par jour, et ZERO (0) décès dus au virus actuellement (depuis la mi-avril) !

Quant au fait que la situation actuelle de la Chine, face à ce virus mortel (qui semble avoir été, en gros, vaincu récemment), reste encore, de nos jours, si différente, qu'elle a presque ... Rien à voir avec le contexte très opposé qui prévaut actuellement dans les pays de l'UE, où, au contraire, le nombre d'infections et des décès reste comparativement trop élevé, c' est carrement évident si l'on regarde les derniers graphiques de l'OMS ou de Statista (etc), qui montrent clairement un énorme fossé...

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=> Il n'est, donc, pas surprenant que, déjà, entre autres, près de Strasbourg, dans la région/Länder de Rhenanie-Palatinat voisine, ...2 écoles aient dû être refermées d'urgence, ces jours-ci, parce qu'on a découvert qu'elles avaient été infectées par le virus, presque immédiatement après avoir commencé un plan local de "déconfinement" !

Et la Chancelière Angie Merkel (précédemment placée en "quarantaine" elle-même, et contrôlée à plusieurs reprises, après avoir rencontré une personne infectée), aurait fait face à plusieurs oppositions exceptionnellement "dures", ces jours-ci, en raison de divergences d'opinions marquées entre les diverses parties prenantes, sur ce qu'il convient de faire avec les projets de plans de "déconfinement", et quand, parfois en levant les mains en signe de colère ou de désespoir...

+ Mais les contradictions sur les politiques de déconfinement sont, inévitablement, plus "chaudes" en France, à la veille du Rendez-Vous du 11 mai (Comp. Supra) :

- Ainsi, après le rejet, par le Sénat français, d'un projet de plan gouvernemental (adopté, cependant, par l'Assemblée nationale, dont l'avis prédomine), ce sont aussi de nombreux syndicats de l'éducation, ainsi que des représentants des familles d'élèves, et même des groupes privés d'hommes d'affaires, des experts scientifiques de haut niveau, (etc), qui ont ajouté leurs diverses oppositions, plus de plus en plus fortes...

>>> Cela concerne principalement le calendrier de réouverture progressive, ou pas encore, des établissements d'enseignement public, depuis les écoles primaires et les lycées, jusqu'aux universités, etc :

- P.ex, même le chef du Conseil National Scientifique Français contre le virus (groupe de réflexion national indépendant, créé par le président Macron), et Président du Comité national de bioéthique, le professeur Delfraissy (voir ses réponses aux questions d'"Eurofora" lors d'une conférence au Conseil de l'Europe sur la bioéthique, précédemment, à ... ), vient de souligner avec force le fait que ces scientifiques de haut niveau avaient déjà rejeté, depuis les 20 et 24 avril, toute ouverture d'école ou d'université à partir du mois de mai (comme le prévoit l'actuel projet de "déconfinement" précipité, à partir du lundi 11 mai, etc.), demandant, au contraire, de les maintenir fermées "jusqu'en septembre" au moins (comme l'ont également décidé l'Italie, l'Espagne, etc, tandis que l'Allemagne hesite).

+ En outre, "Nous (le plus haut conseil scientifique indépendant de France) avons discuté et adopté également diverses autres conclusions et propositions, qui n'ont même pas été publiées !", a dénoncé, manifestement frustré, le professeur Delfraissy.

En attendant, c'est aussi un jeu de "ping-pong" sans précédent, mais éloquant, sur d'éventuelles responsabilités juridiques, y compris pénales et/ou criminelles, qui se joue actuellement en France, autour de questions d'actualité concernant les controverses sur le Déconfinement : 

- En effet, après quelques groupes d'avocats, etc, ont publié divers modèles de plaintes légales, "contre X", et/ou contre un ou plusieurs autres décideurs publics et/ou privés, notamment pour responsabilités pénales/criminelles en cas de "non-assistance à personne en danger", et/ou pour "causer des dommages ou des lésions graves à autrui par négligence ou sciemment" (etc.), liés aux controverses sur la gestion de la crise de ce virus mortel (déjà depuis que les citoyens européens ont été, curieusement, abandonnés, sans aucune protection à temps utile,  par exemple, à la propagation d'infections à partir du "point chaud" initial de l'Italie du Nord-Ouest en Europe : voir ...),  Aujourd'hui, le Sénat français a adopté des amendements au Plan de confinement, qui exonèrent les maires de toute responsabilité en cas d'infection par le virus aux écoles en cours de réouverture, ainsi que les hommes d'affaires privés pour incidents similaires aux industries ou services en cours de réouverture, en parallèle. Mais, tout cela a été rejeté, peu après, par une majorité à l'Assemblée nationale...

=> Le gouvernement français et/ou le Président Macron, vont-ils, enfin, mettre un terme à toutes ces controverses "brulantes", et appliquer simplement leurs propres avertissements, (p.ex., qu'il n'y aura pas des mesures de Déconfinement hâtives et précoces, en cas de risques majeurs, en particulier si le nombre d'infections par jour atteint 3 000 victimes : V. Supra), en reportant les parties les plus controversées du projet de plan de Déconfinement du 11 mai, en particulier, en ce qui concerne l'éducation publique, (qui affecte nombreux élèves, leurs familles, le personnel, les restaurants/cantines, les transports publics, etc.) ?

>>> Autrement, les Consequences semblent evidentes : Plus tard ce soir, après une présentation nouvelle de ce Plan de "DeConfinement" controversé; (Comp. Supra), une Grande Majorité du peuple francais (plus de ...72% !) croyait qu' "une 2nde Vague" d'extension du Virus, et un ..."RE-Confinement", à l avenir prévisible, étaient "très Probables" ! (mise à jour partielle).

*Strasbourg/Angelo Marcopolo/- For a 2nd Time in a Tragic Series, European People apparently Risk to be probably anew Abandoned Helpless to growing Threats by the Deadly Virus, as on-going Developments indicate :

The 1st Time, it was due to Scandalously Excessive Delays to Protect European People from any Spread from the Initially Infected NW Italy's regions, Instead of Closing Borders and putting them immediately in Quarantine, as China had Succesfully done for its Wuhan region, (See: http://www.eurofora.net/newsflashes/news/deadlyvirusheadstoeucore.html + http://www.eurofora.net/newsflashes/news/delaytoprotecteupeoplefromvirus.html, etc).

Moreover, as "the Intercept" noted, "Italy (itself) Closed a terminal of Milan’s Airport on March 16, when the Northern Region of Lombardy already had 3,760 Cases in a Population of 10 Millions", while, "by Contrast, China had Shut down Flights out of Hubei Province on January 23, when there were 500 reported Cases Worldwide and 17 Deaths in Hubei among a Population of 58 Millions". And "London’s ...and Paris’... (as well as "Madrid"'s) Airports were still Open, as Cases soared in ...those cities"...

