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BACKGROUND: In the absence of a treatment still considered universally effective, and of a vaccine validated by the health authorities, we wanted to know which Catholic saint the European Christian community turned to in the event of infection with Covid-19 to request a miraculous healing. METHODOLOGY: An online survey was carried out on a sample of 1158 adults using social media tools. RESULTS: All results are presented in this research, with a few saints in the majority, and some dictated by the symptomatology of the Covid-19 infection or the personalities of certain « doctor guru ¼. CONCLUSION: This medico-anthropological study is revealing the psychology of Western patients vis-à-vis the magic-religious means used in the fight against diseases, particularly in the epidemic/pandemic context.
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How do funeral rituals adapt when death is of infectious origin, or when death occurs in an epidemic context? What changes are needed? What anthropological fundamentals are altered, diverted or reversed? We will see, in the following anthropological and historical examples, how the community of the living deals with its fears and metaphysical demands vis-à-vis the community of the deceased, dealing with codes and beliefs. In short, how parallel rituals have been established to satisfy both parties.
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Conducta Ceremonial , Ritos FúnebresRESUMEN
It is certainly too early to take stock of Professor Raoult's intuitions, and moreover, that is not the aim of this short article. Nevertheless, experience has shown that in times of unprecedented health crises, prescriptions often turn out to be adventurous, especially when it comes to a new virus. The collective imagination around a remedy often takes the place of a guarantee or, on the contrary, a safeguard. Here, the authors question the implementation of hydroxy-chloroquine treatment in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. How was his prescription discussed in this context of crisis? What lesson can we learn from medical anthropology and the history of medicine, by witnessing other epidemics and atypical or unconventional substances or behaviors of practitioners?
Il est certainement trop tôt pour faire le point sur les intuitions du professeur Raoult, et ce n'est d'ailleurs pas le but de ce court article. Néanmoins, l'expérience a montré qu'en période de crise sanitaire sans précédent, les prescriptions se révèlent souvent aventureuses, surtout lorsqu'il s'agit d'un nouveau virus. L'imagination collective autour d'un remède se substitue souvent à une garantie ou, au contraire, à une sauvegarde. Ici, les auteurs s'interrogent sur la mise en Åuvre du traitement à l'hydroxy-chloroquine dans le contexte de la pandémie de la COVID-19. Comment sa prescription a-t-elle été discutée dans ce contexte de crise ? Quelle leçon pouvons-nous tirer de l'anthropologie médicale et de l'histoire de la médecine, en étant témoins d'autres épidémies et de substances ou comportements atypiques ou non conventionnels des praticiens ?
