Jean Paul Mira, the French doctor who alongside his colleague Camille Locht asked for a new Coronavirus drug to be tested in Africa, has apologized after their statement triggered a worldwide outrage.
LIB reported earlier that Jean Paul Mira and Camille Locht who spoke on a live TV interview, insisted that Africa is the best place to conduct such test as they recalled how an experimental treatment for AIDS was carried out in Africa.
The dcotors were discussing about a "repurposed" tuberculosis vaccine as a COVID-19 beater during an expert chat on television, when the suggestion was made. The drug is currently being trialled in several European countries and Australia.
Mira, who is the intensive care unit (ICU) head at the Cochin hospital in Paris has now apologized over his comment which incited an outcry.
In a statement released on Friday April 3, Mira's employer, the Paris network of hospitals quoted him saying:
"I want to present all my apologies to those who were hurt, shocked and felt insulted by the remarks that I clumsily expressed on LCI this week."
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I wish the president would use this as an opportunity to heavyly invest in scientific institutions to come out with something. We cannot always sit with our uselesssss ***barred word*** and expect someone to invent/produce vaccines.We have very young and intelligent guys who could be motivated to research into cure for the virus. Good name is better than riches. Richard invented solar running water and our youth are capable of doing more if given the necessary assistance. Politics/elections aside
You people are dying like pigs from covid19 and yet still the madafucka wants to try this in Africa, ***barred word*** ***barred word***'s.
Africa is a dumping site especially Ghana .. i don’t blame him They did same in previous so they can do that again Imagine they are giving out $20 million dollars to accept the proposal then you will see both politicians will be come one and take the money and share because we the citizens f0.0.ls we can’t become one and fight for our right
Africa leaders must wake up and sine very bright you have hear it from the horses own mouth, Africa African ,African leaders must wake up and stop going to these people for loans, Africa you are very rich, God blessed us with our land with every thing in it why are you still looking for? African leaders stop been wickets to your selves and rather thinking how to built our continent for Africans and stop going to these wickets people for loans.
Apology my foot. This inherently ign0ran+ raci$+ c-U_N+ has been outed. How many Africans or people of colour has this so called Doctor k1!!£D or M*UR-D£_R£D in his care. African countries should place him on watch and bar him from entry onto the continent once this the pandemic is over.
After African countries have sat down for them to develop the vaccines ,allowing it to be tested in our continent will be our contribution. No contribution no chop! ***barred word*** na mu wo a mu fre omu s3 leaders nu have failed us big time! They are always ready to borrow as long as any one is ready to lend! I am sure if the devil himself is giving loans African leaders will rush to borrow! Aba!
Africans are hypocrites! You have been accepting worst from your corrupt and clueless leaders/dealers and that is why you are in this position where everybody thinks Africa is the testing ground for everything! The guy said they had already done a similar thing with HIV in Ghana and other countries in the past so what is the outcry about? We should direct our anger and frustrations towards our leaders who have cheapened us and always go on a borrowing spree only to luut the money and repeat the cycle! A continent that has all the resources of the world is still poor and beggarly; are we not ashamed! Such people should insult us more and prick our conscience to think and be creative! And IMF/World Bank should stop giving African countries loans because such loans only end up in the bank accounts of politicians and their cronies in business. They contract the loans only for them to abandon the projects after taking their kickbacks and merely repeat the cycle with the next round of loans!
In fact he shouldn't apologize because he has made Africans known the true colors of people of his kind...Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks… apology not needed nor accepted....thank you