French people into death”, and that opponents of hydroxychloroquine are “bought and corrupted by the pharmaceutical industry”. These statements outrage many health care providers. Consequently, the Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) referred the matter to its ethical authorities. By extension, in a letter dated June 24, 2020, the director general of this body, Martin Hirsch, asked its ethics committee to give an informed opinion “before the end of July” in order to detect or invalidate the existence of possible “breaches of ethical obligations (...) in a situation where statements are made with the authority conferred on a position of responsibility in a public university hospital”. The National Council of the French Medical Association (CNOM) was thus called upon to react and, shortly afterwards, referred the matter to the Departmental Council of the Hauts-de-Seine Medical Association for a decision on possible sanctions. References COVID-19 pandemic in France French literature French essays 2020 essays Medical literature Éditions Albin Michel books