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The Figaro editorial: "The virus and the president"

2020-12-17T19:38:04.494Z


By Vincent Trémolet de Villers, deputy editor-in-chief. Breaking news ! The President of the Republic is a man like any other. Its function is not an immunity totem. Both of the king's bodies are vulnerable to the viruses circulating. Emmanuel Macron like hundreds of thousands of French people before him is positive for Covid-19. The symptoms at the moment are mild; we want them to stay that way. Already, the magnifying glass of information auscultate


Breaking news

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The President of the Republic is a man like any other.

Its function is not an immunity totem.

Both of the king's bodies are vulnerable to the viruses circulating.

Emmanuel Macron like hundreds of thousands of French people before him is positive for Covid-19.

The symptoms at the moment are mild;

we want them to stay that way.

Already, the magnifying glass of information auscultates every gesture of the past week.

We track down the handshake, the hug, the dinner for more than six, the mask that we take off, the nocturnal meetings that last for several hours: the daily life of a head of state in the 21st century .

In the shadow of the messages wishing a speedy recovery, we can already detect the controversial spirit.

And the mask permanently?

And the barrier gestures?

And exemplarity?

The preachers of zero risk take advantage of the windfall, the little digital pawns who rejoice in spreading the suspicion of irresponsibility are in heaven.

Would it not be the expression of justice

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Source: lefigaro

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