Daniel Defoe (that of Robinson Crusoe) had written in 1722 a
Journal of the year of the plague
, memories of the great plague of 1665 in London.
Difficult to find a more explicit and colorful account of the consequences of fear on a population.
Some abandon all moral principles.
Others start peddling invented rumors that make your hair stand on end.
Still others, once reasonable in behavior, indulge in abominable witchcraft.
Denouncement flourishes, madness wins, suicides multiply.
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Jean-Philippe Vincent: "the main driver of French policy vis-à-vis Covid-19 remains the logic of fear"
We are not there yet - it must be said that Covid-19 is not the plague!
- but our ultra fragile psychologies probably leave us as distraught by this virus as our ancestors by the plague.
It was fear that made them wander, and it is again fear that leads us astray, in whole and in detail.
Our rulers know it.
The past three weeks have been significant in a period that has lasted for almost a year.
Everything was
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