>>> But Now, it all looks as if it's the Other way round : An apparently too Hasty Rush towards an Excessive, Clumsy, UnTimely and/or Precipitated "DeConfinement",  i.e. End of Protective Measures against the further Spread of the Virus, which may Risk to seriously Aggravate the current situation, perhaps Provoking an even Wider Spread, sooner or later !

In Fact, EU Countries (and some Others, f.ex. in USA) seem to, curiously, do Always ...the Contrary of what China does :

-  When China had Quarantined Wuhan Region, in order to Protect all the Rest of that Huge Country, the EU had Left entirely Open all Borders (of Neighbouring France, Germany, Austria, etc, in Addition to Airports, etc) to/from NW Italy's infected Lombardy Region, etc.

- And Now, while China Waited until the Virus practically Stops to make more Victims among the Chinese People, Before it Starts to gradually re--Open its Socio-Economic Activities, (something which is, notoriously, Still on the making, during these and the next Days), on the Contrary, EU Countries appear eager to Rush to Open their Social/Economic Life, in a few stages, Even BEFORE the Virus Stops to make Victims here !

F.ex., for China, it's at least Since the ...15 of April 2020 (i.e. during More than 2 Weeks now), that NOT Any DEATH by that Virus (i.e. ZERO, = 0) wasN't noted, until now !

On the Contrary, EU Countries Still face Now about 2.350 more Deaths in just 0ne (1) Day's Time...

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+ In Addition, proportionaly to its Population, EU has Nowadays a Total of about 3.772 Deaths from the Virus, per Million of Inhabitants, Compared to just ...186 for the USA, 26 for Brazil, Only 6 for Russia, ...3 for China, 1,7 for South Africa, and 0,8 for India !

=> And it's Astonishing that Belgium's Lib-"Socialist" Government reportedly announced in Brussels already a Fast-Track Series of successive Massive Waves of "Deconfinement", Starting just in a Few Days, when it Still is, in Proportion to its Population, currently ...Sky-Rocketing on the Top as Number 1, i.e. FIRST IN THE WORLD (sic !) IN DEATHS by the Virus in Proportion to its Population, by More than +656 Victims per Million of inhabitants, (Compared, f.ex., to Italy's 456, France's 360, USA's 186, Russia's 6, and China's 3, among Many Others) !!!...

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++ Moreover, considering the Number of New Infections, European Countries, Despite Recently Caving-in,  Nevertheless, ...Nowadays, Still stand Much HIGHER than Even the Worse Moment in China's previous Crisis ! (See an Explicit Graphic, Attached Herewith, which clearly pictures that).

Today, f.ex., More than 15.000 New Infections were Registered in the EU, while, on the Contrary, Russia registered just 7.099, Brazil 5.385, India 1.718, South Africa 354, Australia 8, and China Only ... Four (4) !

Only USA had Today More New Infections than the EU (25.000), but, precisely, it's for Such Reasons that at least the Mostly Hit State's Governor, Cuomo of New York, Refused any untimely Deconfinement, (that Other States, Less Hit, prepare), arguying that his State still had about + 900 New Infections and almost 300 Dead in One Day (i.e. ...Less than several EU Countries, with Equivalent Population, which, on the Contrary, Hurry up to Deconfine...) : - "Even if you are in UnCharted Waters, it does NOT mean that you Advance Blindly !", he reportedly stressed (UPDATED).

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Nevertheless, Governments of important EU Countries, as f.ex. France, "Hope" to Reach about "3.000" Infections per Day (sic !) in order to Start DeConfinement from May 11...

But, Other EU Member Countries have Already Started DeConfinement, gradually, (as, f.ex. Germany), or Decided to Start even Earlier, (as, f.ex. Belgium, from May 3 or 4).

A Cacophony exists Still on the Delicate Issue of Schools, (which Affects Pupils and their Families, Staff, and Public Transports, etc) : F.ex. Italy and Spain reportedly Fixed September for Re-Opening, and Germany Postponed relevant Decisions. But Belgium eyes May 18 for Opening Primary and Secondary Schools, while France and Others aim to Start progressively from May 11 and Advance Fast Afterwards, Following Denmark which Already begun Opening its Schools from April. Some Draft Decisions even Leave a Discretionary Marge of Manouver to ...Local Authorities, Multiplying the UnPredictable Divergences.

Comparatively, among various other cases, China's notorious Wuhan City, whose Last Infected Patient just Left the Hospital on April, Still Waits until May 6 Before Starting to Open its Schools...

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A Big, and partly Misleading, Controversy (particularly in France, but also Elsewhere in the EU+) currently unfolds about Protective "Masks" for Citizens, during imminent Massive DeConfinement :

- Previously, most Public Authorities and so-called "Experts" Claimed that Citizens' Health Protection would "Not Need Masks" at all, and even proceeded into "Confiscation" of Protective Masks (sic !). Contrary to China, which Distributed a number of Masks to All People for Each Week, Free of charge, and Even to ...Morocco, where sufficient Protective Masks, produced in the Country,  are reportedly Available to Buy in decent prices at many Shops.

- But, When DeConfinement approached, suddenly, Public Authorities and Establishment's Medias, marked an U-Turn, and Started to Laud, or even to ask to Impose as Obligatory (sic !), Masks for All Citizens...

- However, at the Same Time, they also Push EU Citizens to Pay and UnDetermined amount of Money in order to Buy Masks, and/or to ...Make themshelves such Masks from Tissue at Home, withOut even Guaranteing that People would be really able to Find Enough !

- Worse : Almost Nobody from the EU Establshment did Not Yet Explain to the People that All those "Tissue" Masks "for Lay Citizens", in Fact, are ...Not really Protecting the person who bears them against the Virus !

Indeed, Only USA's "N95" and France/EU's "FPP2", etc. Masks with adequae Filters can Protect the Respiration of the Person who wears them, at the Established universal Standard of More than 95%. On the Contrary, both those Other Kinds of Masks, nicknamed "Surgeon's" ("Chirurgicales" in French), and those Currently left for Simple Laymen, (usually "Tissue" Masks, withOut Filter, and/or Self-made, etc), are mainly due, on the Contrary, to Hinder You from Contaminating Other Persons, by Your Emmissions... Some Claim that, IF ALL People wear such Lower quality Masks, then, they Might be Protected at Various Other Levels, f.ex. up to 70%, eventualy even 90%. But it's enough for a COVID-19 Virus' mini-Particle, as Tiny as 0,5 mm, to penetrate, in order to Kill a Human !

=> So that Warnings have Started against the Risk of ..."False Appearances of Pseudo-Protection" by such ersatz "Masks", which might Provoke Tragedies, if they are erroneously taken for what they are Not...

