French official suggests homeless should "stay home"

A French government official found herself in hot water when she offered advice to the vulnerable population coping with the cold wave in France.

Source: Reuters

Thursday, 09.02.2012.

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A French government official found herself in hot water when she offered advice to the vulnerable population coping with the cold wave in France. In a blog post last weekend, French Secretary for Health Nora Berra wrote that toddlers, old people, the sick and homeless were particularly vulnerable and should "avoid going outdoors", Reuters reported. French official suggests homeless should "stay home" Media and interent social media picked up on the post, saying that the official was suggesting that the homeless should not leave their homes. In an attempt at damage control, Berra posted a link on Twitter to her updated blog that no longer contained the reference to the homeless. "There are some subjects that lend themselves badly to irony," she tweeted on Tuesday. The ice-cold snap that has been gripping Europe in the past few weeks claimed hundreds of lives, many of them homeless people. Homeless people sit on a sidewalk in Paris (Beta/AP) Reuters Tanjug

French official suggests homeless should "stay home"

Media and interent social media picked up on the post, saying that the official was suggesting that the homeless should not leave their homes.

In an attempt at damage control, Berra posted a link on Twitter to her updated blog that no longer contained the reference to the homeless.

"There are some subjects that lend themselves badly to irony," she tweeted on Tuesday.

The ice-cold snap that has been gripping Europe in the past few weeks claimed hundreds of lives, many of them homeless people.

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