Emmanuel Macron chose not to follow the doctors who recommended immediate confinement, and it was obviously his right.
The discussion which immediately began to know whether his decision was courageous or not in the face of the "hygienist dictatorship" does not make much sense.
Read also:
No confinement: "The chef's surprise"
It is in fact probable that by reconfiguring the country without delay, the president would have taken the risk of seeing the proliferation of civil disobedience movements, as in the Netherlands, without having however the ability to take advantage of it to accelerate the rhythm of vaccinations since we are still in a shortage situation.
By choosing the wait-and-see approach, there was therefore little risk, at least initially, if not to run up against a handful of epidemiologists that we could not imagine going down in the street to punch with the police, surrounded by black blocks.
In the eyes of opponents of confinement, to abstain may have been courageous, it was to believe them to demonstrate this famous Gaullian spirit.
This article is for subscribers only.
You have 79% left to discover.
Subscribe: 1 € the first month
Can be canceled at any time
I ENJOY IT
Already subscribed?
Log in