But, in Public Transports, as even Non-Essential Workers Already Resumed Activities in Spain since April 13, (to be Followed by Sports and Beaches activities on May 4),  while Germany has Opened Small and Medium Commercial Shops, (some Lander going even Further), and France plans to Open Libraries, Start Schools progressively, Authorize Groups of up to 10 People Together on May 11, etc.,  with Greece going from BookShops, Newspapers, and Computers, up to Hair Dressers and Esthetic/Cosmetic services, even Shoes-signing on May 4, similar to German Länder of Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia and Saarland, which added from May 4 also Big Shops, Monuments, Museums and OutDoor Sports/Playgrounds, as well as Groups up to 5 People Together, while Italy reportedly Postponed that for a bit Later : between 18 May and 1st June, (but Added there even Restaurants, etc), Starting, however, Earlier Car and Construction Industries from the End of April, followed by all Manufacturing from May 4, as Austria eyes Shopping Centers, Hairdressers and Outdoor Sport aeas from the Weekend, (etc), obviously, inter alia, the Issue of Protective Masks becomes Crucial and Urgent.                                       

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However, significantly, those 3 German Lânder which Advanced Further in Deconfinement (Comp. Supra) have... Exceptionaly Law rates of Virus' Impact, f.ex. with Saxony-Anhalt had Only ... 5 New Infections this Day, (after just 44 Deaths in Total), Saxony just 38 more Infections, (after 165 Deaths in Total), and Thuringia Only 12 New cases of Infection.

Such Regional Differenciations are also prepared in France (for the After May 11 period of Deconfinement), while they have almost Started, already, also among USA's 50 States, (with President Trump supporting "Opening, but Safely", as he resumed), as well as in the Russian Federation, since the 2nd relevant Speech of President Putin, (etc).

But they are obviously Not Sufficient at all in order to Guarantee asap a Safe Deconfinement, concerning all Activities and Territories of all EU Countries, while various, often Too Ambitious,  Opening Measures are Already Starting, even there where, Still, New Infections and Deaths are Too Many in the EU and elsewhere (Comp. Facts cited Supra)...

All seem Aware that this apparently Precocious EU Deconfinement is very Risky,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         (particularly Compared to the Situation and the Timing followed in China), and "in UnChartered Waters". So that Goverments Warn that Developments may Oblige to Return Back to Protective Measures, Partially or Entirely, at one moment or another. and call everybody to be Careful and Ready to eventually Rectify, (as, f.ex., French Prime Minister Philippe, German Chancellor Merkel, etc).

Several People Denounced Dangers of a "Catastrophe". Others, soberly considered Possible "a 2nd Wave of the Virus, probably on Autumn", (as, f.ex. a Greek Government Expert, ete). Many were clearly Opposed : As, f.ex., 2 against 3 MPs in the French Parliament, who Voted "Abstention" or "No" to a DeConfinement Draft Plan due to Start from May 11.

Sometimes, Net Refusals emerged Even from within a Similar Political circle : F.ex., the Scientific Experts Committee's Conclusion was, in France, Against Starting to Open Schools from May 11, but For Postponing all National Education revival towards the Autumn, from September, (as also in Italy, Spain, a.o., , while Germany is still Thinking)...

+ Several mainstream a.o. Trade Unions of Teachers were Added, meanwhile, among the People Opposed to such an Early Deconfinement on Schools/Education from May, in France, Together with various Groups of Pupils' Families, (Partly UPDATED).

>>> The Most Important : Moreover, it's Not Clear at all Why the EU should, once again, do the Contrary of China, (Comp. Supra), by Limiting the European Schools' Confinement into Only 1 or 1,5 Month (around April), while the Chinese Schools remained practically Closed (even Out of Wuhan) All the way from mid-January, February, March, April, up to May, (Progressive Opening), i.e. about 3,5 Months ?!

A Fortiori, when the Issue of Schools/Education concerns Both the Pupils, and the Educational Staff, their Families, as well as practicaly Everybody, inter alia, also because of the Massive Use of Public Transports, (one of the Most Dangerous places for possible Infections)...     

=> More Generally, Already, even a comparatively "Shy", Gradual Beginning of DeConfinement reportedly provoked an Augmentation of Infection Cases' Average in Germany, Recently, since an Initial 1 to 0,7 relation, (Between an Already Infected Person and New Victims), Rapidly Grew Up to 1/0,8 - 1/0,9 - 1/1... Almost at the Same Time, Germany sliped Near France in Statistics on Virus' Spread Rapidity, with about 1 Month Both (31 or 30 Days, respectively) in order to "Double" their Total Number of Infections, (while for South Korea and China that Spread Currently is as Slow as ...61 and 84 Days, respectively, i.e. Between 3 and 4 Months long !). Meanwhile, a Recent Study Published by the University of Bonn, Warned that the Real Number of Infections in Germany risks to be even ... X 10 Times Bigger than the Current Official Numbers, because too many cases still remain undetected !

>>> In these Circumstances, Angie Merkel Warned of the Need for a Mechanism allowing to Rapidly "Stop" or even "Reverse" an eventual DeConfinement process, if it appears to be too Dangerous for People's Health, and the German Chancellor reportedly seems, in general, quite Hesitant and rather Critical vis a vis DeConfinement Nowadays. But the ...InFight behind Various Opposed Views and/or Interests (See Infra) on Different DeConfinement Plans, has apparently become very "Hot", as it seems rom the Astonishing and UnPrecedented Fact that even Chancellor Merkel has just been Accused to have, reportedly, made a ...Big "Error" of about +11.000 more than "really" Currently Infected People in Germany, whe she Cited a Total Number of about "40.000", instead of "Only" ... "29.000", as a Private outlet Argued, afterwards ! (Partly UPDATED)

 + Meanwhile, in addition, the French Senate (which has a Slight Majority of Center-Right) Voted AGAINST the current Governemental Plan for DeConfinement from May 11 (Comp. Supra), with a Crystal-Clear Majority, (even if its vore canNot Stop a Decision taken by the National Assembly, particularly during this Exceptional period).                                                                                                                     

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Europeans had been Warned, already since 2003, i.e. just after SARS CoronaVirus 1, (f.ex. with a landmark Report to President Chirac in France, by Professor Didier Raoult, etc), about the Need to be Prepared to Face a possible Virus' Pandemia, (provoking Grave Respiratory Problems), including by Producing Protective Material, Treatments, Vaccines, etc., while, inter alia, indeed, more than 1,5 Billions of protective Masks had been Stocked by his successor, F. President Sarkozy, on 2012. But Both were apparently Ignored, afterwards, since those Masks disappeared, without having been replaced, (so that Nowadays everybody notoriously Lacks of Protective Masks against the Virus: Comp. Supra), and almost Nothing was really Prepared, neither in France, nor at EU level, in order to be Ready to Face such kind of Deadly Virus, (not even from the Same Series, as SARS-COV-1, Followed by MERS-COV-2, and Nowadays COVID-19, alias COV-3)...

