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In France it's currently illegal to go outside after 7pm, all gyms, museums, cinemas are closed, and all restaurants and bars are take-out only (not even outdoo

In France it's currently illegal to go outside after 7pm, all gyms, museums, cinemas are closed, and all restaurants and bars are take-out only (not even outdoor dining). Of course a mask mandate indoors and outdoors, but I agree that's not a huge inconvenience relative to the others... Those are just the restrictions actively enforced. Technically one can't go more than 10 km from their house, but I'm not sure how much that's really enforced.

sharken 5y ago
Similar restrictions were also implemented in Ireland. If France is on the same course as the UK, then they will have to reach 50% vaccinated for the first time, before the government will lift many of the restrictions. To me curfews that dictate that you cannot go outside is not the european way.
- snakeboy 5y ago
  Agreed on curfews. The police effectively corral all the aperos and picnics from open-air parks into tiny overcrowded apartments every evening. Though the French government has already announced plans to gradually lift restrictions throughout May and June. No telling if they'll stick to it though :)
- sofixa 5y ago
  > To me curfews that dictate that you cannot go outside is not the european way. Is death the European way? In France, the curfew was implemented in order to avoid a more serious lockdown, and tightened when needed, only after hospital admission rates' progression were dangerously close to hospital capacity. Nobody wants to limit personal freedoms, but considering the alternative was to let hospitals overflow and people die waiting for care, was there really any actual choice? If temporary limits to personal freedom are the price to pay to not sacrifice your fellow co-citizens.. Who is still arguing against them? Are human lives less important than your right to go outside? And of course everything is temporary. It has real life economic costs, people don't like it, and there will be elections sooner or later. Even if a power tripping politician likes keeping the population under curfew, they won't last.
  - galoisgirl 5y ago
    I'm all for fighting the pandemic and not dying, I just doubt curfews are the way to do it. They force people to gather in shops and public transportation at the same time.
  - anoncake 5y ago
    > Are human lives less important than your right to go outside? Yes, of course. Depending on the number of years potentially lost.
cbwk 5y ago
These restrictions are so stupid. Meanwhile people go to large weddings [1], meet in homes for parties and of course have to go to the supermarket. Are there even numbers how many infections occur in supermarkets? Any measurements? What has the government been doing in the past year? [1] It is of course not politically correct to ask in which population segments such weddings occur.

sharken 5y ago

Similar restrictions were also implemented in Ireland. If France is on the same course as the UK, then they will have to reach 50% vaccinated for the first time, before the government will lift many of the restrictions. To me curfews that dictate that you cannot go outside is not the european way.

snakeboy 5y ago
Agreed on curfews. The police effectively corral all the aperos and picnics from open-air parks into tiny overcrowded apartments every evening. Though the French government has already announced plans to gradually lift restrictions throughout May and June. No telling if they'll stick to it though :)
sofixa 5y ago
> To me curfews that dictate that you cannot go outside is not the european way. Is death the European way? In France, the curfew was implemented in order to avoid a more serious lockdown, and tightened when needed, only after hospital admission rates' progression were dangerously close to hospital capacity. Nobody wants to limit personal freedoms, but considering the alternative was to let hospitals overflow and people die waiting for care, was there really any actual choice? If temporary limits to personal freedom are the price to pay to not sacrifice your fellow co-citizens.. Who is still arguing against them? Are human lives less important than your right to go outside? And of course everything is temporary. It has real life economic costs, people don't like it, and there will be elections sooner or later. Even if a power tripping politician likes keeping the population under curfew, they won't last.
- galoisgirl 5y ago
  I'm all for fighting the pandemic and not dying, I just doubt curfews are the way to do it. They force people to gather in shops and public transportation at the same time.
- anoncake 5y ago
  > Are human lives less important than your right to go outside? Yes, of course. Depending on the number of years potentially lost.

cbwk 5y ago

These restrictions are so stupid. Meanwhile people go to large weddings [1], meet in homes for parties and of course have to go to the supermarket. Are there even numbers how many infections occur in supermarkets? Any measurements? What has the government been doing in the past year? [1] It is of course not politically correct to ask in which population segments such weddings occur.