A shop closed in Toulouse during the first confinement of 2020 -

FRED SCHEIBER / SIPA

Hospitalizations which are on the rise, vaccines which do not arrive in sufficient numbers, an English variant of Covid-19 which worries.

And a question: will we be re-defined?

For a number of health professionals, the question does not arise, it is a necessity.

Even an emergency.

The government prefers to wait a few more days, time to assess the effects of the general curfew at 6 p.m.

Traders ask to stay open.

And we are waiting.

And we wonder if the controversy over essential businesses will resurface.

“But what are the essential businesses in your eyes?

The ones you find it hard to do without?

Apart from food businesses (preserved in previous lockdowns) and cafes and restaurants (which still haven't reopened), if you could choose one type of business that could stay open, which one would it be?

Libraries ?

DIY stores?

The haberdashery?

Hairdressers?

Another ?

For what reasons ?

If this business was closed during previous lockdowns, how did you do it?

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  • Coronavirus

  • Covid 19

  • Confinement

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  • Society