Some Delayed Efforts were Recently made, Both in France and at EU Level, in order to Try to, at least Partially, Catch Up with the Blatant Lack of sufficient "Masks" (Comp. Supra), after France and almost All EU (with a Slight Difference for Germany) had Committed Previously the Error to practically Stop or seriously Diminish their Production in Europe and Out-Source it Abroad in some Far-Away located Foreign Countries at Other Continents accross the World... But, at least for the Moment, the Currently Available Industrial Production Means (including some Hasty ReConversions, here or there), still appear Tragically InSufficient, (Even for Erzats, Mere "Tissue" Pseudo-"Masks" for Laymen, Unable to really Protect the Person who Wears them : Comp. Supra) !

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>>> In Such Conditions, WHY several EU Countries seem Now preparing to Start a more or less Risky DeConfinement process, (Even in much Worse Circumstances that China did) ?

- It's true that, Apparently, according to some Statistics (particularly from EU sources, as ECDC, etc...), in overall, it Looks as if the Total Number of New infections per Day in EU Countries has somewhat Caved-in, Perhaps Slightly Diminished, during these Last Days.

- But, according to the World Health Organisation's Graphics, European Daily Infections seem Rather to Stagnate, Nowadays, and Not to have Radicaly Fallen Down yet. And EU's own ECDC has just Warned MEPs that this Virus "is Not a Sprint, but a Marathon"-Long Story (Partly UPDATED)...

+ Moreover, it's, at least, a Fact that European Countries' Daily Infections overall Number Still is, Nowadays, very much ...Bigger than what was that of China's at its Worst moment, at the "Peak" of its Epidemic ! I.e. much More than 20.000 New Cases Per Day for the EU, while China had then clearly Less than that, (See relevant Graphic). ++ Things are Even Worse for the respective Daily Numbers of People Killed,  (and this concerns Also Comparisons between EU and Various Other Big Countries in the World : Comp. Supra)...

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=> At First Sight, one may Think at an Economic/Financial Motivation : EU Money to Compensate the Home Confinement of People, and the Shut-Down of Compagnies, would have been, until now, proved to be Less than some expected, (while, on the Contrary, possible EU Money to Invest in New Projects Might, eventually, become soon more Interesting)...

- But, IF EU Countries had Quarantined the Initial Virus' "Hotspot" at NW Italy, and Closed Immediately their Borders, Air-Lines included, (as China and Others Succesfully did : f.ex. Vietnam, Laos, Kambodjia, Mongolia, partly Russia and India at the Beginning, etc), then, they would Never had to face this Horrible Spread of Infections, causing too Many Tragic Deaths, among the European People ! (See, f.ex. "Eurofora"s premonitory Warning, as Early as Since February 22, at : http://www.eurofora.net/newsflashes/news/deadlyvirusheadstoeucore.html, etc). And this would have Spared them from the Obligation, Later-on, to Impose a General Confinement of EU Citizens at Home, Together with a Shut-Down of most Companies Everywhere, (that China and certain Other Countries Partly Avoided).

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- Moreover, could, Now, some EU Leaders assume, in fact, a Heavy Responsibility, to practicaly Betray many of their own Citizens, (including School-Children, Women, Elders, etc), Throw them UnPrepared and UnProtected in front of Obvious Risks to be Infected and even Killed, Just for some Bucks of uncertain Money ?

- However, such an Horrible thing, Might Not even be Needed at all : Indeed, Both the Social and Economic Cost of Nowdays' Massive Confinement probably could be considerably Less, IF some key Changes were made :

* F.ex., Alleviate some blatantly Excessive and Useless Isolation Measures, (I.e., Why Prohibit to Couples living together to simply Walk, side to side, and/or Take their Childen with them in a Brief Walk, as it was done in France and elsewhere ? Why Hinder People to visit Healthy Gardens, Parcs or Forests, Mountains, etc., Good for their Health, if they Respect "Social Distanciation" ? Etc+...). While Also Boosting "Digitalisation", with active, Imaginative Moves, positively Exploiting the Huge Potential that only Started to Reveal that Massive Home Confinement...

* In Addition, the Heavy Financial Burden of all or 80% etc. from the Salaries Even of too Well Paid and/or Rich Individuals, for Doing Nothing during the Confinement, (While, in some Countries, on the Contrary, Poor People were practicaly Abandoned to ..."Humanitarian NGOs", Local Authorities, and so on, particularly at the Beginning), could and should be Replaced by a more Economic and Fair Measure Ensuring just a Sufficient Amount of Money allowing People to Survive in Elementary Dignity during the Crisis, given Monthly to Middle-Class and Poor People, Regardless of Salaries etc., with the Exception of Rich People who doN't Need it.

This would Cost much Less than many Other Current Measures, and it has Already Started to be Practiced Even by the Conservative USA President Don Trump, (who gave 1.200 $ Monthly to Each adult American, i.e. about 3.400 $ for Each Typical Family), for Everyone who was receiving Less than 80.000 $ per Year Before. In Europe, it's even the UK's Rightist Politician Nigel Farage (former Long-Time Head of "UKIP" Party, President of EU Parliament's Political Group of MEPs, and Now Chief of "BREXIT" Party, as well as London Radio Journalist), who Proposed to Distribute "Helicopter (i.e. Exceptional) Money", as he said, of 1.100 £ (about 1.400 €) Monthly to Each adult UK Citizen, (Followed by a Partly Similar Proposal also by a "Labour" MP, published by the "Guardian" Newspaper, etc).

In case of Serious (and Not Superfluous or Excessive) Rent, Mortgage or Debt and other Obligations, the State might Postpone, Block or "Freeze" them, During the Crisis, as Appropriate, (something which has Already been done, Partly or Entirely, by Several Countries).

+ In order to Diminish Financial Expenses for such Popular Measures, and for more Fairness, the State might Also Impose some Logic Taxes Only to very Rich People, particularly whenever their Extra-Ordinary Richness might look as a Scandal in front of such a Hard Crisis : That's what has Already done, f.ex., the Russian President Vladimir Putin, who Decided to impose 2 Taxes, (of about 13% : i.e. the Equivalent of a Worker's Tax on his Salary) : One to Individuals who Receive a Percentage for  several Millions deposed in Banks inside Russia (reportedly about 1% of the Population), and anOther to all Russians who have Exported Big Amounts of Money Abroad, (and who were Not yet Taxed at all by Moscow until now), See f.ex. at : ..., etc.

++In Addition, the State could Promote, Facilitate, and/or even Partly Reward (f.ex. with Adequat Tax Reliefs, Publicity, as US President Trump does with key Private Companies in his White House Press Conferences, etc), various Voluntary Schemes of more or less Rich People (or Collective Entities) who would Contribute to Funds for Basic Social Needs seriously aggravated by the Crisis. Such kind of Contributions have Already started in some Countries, including even from Government Members, MPs, etc., who gave a Percentage of their Substantial Salaries, (f.ex. Greece, even Turkey, etc), and it's well Known that in EU Countries as France, and even Italy, etc, in fact, if their State might be considerably inDebted, nevertheless, they have a Rich Civil Society.

