Posted on 08/20/2020 11:22:55 AM PDT by Olog-hai
In an interview that seems to signal that France will not be returning to lockdown, president Emmanuel Macron says that the country “cannot be put on hold” by coronavirus.
While at the presidential holiday home in Brégançon on the French Riviera, Macron gave an interview to magazine Paris Match — complete with traditional “at home”-style photos of himself and his wife Brigitte in their holiday attire.
And he told the Paris Match journalist: “We can’t shut the country down because the collateral damage of lockdown is considerable. Zero risk never exists in any society. We must respond to this anxiety without falling into the doctrine of zero risk.”
France enforced one of the strictest lockdowns in Europe from mid March to mid May, with people confined to their homes, businesses shut down and travel heavily restricted. This lead to a massive contraction of the economy and set France on course for its worst recession since 1945 — although current projections show that the Spanish and UK economies were hit much harder. […]
France’s advisory Scientific Council has previously said that the country will not return to a national lockdown, but there could be local lockdowns if necessary. …
(Excerpt) Read more at thelocal.fr ...
Has anyone thought of identifying the fraudulent numbers and subtracting them from the real ones?
Especially in the United States?
Lol. Even Frenchy has more balls than RATs.
“We can’t shut the country down because the collateral damage of lockdown is considerable. Zero risk never exists in any society. We must respond to this anxiety without falling into the doctrine of zero risk.”
Holy ****, I agree with Macron more than many of our politicians.
I think France also has the highest percentage of their power generation from nuclear power.
I’m so confused anymore...
I don’t know what holiday the French are celebrating, although it actually is St. Bernard Day in the Catholic Saint feast day calendar.
It’s August.
In Europe the whole dang month is a bloody holiday.
***So far, rates of hospitalisation, intensive care patients and death rates remain stable. Public health officials say that they largest group of people testing positive is young people who tend to have milder symptoms, but the fear is that they will then spread it to older people and death rates will begin to rise again.***
Hey Macron, that’s the same fear here in the US. How about we try to use early treatment for those who are at-risk? Something like HCQ + zinc + azithromycin seems to work well, and I’m sure there are lots of other early treatments (asthma medication nebulizer) that are also beneficial.
Gosh, that sounds awful.
I look forward to working myself to death for a declining dollar.
Substitute the word “vacation” for “holiday” and it will make more sense.
France gets it before the DNC.
What? That didn't solve their problems? Probably not enough mask wearing I suppose.
"You can pay me now, or you can pay me later."
No wine, cheese, or mistress availability...
The ‘Rats are using the virus as an excuse for effing up America.
The Democrat Party has taken being sore losers to an entirely unreasonable level
Perhaps Jupiter (Macron) can turn Mercury (Fauci) into a myna bird!
I worked here in America for a company that was owned by a Dutch company. I was amazed that I got 4 weeks of vacation from the day I started working there.
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