Everything, down to the smallest detail, can be interpreted.
So these days the government spokesperson tries to leave nothing to chance.
For example, Gabriel Attal takes care, when he has a television program, not to go to the hairdresser in the days preceding.
"Otherwise, people immediately say that we are going to reconfigure the country", confides, taken aback, the one who noticed that some (many on social networks) imagine that the ministers have and hide information they would have in advance.
Consequently, a minister who leaves the hairdresser would be the confusing indication of an imminent delivery under a bell ... The fantasy of a hairstyling insider trading, in short ... The anecdote makes you smile, but it reveals level of hysteria in which our society is plunged.
For almost a year now, we have been living to the rhythm of the epidemic figures and their corollary, the “stop-and-go” of containments and re-containments.
Unbearable and constant uncertainty which did not prevent the French, in their great majority, from demonstrating their civility.
Defeating in breach the image of Epinal of the Gaul who free-riders.
The proof, there was no epidemic outbreak after the end of the year holidays.
It can be deduced that the incentives not to gather too many at Christmas have been respected.
Still, there was (yet fortunately) no threat of a ticket.
We will see if it is necessary to “reconfine” again.
It is the Covid-19, unpredictable, which decides.
But the government has control over the modalities.
Perhaps, this time around, hairdressers… will be among the “essential” businesses.