>>> The Point is that, (as, f.ex., French President Emmanuel Macron and Others have Already Observed), this Extra-Ordinary Deadly Virus' Pandemic Crisis has just led Modern States to Intervene inside Economy as Never Before in History since, at least, the 2 World Wars' Past... In order for this to be Efficient, Sustainable, and Fair, it could and should Develop also an adequate "Social" side, as a Complementary Policy, in Harmony within an Overall Strategy, able to Help Tackle this Exceptional Deadly Crisis, at least by Avoiding to be Obliged to Throw Innocent People into Serious Health/Life Risks by too Hasty "DeConfinements", which, Otherwise, Might be mostly Motivated by Economic concerns (Comp. Supra).

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But this is Not the Only Possible Motivation behind Any Lobby which might, perhaps,  be Pushing (at Power's Corridors), more or less Secretly, for an eventual too Hasty DeConfinement, (or, at least, have an Interest supporting that)...

It's, indeed, quite well Known, particularly among Specialists, that, Already, in Europe pre-Exist more than 30 Treatments or Vaccines for various such Viruses, and that Big Pharma Compagnies have Plenty of Selves full with numerous Projects of similar Vaccines, that they were practicaly Obliged to "Freeze" or Abandon, simply Because the concerned Viruses had Suddenly Faded Away, (f.ex. SARS, MERS, etc), leaving No sufficient Patients for Tests, Neither prospective Clients, etc, (as, inter alia, also a Key Article Published at the Specialized NewsMedia "Drug.com", had Already Warned since the Beginning of this COVID-19 Virus' Crisis, as Early as on January/February 2020).

Concerning that point, several "Experts"' notoriously Pushed to ..."Flatten the Curve" of Virus' Spread, as they said, (Instead of "Stopping" that Deadly Virus, as Others Urgently Called, in order to Save Human Lives : See, f.ex. ..., etc), might not stand far away, neither be withOut any relation...

Indeed, if EU Countries were, f.ex. in about 3 or 4 Months' Time, and with Adequate Measures, able to finally Get Rid of that Deadly Virus Before Next Autumn, as China did, withOut uselessly Risking, Earlier, to lose even More Human Lives Nowadays by such Controversial Plans for Hasty, Premature and Dangerous, too Early DeConfinement, then, this would Obviously Harm the Interests of any "Big Pharma" Lobby which might have Heavily Invested, meanwhile, in the Preparation of a Vaccine whose Development might Need something about ..."1,5 Year, at the Best", as Top Technocrat Dr. Fauci had Already Warned, precisely at the Above-mentioned "Drugs.com"'s published Article, (Comp. Supra)...

On the Contrary, a too Early but Progressive "DeConfinement" Policy, by inevitably Boosting Infection Rates, (f.ex. at a cynicaly "Controlled" Pace), might Keep the Pressure (in available Patients, Public Demand, etc) and/or even Augment the Public Funds, that various Commercial Labos doing Research on this Virus' Vaccines may Need in order to Find Enough Time and/or Means to Complete their Projects, if not in 2020, at least on 2021, (as they apparently request : Comp. Facts cited Supra).  

Nobody Claims that such "Dark" Interests might, eventually, Stand Behind some Controversial Draft Plans for an Apparently Too Early and Risky "DeConfinement" Nowadays in the EU and/or elsewhere.

But, at least, Nobody should, No more, stay Blind, in front of the Obvious Risk for some Technocratic "Experts" (perhaps even Linked to the above-mentioned Interests) to, eventually, Feel More Enclined to endorse such Controversial Precocious "DeConfinement" Plans, than a Well-Prepared and Safe Deconfinement Alternative, at the Right Time....

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However, ...Politics canNot be Excluded, a priori, no more, from Any Hypothesis about Eventual various Interests which Might, perhaps, Attempt to exert an UnDue Influence, here or there, over this or that DeConfinement Draft Plan.

"Eurofora" does Not intend to spend more Precious Time in Various Other "Petty Politics" Claims, by some, that, f.ex., certain Public/Private Lobbies Might, Eventually, be Artificially "Blowing Up"n (or, on the Contrary : "Diminishing"), the Numbers of Infections and/or Deaths in Europe, just in order to get more Money from the EU and elsewhere, (or, on the Contrary, Reduce that Money) - Neither that Others, in the USA, might, eventually, Calculate on this Virus' Crisis to Worsen, in order to Undermine US President Trump's chances to win at the forthcoming November 2020 Elections, (etc)...

Obviously, such Claims, even if somewhat Excessive, canNot be Totaly Ignored, But, at any case, they Don't Seem to us to have an Essential, World-wide Political Importance.

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>>> On the Contrary, there is Something Else, (usually Less Known by the Large Public), that People should have also in Mind, in order to Be Sure to Exclude any eventual Big and Tragic Error in the Nowadays' Controversy about Early "DeConfinement" policies :

+ It's an Astonishing FACT that the Announcement of a Tragic Deadly New Virus' Epidemics in China was made just ...1 Day After an Official Chinese Government Announcement that a Controversial "Doctor" (linked, Guided and Backed by an American Lobby related to former POTUS Barack Hussein Obama), who had Secretly made Heritable Genetic Manipulations on 3 Human Embryos, pushing them until their Artificial Births, in a way Influencing Future Generations, was, finally Condemned to 5 Years in Prison, and his Abuse was Denounced (by eminent Members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences) as a serious Crime Against Humanity, (See : http://www.eurofora.net/newsflashes/news/chinacondemnsheritablegeneediting.html, etc) :

- Indeed, that Judicial Case was Publicized on 30 December 2019, while the Deadly New Virus' Epidemic was Revealed on December 31...

=> The 1st move obviously Condemned Dangerous Abuses from a Genetic Manipulations' Lobby, while the 2nd, on the Contrary, Threatened China with a Deadly New Virus, (that some claim to be Fabricated by Labs with Gene Manips), whose Spread might be Stopped, eventually, thanks to some Drugs and/or Vaccines perhaps fabricated by Genetic Manipulations... (Such as, f.ex., the Famous USA "Remdesivir" Drug, precisely Based on Gene Manip, whose Design has Already been Copied by a Chinese Lab).

The Chinese Government notoriously Succeeded to succesfully Fight (and apparently Win until now), against that Deadly new Virus withOut having to use Any Genetic Manipulation Technology, But Mainly by using its Legal and Political Sovereignity, with the Total Quarantine it placed over Wuhan's Region... So that the InFight between an Abusive Technocratic Lobby for Genetic Manipulations, against a more Bio-Ethical, Intellectual and Humanist Group, evolved in favor of the 2nd, at least Until Now.

++ Europe was the 2nd Area in the World, which was Hardly Hit by that new Deadly Virus, shortly After China, and soon Became, UnExpectedly, the ... New "Epicenter" of CoronaVirus, Both in terms of Infections and of Deaths.

