THE QUESTION
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To govern
is to choose (...)
There is four times the risk of being infected with Covid when you have frequented a bar in the days before.
I can not help it, it is not a question of incriminating anyone, it is a complex fact which contributes to the spread of the epidemic,
”argued the Minister of Health during his hearing in the Senate. , Thursday.
A doctor by profession, Olivier Véran was keen to justify the government's choice to completely close bars and restaurants in “
maximum alert
” areas, which currently cover the island of Guadeloupe and the Aix-Marseille metropolis.
Later in the evening, Prime Minister Jean Castex repeated this argument, but invoking a factor of 3 and not 4.
Read also: Coronavirus: in Marseille, is the situation really worse than in other large metropolises?
"If
there are specific studies on bars and restaurants, we must publish them, give them visibility
", said this Friday morning on Europe 1 the government spokesman, Gabriel Attal, visibly less affirmative.
What is it really ?
From where
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