THE QUESTION.
While the government has just revealed a timetable for the gradual lifting of restrictions to fight against Covid-19 in France, the debate is raging: is it premature?
Or on the contrary, should we have made a reduction earlier?
This Friday, January 21 in the morning, the scientific community is divided on this subject.
Some believe this easing is out of step with epidemic indicators.
Others, like emergency doctor Gérald Kierzek, think restrictions in France could have been lifted “
weeks ago
”.
"
In terms of health, we could have said for weeks that we should not restrict and constrain people because we had the examples of South Africa, the United Kingdom or Denmark and we understood that Omicron was more contagious but less severe.
Especially since the hospital indicators are not moving
, ”argued the doctor on Europe 1.
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A discourse shared by some politicians.
Thursday, on BFMTV, the leader of Debout la France Nicolas Dupont-Aignan also pleaded for an outright abandonment of health measures, as do "
England and Spain
".
On the same channel, Marine Le Pen did not say anything else, stressing that “
many countries are reducing their constraints
”.
So, where is France really compared to its neighbors?
Are they lifting their restrictions more or less quickly than us?
LET'S CHECK.
Let's start by recalling the calendar...
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