There was May 11, there was September 11.
Two dates for which Emmanuel Macron banged his fist on the table.
As a reminder that the choices, including in health matters, belonged to the political power, and not to the scientists.
At the end of confinement, many experts were worried about a return to normal and advocated a very gradual exit.
Pr Delfraissy even suggested keeping people over 65 in confinement.
While the doubt had rubbed off even within the executive, it was Macron who imposed deconfinement for all on May 11.
The respect of this date that he had announced to the French being in his eyes one of the first criteria of credibility of the whole strategy to fight against the Covid.
Between increased caution and renewed mistrust of an opinion that would not have been shown the exit of the tunnel, the president had decided.
Mostly alone against all.
Emmanuel Macron understood that agitating new coercive or punitive provisions would expose to a double danger
Four months later, the president plays a similar score.
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