Controversial initial Choices made to Not Close Borders, Neither put into Quarantine the 1st Virus' "Hotspot", in NW. Italy, (Opposite to what China succesfully did vis a vis its own Wuhan Region's Hotspot, entirely Isolated), added to a Refusal, (and even Prohibition, at least in France), to use the apparently Promising, Cheap, CopyRight Free, and pro-Natural Human Immunity System Treatments, via mainly HCQ, (added to an Anti-Viral and Zinc vitamin), led to a particularly Wide Spread of the Virus, Obliging to go into Delayed and too Strict General Confinement Measures, a Wider Economy Shut-Down, etc, and practically Leaving the EU at the Mercy of a Big Pharma and Genetic Manipulations' Lobby, (as f.ex. in the Doubtful case of "Remdesivir" Drug, etc), Nowadays Threatened, moeover, even by some Risky, obviously Too Early, Precocious "DeConfinement" Attempts, which Now Threaten to even Worsen a Tragic situation, (Comp. Supra).

But Europe is Also the Only Region of the World which Already has a Legal Treaty Prohibiting Heritable Genetic Manipulations of Humans, (CoE's 1998 "Oviedo" Convention, OutLawing even the "Cloning" of Humans, and Open also to Any Other, even Non-European Countries), and where Various Top Political Circles (from the "ChristianDemocrats/EPP" up to "Green" MEPs and Others), had just Started to Express their Will to Strive in order to Establish a "Global Ban", against such Dangerous Moves versus Humankind, as the above-mentioned Heritable Gene-Editing, (Comp. Supra, and See, f.ex.: http://www.eurofora.net/newsflashes/news/eppvpresidentandmepsongermlinemanipban.html + http://www.eurofora.net/newsflashes/news/greengrouppresidentonbioethics.html, etc).

So that, by Provoking so UnExpected and AbNormaly Serious Problems to the European People, in that Field, Nowadays, some would practicaly Block International Efforts to SaveGuard Humankind from such Heritable Genetic Manipulations' Threats Nowadays...

+++ USA is Now the 3rd Area in the World which has, more Recently, Started to be also Hardly Hit by the Deadly Virus, (even if it hasn't yet bypassed the EU, until nowadays).

This comes at a particularly Bad Moment for the current US President Don Trump, because the subsequent Shut-Down has just shatered an Economy that he has Earlier Boosted Considerably, Hoping to Win, thus, the forthcoming, Crucial November 2020 Elections...

But, Trump is the Only Hope, Nowadays, to eventualy Oppose that Abusive Private Sector's Americano-Chinese Technocratic Lobby pushing for Heritable Genetic Manipulations Dagerous for Humankind, since the era of Former POTUS Barack Hussein Obama, with whom it was Linked (Comp. Supra), and whose appointed Cronies even Explicitly pushed to Accept, under some Vague pseudo-"Conditions", (See, f.ex.: http://www.eurofora.net/newsflashes/news/heritablegenemaniptrumpxihumanity.html, etc) : Indeed, the Other, "Socialist"/Liberal Dems' Party's Candidate in the November 2020 USA Elections, Biden, is merely a Former Vice-President of Obama, chosen by himself, who would certainly pursue a Similar Agenda !

=> So that, the more Direct way to efficiently Face Nowadays the imminent Risk (since Autumn 2018) of Heritable Genetic Manipulations, Dangerous for Humankind, is for a Currently Succesfull, Political and pro-Humanity Side in China (apparently led or tolerated by President Xi), to strike a Deal with a POTUS as Trump, who should Win the November 2020 Elections, Together with an Activated and Strong Europe, Free of any eventual "Crush" that might Provoke a Too Hasty "De-Confinement" attempt, (Comp. Supra).   

Otherwise, i.e. in case of a Weakened Europe by a Failed too Early DeConfinement, and an equivalent Obama era's Return via Biden in a USA Weakened by a Similar Event, added to a DeStablized China (eventualy with a 2nd Virus' Wave), then, Humankind would be soon Threatened Both by that Deadly Virus' Pandemic, and by Dangerous Heritable Genetic Manipulations, almost at the Same Time... To the Point that a Pro-Heritable Gene Editing Lobby risked to pose, sooner or later, as a so-called "Savior", in front of Galoping Infections and Deaths, withOut any Visible Conclusion other than to jump at an Atrocious "TransHumanist" Dead End...

A very Dark Science-Fiction Nightmare, which might be less impossible than some think, particularly IF big, Tragic Errors are done in a Hasty, Too Early DeConfinement.

But, will Humankind practically ...Surrender collectively ?

During all its Long History, it Never did !

Even when Facing the Worse Challenges, and/or most Tricky, Misleading situations, Humans Always Found or Created a Path to Survival, in one way or another... 

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*Strasbourg/Angelo Marcopolo/- Astonishingly, Even if Two (2) Different New Trials (one inside China and anOther Outside) in fact Show that the Old and Failed, initially anti-African Ebola, Drug of "Remdesivir", appears to make a Flop also on Nowadays' CoronaVirus, Nevertheless, Company Pressure and Grossly Misleading Presentations in several US Establishment's Medias added to a Controversial Technocrat, currently seem to Push USA's Food and Drugs' Administration (FDA) to practically rumber-stump that Controversial Expensive commercial product, in a Hurry, reportedly Starting from the Next Few Hours !

Both these 2 Recent Studies were Supported by Remdesivir's Company "Gilead", but Both appear, in Substance, InConclusive, Despite UnSubstantiated Claims for the Contrary, on the 2nd one, Too Hastily MisPresented by some, (See Infra).

In Fact, the Chinese Tests' results, Explicitly Critical, faced attempts to be Muzzled, while the 2nd Study was presented by some in a blatantly Misleading way, (i.e. as if it would show a ...Triumph for Redmdesivir, while in Fact, it rather Confirmed its Failure to Save Human Lives, and/or appeared still much More UnCertain/UnTrustworthy than the 1st one)...

Indeed, even the "World Healh Organization" (WHO) was Obliged to Withdraw a Publication at its WebSite which resumed the Negative Conclusions of that 1st Study in China !  

But, soon Afterwards, it's Even the Prestigious Review "The LANCET" which went on to Publish those Critical Results of that China Test, in FULL TEXT...

Meanwhile, However, several US Establishment's Medias inundated the Web with repeated Quotes of some Astonishing Claims made by Controversial Technocrat Dr. Fauci, (Notorious for having Criticized US President Trump, against the popular HCQ Anti-Virus Treatment, a cheap Competitor to expensive Remedesivir), now reportedly Boasting that "Gilead" Company's 2nd Study would ..."Proven" (sic !) that Remedesivir "can Block (re-sic !!) this Virus", and "this is Opening the door to the Fact that we Now Have the Capability of Treating (re-re-sic !!!)", as he said.

Nevertheless, Facts are Facts, and they All Point to the Contrary :

- That 2nd Study (Mis-Presented as Triumphaly Positive : Comp. Supra), in Fact, does Not even Claim that Remdesivir might, eventually, Save More Human LIVES, than any Other routine Treatments against Coronavirus ! Instead, it seems that it Focuses ONLY on a Controvesial and Different Issue about the TIME (Number of Days) used by various Treatments...

