Jacques Choucair

Didier Raoult, the Korean Study and the Lure of Oversimplification

Makram Haddad, 21/10 09:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Jacques Choucair Marwan Ghosn Didier Raoult HDF

An internationally reputed microbiologist before 2020, Didier Raoult moved to the eye of the media storm with his promotion of hydroxychloroquine. Raoult, from Mandarin to Divisive ‘Star’ Since then, investigations, methodological critiques and disciplinary proceedings have piled up: in May 2023, his “off-protocol” regimens and a massive ...

Covid in Lebanon: Who’s Afraid of “Frankenstein”?

Makram Haddad, 04/10 09:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Lebanon Covid-19 Frankenstein Jacques Choucair

“Covid cases never really stopped, but people stopped testing: many self-diagnosed it as ‘flu,’ dry or wet,” notes Prof. Jacques Choucair, head of the Infectious Diseases Department at Hôtel-Dieu de France (HDF). In recent weeks, he has seen a real increase, driven by the return of the diaspora and our close-contact habits—“the three ...

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