Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jan 2021)

Attitudes about COVID-19 Lockdown among General Population, France, March 2020

  • Patrick Peretti-Watel,
  • Valérie Seror,
  • Sébastien Cortaredona,
  • Odile Launay,
  • Jocelyn Raude,
  • Pierre Verger,
  • François Beck,
  • Stéphane Legleye,
  • Olivier L’Haridon,
  • Jeremy Ward,
  • Enquête Longitudinale

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2701.201377
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 27, no. 1
pp. 301 – 303

Abstract

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Because the effectiveness of a coronavirus disease lockdown in curbing coronavirus disease spread depends on public support, acquiring real-time information about the way populations reacted to the lockdown is crucial. In France, such public support remained fragile among low-income persons, probably because the lockdown exacerbated preexisting social inequalities and conflicts.

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