But, that Different matter, had Already been Noted, even by the 1st, Chinese Critical Study (Comp. Supra), and finally Dismissed, as "Statistically Not Significant", "Requiring confirmation". At Any Case, it's Obviously NOT that matter which might "Stop" the currently Galoping Massive Tragic Deaths caused by the Virus, (not even according to that 2nd Study, Mis-presented as Triumphaly "positive" by some).

- The 1st Study, made in China, in a Crystal-Clear way, Denounced the Fact that "Remdesivir was NOT associated with ...Clinical Benefits", and "has Not been proven effective for treatment of patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)".

- On the Contrary, its Results even Noted about ...+1,2% MORE DEATHS with Remdesivir, than withOut ! On the Contrary, the 2nd Study, made Elsewhere, reportedly found -3% LESS Deaths with Remdesivir, but this "has Not reached statistical significance", even Dr. Fauci reportedly Acknowledged. 

-  While Neither of those Studies hasN't yet been submitted to Peer Review, However, that 1st Study in China has been Published (initially by WHO, and Afterwards by "The LANCET", But the 2nd Study, made Elsewhere, has Not been Published anywhere (except from a Gilead's brief Press Release)...

+ In Addition, that China Study found that + 6,5% More Patients treated with Remdesivir, than those who took only a Placebo,  faced "ADVERSE EVENTS" which made them ..."Stop early" these Tests, and Go Away...

Among the "Most common" such Adverse Effects" of Remdesivir, it's mainly "Nausea and Acute Respiratory Failure", which were Cited by Gilead itself. (In fact, that Drug has been Tested at least Since 2015, initially as a former Candidate against African Virus of "Ebola", in vain)...

237 Hospital Patients at that 1st Study in China, and More reportedly at the 2nd one, Astonishingly Dispersed ... 68 Hospitals, accross Various Other Locations, Both in the USA and Many Other Countries in the World (so that, Obviously, it becomes quasi-Impossible to ensure Equivalent Conditions between the Remdesivir and Placebo Groups),

could Not Hide, Moreover, the wider Fact that, apparently, People doN't run to Test Remdesivir at all, but, rather, prefer to Go Away : F.ex., +2 Other Tests, previously Scheduled in China, were, Finally ...Abandoned, because almost Nobody was found Willing to Participate as Guinea Pig to them !

Such Facts inevitably Remind also a Previous "Flop" that Remdesivir notoriously Faced Already in the Past, when, after having been Initially Presented as a Drug against African "EBOLA", it was Finally Rejected by Congo as "significantly LESS Effective than (Other) Treatments". +Meanwhile, among the 2 Last Patients reportedly still remaining at a Congo Hospital for Remdesivir Trials, at least 1 (i.e. ...50%), suddenly Run Away...

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 + Moreover, while one of its Stronger Competitors, the HCQ (HydroxyChloroQuine, Together with Azithromycine antibiotic, and Zinc vitamin), currently Costs Only ...5,20 €uros per parcel, and is Free of any CopyRights, (so that practically Everybody may Produce and Sell it to the Market), on the Contrary, Remdesivir would have a Much Higher Price (some reportedly speak about ...800 €uros per Treatment !), and it would be Subjected even to Exclusive "Rights" held by Gilead Compagny, with a quasi-Monopole on its Production...

Remdesivir is a Drug Based mainly on Artificialy provoked Genetic Manipulations, which was Financially and Politically Backed by the Former US President Barack Hussein Obama (a "Socialist"/Liberal of now Opposition Dems Party) since 2015, through an US Army outlet, Initially against "Ebola", But this Failed and it was Dropped on 2019 (Comp. Supra). On the Contrary, promising HCQ-based Treatment (Comp. Supra), is reportedly seeking to Reduce Viral Charge and, particularly, to Strengthen the Natural Human Immunity protection system.

Controversial Dr Fauci, (one among the Members of White House's Anti-Coronavirus Team of Experts), had been Initially Hired at USA's Federal Administration during Former "Socialist/Liberal Dems' Party POTUS Jimmy Carter's era, (while being also reportedly Familiar with controversial Millionaire Soros, Bill Gates Sr., and the Bilderberg circle).  Since then, he has been reportedly continuing Research for a "Vaccine" against HIV, withOut Finding Any, since the 1980ies :  i.e. During about 40 Years  !

Fauci's latest Prognosis for an eventual Vaccine against the CoronaVirus, currently is, at the Best, around 1,5 Years...(And he had Already Singled out and Praised "Remdesivir" as a "Promising"Drug, as Early as Since 2 Months Ago, since the very Beginning of March).

Meanwhile, notoriously, Too Many Thousands of People Die from that Virus, Every DAY, (while FDA has Not Yet really Authorized the World-Popular HCQ).

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*Strasbourg/Angelo Marcopolo/- Despite apparent Gaps (some say Division) on a Recovery Plan of probably about 1 Trillion € , considered by most as necessary to be added to a 500 Billions' Solidarity Agreement against the Virus, EU Leaders seem, in Fact, to be Near a Deal, judging by French President Macron and German Chancellor Merkel's main observations, as well as of those made by EU Commission and EU Council's Presidents von der Leyen and Michel, at the Conclusion of Today's Video-Conference Summit, particularly IF they Focus on Big Projects for Europe's Future.

The 1st Part (already Agreed) is expected to be Ready to Start from the Beginning of June, and it's Composed by 3 main elements : (a) the EIB would Back SMEs, (b) a new EU Regulation supporting Short-Time Work, and (c) the ESM would Fund Virus-related moves, withOut usual restrictions.

In Addition, the ECB has Already announced Recently several Exceptional Measures, on the Monetary side, that EU Leaders clearly Backed.

But, on the Contrary, for the 2nd Part, "there is Not a Consensus" yet, noted Macron, as many others, Pointing mainly at a Difference between those who want to Limit it just in "Loans" for "already InDempted Countries", as he regreted, and those who wish "Grants", (f.ex. by Money raised under Collective "Guarantee"). Indeed, Merkel and others have notoriously Refused "a Collectivisation of Debts", as she said. So that EU Commission was asked to Prepare a Compromise Draft, for Later on May.

Many Commentators were Too Fast to speak about a Risk of "Division", roughly between Southern and Northern EU Member States, (which, comming just After the BREXIT, and in the middle of a Deadly Virus' Pandemic, might Push the EU into a Major Crisis). Merkel acknowledged that, during the "Discussion", the points expressed by EU Leaders "were Not always Uniform", (mainly on the Point "Grants or Loans"), while Macron Warned that, if there is Not a Good Reply to that Question, then Europe Risks to have "No Future".

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Speaking at a Video-Press Conference in Brussels, EU Council's President Michel called for a "Balanced" Solution, while EU Commission's President von der Leyen, Already, suggested a kind of "Mix between Grants and Loans", (but Carefully pointed at forthcoming "Close Consultations with Member States").

