Everyone starts making masks. - Francois Mori / AP / SIPA

Three out of four French people (76%) think that the government "hid the truth" to dissuade them from wearing protective masks against the coronavirus due to the shortage, according to an Odoxa poll published on Thursday. They said the government did this because there were "not enough for caregivers".

23% consider, on the contrary, that he was "transparent" by saying what seemed fair to him according to the scientific elements he had, according to this survey with Dentsu consulting for Le Figaro and France Info. More than seven in ten French respondents (72% and 81% among those aged 65 and over) also think that "wearing a mask is compulsory in all municipalities", as several of them have already done. they.

In detail, the attitude of the government regarding its recommendations on the wearing of masks is considered neither "coherent" nor "clear" by 77% of them and as many think that it did not "say the truth to the French ”. 73% said it had not done "what it takes to equip caregivers and hospitals".

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Survey carried out online on April 8 and 9 among 1,003 French people aged 18 and over, using the quota method. Margin of error from 1.4 to 3.1 points.

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