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Apr 2020
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Les soignants bouc-émissaires de l’épidé...

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Comment éclairer notre présent à la lumière du passé même récent ? Au micro de Caroline Lachowsky, nous retrouvons la philosophe et historienne de la médecine Anne-Marie Moulin. Retour au début de la terrible épidémie d’Ebola qui fit rage en Guinée en 2014, quand ceux qui tentaient de soigner furent pris pour cible.  
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