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However, "Eurofora" is Firmly Convinced that, from what Macron and Merkel said at Press-Points in Paris and Berlin, immediately After that Video-Conferenced EU Summit, as well as elsewhere recently, it Clearly results that a Satisfatory and Efficient Solution can be really Found in order to Bridge the Core Franco-German and all EU main Positions, mainly by Focusing on Big, Ambitious and Far-Reaching, as well as Popular Big Projects on Europe's foreseable Future. :

- Indeed, Merkel clearly Stressed that it all "is very much also about Investing in the Future". And she Pointed, f.ex., at "Climate"-related moves, "Innovative Mobility", and "Digitalisation", while Adding the "Capacity to Act Strategically Together in Europe".  

- As for Macron, he Strongly Highlighted here his favorite idea for an EU "Strategic Autonomy" and "European Sovereignity", observing that EU Leaders feel the Need to really Back that Now, in Key Areas, f.ex. such as "Digitalisation, Ecology, Industry, etc", where "a Consensus is Emerging".

+ Both Also mentioned, in Addition, a need to "Stimulate" certain "Sectors" which Suffered Heavy "Damages" from the Virus' Crisis, such as "Tourism Industry", and "Cars' Trade", etc, as Merkel mentioned, by Funding "Seriously Affected Region(s)", and/or "Seriously Impacted Sector(s)" of Economy, as Macron highlighted.

- Indeed, "EU is an Overall Block : If you Let Down a Part of the Common Market, where the Most Productive Countries used to sell their Products, then, All of them will Losé", Macron Warned. Because Even Rich Countries depend on the Common Market to sell their Products to others, who must be able to buy them : So that, "Europe is One entity, if you Drop a Part of it, All of it Goes Away !". And Merkel, "very Clearly" stressed : -"A Common Answer is also in the German Interest, because we will only be well in the long run if Europe is well. We are Connected to All of Europe through Value-Chains; ... When these ...are Broken, we All have great Difficulties", she Warned.

++ Concerning EU Projects, Already, since EU's December 2019 Summit, Macron had launched a vibrant call for EU "High-Tech Projects", and an overall EU "Project able to create the Adhesion of our People", (endorsing a Key, long-time stance of "Eurofora" and other real Europeans : See Our NewsReport from Brussels, published then at : http://www.eurofora.net/newsflashes/news/macronmerkelforeuintegrationafterbrexit.html).

Now, one might, perhaps, understand the Problem expressed, f.ex., by an Austrian Politician, as well as Various Others, (f.ex. in the Netherlands, etc), by Complaining, in substance, that - "We canNot Pay Debts for Choices made by Italian (and/or Other) politicians"...

>>> But, What about, f.ex., an Active German Banker or Big Industry, eyeing an opportunity for an interesting Common Project, Jointly with Other EU Member States' Businesses, to Invest in an Ambitious and Promissing Project, meeting Vital EU Needs, able to Develop Europe and its Role in the World ?

- Macron has somewhat Eased, perhaps, things, by referring Now, f.ex., into Grants from an EU Recovery Fund or EU's Budget, after an Emmission covered by a Collective "Guarantee", and "under very Clear Rules and Governance accepted by All", as he stressed...

=> In Other Words : What about Inclusive, Attractive and Ambitious EU Projects of Common Interest, Able to Develop Europe and Boost its Role in the World, as well as Stimulate EU Citizens' Support ?

Wouldn't that Deserve, sometimes, perhaps, in all or part, a "Guarantee" to a Body as an EU "Recovery" or "ReVival" Fund, charged to Monitor such Big Projects according to the Best General Interest of the investors and Europe ?

>>> Here, it's Obviously Useful to refer to an Interesting Publication, made Earlier Today, at "Eurofora"s own Web Forum, by a most Faithful Poster, "GVK369", expressing mainly Ideas that "Eurofora" has, in substance, Formulated and Supported since a Long Time ago, which Deserves a FULL TEXT Citation (See : http://www.eurofora.net/forum/index.php?topic=942.0) :

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<< EU: Big Projects, Not just petty Logistics !..

« on: April 23, 2020, 08:13:08 PM »

EU Leaders should use this Post-BREXIT era's beginning in order to Boost New, Big, Inventive, Ambitious, and Popular European Projects, that they were Hindered to do Previously, particularly due to UK's earlier notorious reluctance, Instead of Only Delaying and Quarrelling about petty and sterile Money-Sharing issues, partly worsened by UK's departure, followed by the Virus, etc...

Such EU Projects, able to Mark the History of nowadays World, Attract Huge Popular Support, Stimulate the European Economy and Develop Science/Technology, could Spread accross a Large Spectrum of topical Possibilities :  

I.e. from Air-Space (f.ex. a Shuttle and/or other ReUsable Space Vehicle, a Space-Based "Early Warning System", Planets Exploration, Complete "Galileo", etc); Defense, (f.ex. Advance towards an EU Army, by developing EuroCorps etc, progressively Mutualise Army Spending/Procurements, set up a real EU Civil Protection Force against Natural and/or Man-made Hazards/Disasters, Create an EU Bio-Defense Force against any Hostile Bio-Warfare and/or Deadly Virus or other Pandemics, etc) ; Digitalisation (f.ex. a European SmartPhone, a New and independent Operating System, Key Softwares, Tele-Work in Rural Areas, etc) ; Transports (f.ex. a +600 km/h High Speed Train, PanEuropean High-Speed Rail Links, Ecologic Helico-Propulsed individual Air Vehicles, PanEuropean Rivers-Seas Networks for classic and modern Ships, etc); Agriculture (Food Independence, Quality, Safety and Health, Wood + Stones + Water Production, as well as Rural Spaces maintenance and/or Public use for Sport/Holidays/Exploration, etc) ; European History (f.ex. an Anthology with the Best Examples of Victorious Unity of many European Countries from Ancient Times to Nowadays, Collections of the most Brillant Ideas, Culture/Arts, Theories or Inventions created by Europeans, Europe's best role in the World, the most Brave Examples of European People's Resistance Facing various Threats, tragic Errors, Oppression, Aggressions, and their Struggle for Freedom, Democracy and Human Rights, etc) ; EU Citizens (f.ex. Boost Civic Participation in Public Decision-Making, popularise EU Civic Education, clarify and strengthen an EU Citizen Status making people feel Proud of being European, etc)...

=> In Most of these cases, the required Money will be Generated, in one way or another, and/or Attracted by a lot of such Big collective EU original Projects, able to Unite and Develop both the Interests, the enthousiasm and the Minds of all Europeans, (instead of Dividing by traping them inside narrow, petty Money-Sharing quarrels withOut Oxygen and Real Horizons)... >>

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+ "Eurofora" would Add ; - These are Just SOME among the much More and Better, Numerous and Various possible EU big Projects with Huge Potential nowadays, for the foreseable Future !

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