Two steps forward, three steps back? For Axel kahn, the government's strategy has no tail and no head. While the curfew at 6 p.m. is rife for two months now in France, Emmanuel Macron had opened a doorway by evoking a "relaxation" health protocols in the coming weeks. However, Thursday March 11, 2021, the Minister of Solidarity and Health apparently backpedaled … During his weekly press briefing, Olivier Véran, who was however enthusiastic about the progress of the vaccination campaign, confirmed that confinement could be considered if the health situation did not improve. A statement that had the gift of horrifying the writer and scientist Axel Kahn, who was quick to share his anger on Twitter.
"We could have avoided it by confining it after the holidays"
"If necessary, we will re-define Île-de-France. We still have a chance not to take additional measures but we are closer to taking more than loosening", confided a relative of Olivier Véran to BFMTV, before adding that "everything is on the table for next week". A few minutes later, Axel Kahn jumped up: "In the spring, when it could have been avoided by confining it after the holidays, here is an idea that will please!", he posted on his Twitter account on Friday March 12, 2021. And obviously, he is not the only one to think so: "Ten weeks which they confine in Germany. Daily Covid deaths almost identical to ours", commented an angry internet user. So why Emmanuel Macron did not mention confinement earlier?
According to the latest speeches by Jean Castex, several factors are involved in the contamination with Covid-19 and confinement could not halt their development. The epidemiologist Jonathan Roux, interviewed in the columns of Marianne on the subject of a re-containment, evokes a "risky bet" that Emmanuel Macron would have preferred not to take: "At any time, we can have an increase or a decrease in the number of contaminations. Even if Emmanuel Macron is right and the epidemic is receding on its own without containment, in the end his 'bet' will have cost lives, while these deaths could have been avoided with containment. " A decision that should be taken in the coming weeks?
In the spring, when it could have been avoided by confining it after the holidays, here is an idea that will please!
– Axel Kahn (@axelkahn) March 12, 2021
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