we don’t talk about it anymore? This is why the Belgian “doesn’t care”

Published on Monday, April 25, 2022 at 2:00 p.m.

Par Pierre Nizet

Codeco postponed, Sciensano figures become bi-weekly… and sometimes “forgotten”. We have the impression that the Covid epidemic no longer affects anyone in Belgium. This is both true (in people’s minds) and false in fact. Decryption.

To find out the latest Covid figures in Belgium, you have to wait until Tuesday. For the past few weeks, Sciensano has only delivered them on that day and on Fridays in its weekly report. Last week, we even had to wait until Wednesday. Probably because there had been Easter Monday. The Codeco which was first scheduled for March 25 and then Friday April 22 has been postponed to an undisclosed date. Does this mean that there is no more Covid with us
? What does the Belgian care about?

“The Covid is still there. Every day, we diagnose thousands of cases and I know that it is underestimated because I think that many people do not get tested or self-test, ”underlines the inevitable Yves Van Laethem.

➜ “As soon as it is no longer visible and another problem arises, we put the first one in the closet. » But we must remain vigilant
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➜ Same story when you call Bernard Rimé, professor at UCLouvain. He even speaks of a permanent denial. Explanations.