Today, the Quarter Hour invites four-legged amputated swimmer Théo Curin, who is releasing his autobiography in which he talks about his “difference” which made his “strength” and allowed him to take up all kinds of challenges. We take stock of the latest fuel prices and all the consequences for the French of the war in Ukraine. And then this Wednesday, March 16 marks another step forward for homosexual men, who can donate blood, unconditionally.
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“Have you had sex with another man in the past 4 months?” This is the question that disappeared this Wednesday, March 16 from the form of the French Blood Establishment (EFS), thus opening up to homosexual men the possibility of donating blood, now without any conditions. This day therefore marks the end of a discrimination established in 1983 due to an increased risk of contamination with the AIDS virus at the time. Today, the medical director of the EFS explains that the delays between contamination and its detection are shorter and that the risk is therefore “reduced”.
While the French government unveiled, this Wednesday, March 16, its “resilience plan” of 25 billion euros to deal with the war in Ukraine, the Quart d’Heure lists with a journalist from the economy department of franceinfo all the economic consequences of this conflict for the French. From the hotelier in Courchevel who has lost his Russian clientele to the poultry farmer who is faced with an additional cost linked to gas, and via the manufacturer of bidets in the Jura, a multitude of professions are indirectly touched.
“‘The purpose of this book is to touch those who have had glitches in life and those who are doing very well”
Theo CurinThe Quarter Hour
And then the Paralympic swimmer Théo Curin released his autobiography “The chance of my life”, this Wednesday March 16, at Flammarion. The one who had his four limbs amputated after meningitis at the age of 6 reveals a few pages for the Quarter Hour and looks back on this “strength” which has driven him since his illness and which has enabled him to overcome the setbacks and take on all sorts of challenges.