For how long will France have to live confined? In its opinion published on March 23, the scientific council mentioned a duration of six weeks. Only one thing seems to be taken for granted: the country will not be able to wait until the epidemic has disappeared before resuming its operation. In other words, the virus will still be there when we start leaving our homes and apartments. "Containment does not make it possible to make the virus disappear ," explains Samuel Alizon, CNRS researcher at the laboratory of infectious diseases and vectors: ecology, genetics, evolution and control, in Montpellier. It limits its spread and delays the next epidemic peak to avoid, as much as possible, the congestion of the hospital system. ”
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When an epidemic is stopped artificially, it starts again as soon as the virus starts to circulate again. Closing a country means taking the risk of a new outbreak when it reopens. To be effective, deconfinement must be done gradually, to
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