Health

2023-11-24 19:31:00

Despite himself, goalkeeper Marc-André Fleury seems at the heart of a controversy because of his desire to wear a mask paying homage to the First Nations on Friday.

The Quebecer planned to use the piece of equipment on the sidelines of the game once morest the Colorado Avalanche, on the occasion of a special Minnesota Wild evening highlighting indigenous heritage and moreover, number 29 was proud to feature the mask designed by Cole Redhorse Taylor, an artist from the Prairie Island community. In addition, the club highlighted the object in a promotional text published on its official website regarding the event.

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The entities and stakeholders involved are obviously happy with this initiative, but one organization would not share this enthusiasm: the National Hockey League (NHL). This would have warned Fleury and his team that it will impose penalties if the veteran goes ahead with his idea. And he won’t back down, according to his agent Allan Walsh.

“Marc-André Fleury indicated that in any case, he plans to wear the mask and pay the fine. The NHL then threatened the Wild with additional financial sanctions,” he said on his X account.

Marc-Andre Fleury indicated he was planning to wear the mask anyway and pay the fine. The NHL then threatened the Wild organization with an additional significant fine. https://t.co/iVmCqyQR2H

— Allan Walsh???? (@walsha) November 24, 2023

“As part of the First Nations heritage evening and to pay tribute to his wife [dont la famille est d’origine abénakise et mi’kmaw]Marc-André Fleury had a custom-designed mask. […] Quotes from his father and the names of his children are inscribed there. He is disappointed that the NHL informed him that he cannot even wear it during the warm-up session,” added The Athletic journalist Michael Russo.

However, the 38-year-old athlete has already used a head protector honoring the First Nations, notably in November 2021, when he played with the Chicago Blackhawks. However, as many have observed in recent months, the Bettman circuit is much more cautious regarding socio-political issues likely to create controversy. During the off-season, he scrapped the pieces of equipment normally displayed during thematic evenings such as those on black history and the cause of the LGBTQ+ community.

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2023-11-24 17:01:28

The last resistance to the bronchiolitis epidemic only lasted a short week. After a break during the school holidays, she wasted no time in resuming her progress in France. As proof, the Paca region has just been placed in an epidemic phase. “From now on, all metropolitan regions are concerned except Corsica“, announcement Public Health France in its latest weekly bulletin. “This week, nationally, emergency room visits for bronchiolitis in children under 2 years old increased by more than 35% in one week. Among the 4,662 children under 2 years old who went to the emergency room for bronchiolitis, 4,178 (90%) were under 1 year old.“Another indication, 1,423 (30.5%) children were hospitalized, of which 1,331 (94%) were aged less than one year.”In town, the number of acts SOS Medecins among those under 2 years old is also increasing with 772 acts, a variation of more than 50% in one week,” notes the agency.

A situation confirmed by Aurélie Morand, head of Pediatric Emergencies at Public Assistance – Marseille Hospitals. If even a week ago, it counted on the two Marseille sites, Nord hospital and Timone-Enfants, “around ten young patients per day due to bronchiolitis in the emergency room“, the numbers have more than tripled.”We are in an exponential curve. To date, 16 children (13 Thursday November 23) are hospitalized for bronchiolitis compared to 5 last week. Three are in critical care. In addition to bronchiolitis, the number of visits to the emergency room per day has clearly increased. 180 children received on all sites of the North Hospital and Timone-Children’s Hospital, we record between 100 and 130 visits to each site now. This increase is very usual. Concerning winter epidemics, there is always a gap of around three weeks between the north and the south of the country. The epidemic was expected to catch up with the region. On the other hand, except last year, the curve of bronchiolitis cases always reaches its peak between the end of December and the beginning of January. specifies the manager.

Symptoms to watch out for

A viral pathology mainly due to the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), bronchiolitis most often begins with a common cold which precedes the onset of a cough 2 to 3 days. “This is the first wheezing episode in a child under one year old, explains Professor Morand. The symptoms begin with a picture of nasopharyngitis with a runny nose and somewhat congested bronchi.“Generally benign, it sometimes leads to more or less serious complications.”If the child does not eat normally, that is to say he eats less than half of his usual food rations, if he drinks less than half of his bottles or the mother has feeling that he is not emptying the breast well when he is breastfed, you should be concerned because this has an impact on breathing. If the child digs in the ribs and breathes quickly: this is a sign that he is struggling with his respiratory distress. Finally, if he has episodes of blue lips, if he is very soft, very unresponsive or very pale, these are all severity criteria which indicate hospitalization to benefit from respiratory assistance.specifies the pediatrician.

A new preventive treatment authorized

If last year, bronchiolitis sent thousands of babies to hospital, it now benefits from a vaccine, Beyfortus, developed by the Sanofi laboratory. Initially offered to all babies born since February, it was restricted to maternity wards due to high demand. This weekend, the Minister of Health Aurélien Rousseau announced in a newspaper interview The world, the order of 50,000 new doses. After the deployment of this new monoclonal antibody, a new vaccine once morest bronchiolitis is announced for the coming months. Developed this time by the Pfizer laboratory, the Abrysvo vaccine is aimed at pregnant women and will protect the newborn from birth to 6 months.

Every winter, one in three babies is affected by this disease.

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