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Poll: French people more worried about health risk than economic risk

2020-08-15T22:10:06.761Z


The French are much more worried about the health risk linked to the coronavirus than the economic risk caused by the spread of the disease, according to an Ifop poll for Le Journal du Dimanche . Read also: How does Switzerland manage to post such a low unemployment rate despite the crisis? They are also still 52% to trust the government to " help companies in difficulty because of the coronavir...


The French are much more worried about the health risk linked to the coronavirus than the economic risk caused by the spread of the disease, according to an Ifop poll for Le Journal du Dimanche .

Read also: How does Switzerland manage to post such a low unemployment rate despite the crisis?

They are also still 52% to trust the government to " help companies in difficulty because of the coronavirus " (48% do not trust it for that), and 41% to trust it to " cope effectively " with the virus (59% do not trust it), according to this poll carried out from August 13 to 14. They were 52% and 42% respectively in the last similar poll at the end of May.

Asked moreover on " what worries them the most ", the French put at the top of their concerns " the health risk on (their) health and that of (their) relatives " (53%), ahead of " the economic risk and in particular the consequences on employment "for them and their relatives (29%), then" the risk for public freedoms with the obligations to fight against the epidemic (compulsory wearing of the mask, restriction of access to certain places) " , at 18%.

Respondents are also 87% to say they are worried about the economic consequences of the coronavirus crisis (13% not worried); 73% are for them and their family (27% not worried).

Source: lefigaro

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