“research, in times of epidemic, must guide adults”, says Professor Patrice Débré

The Covid-19 epidemic affects many people in France. On the set of 23 hours of Franceinfo Wednesday November 24, Patrice Debré, professor of immunology at Sorbonne University and author of the book Research in times of epidemics published by Odile Jacob, affirms that “research, in times of epidemic, must guide adults”. “I also show it with what happened through the whole AIDS story and how important research was to understand both what the virus was, the damage it could cause and also all the treatments that happened afterwards “, he explains.

Asked about the effectiveness of the vaccine against the Delta variant of Covid-19, Patrice Debré recalls that we have learned that “the effect on the transmission of the virus decreases over time. The effect on the disease seems to last longer. But the studies, little by little, will make it possible to refine, to account for the effect of the one or the other on the new variants, at least on the Delta variant which is currently predominant. And we will gradually learn to fight more and better “.