By launching his
"health war"
against the Covid-19, on March 16, Emmanuel Macron also launched hostilities against
"false rumors
", "
semi-experts
" and
"false knowing"
.
Seven months later, Wednesday, by choosing the curfew to avoid containment in the face of the second wave of the epidemic, the head of state blasted
"permanent debates on facts or scientific truth",
in
" the land of the Lights and of Pasteur ”
.
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Defender of the principle of
"lucidity" in the
face of the virus - one of the
"reasons for hope"
according to him - the President of the Republic reaffirmed his concern that
"the information is transparent and shared",
bringing again his support for the
“Scientific Council”
,
“which plays an essential role”
and
“will be perpetuated”
.
"If we are based on the facts"
,
"we can say"
that the epidemic is
"serious"
, he insisted.
His annoyance is reminiscent of another of his spikes last March.
At the time, he protested against the “commentators” during a brief speech at the opening of an interministerial crisis unit.
“I congratulate all those who foresaw all elements of the crisis, once it took place.
Commentators are full of it, ”
he said at the time.
In echo, its Prime Minister of the time, Édouard Philippe, had blamed in April the
"commentators having a perfectly clear vision of what should have been done according to them at all times".