• Since June 17, masks are no longer mandatory outdoors, with some exceptions.

  • Sunday, June 20, it will be the turn of the curfew to disappear.

  • We asked our internet users what they thought about it.

We almost couldn't believe it.

When, at the exit of the Council of Ministers on Wednesday, Jean Castex announced that the wearing of the mask imposed outside was ending and that the curfew would follow shortly, it took a few seconds to achieve.

However, you can go and check for yourself, if you leave your house, the mosaic of colored fabrics has indeed been replaced by smiles (or at least by full faces, that's it already).

On Sunday, you can set foot outside after 11 p.m. for the first time since October 17.

At least you will be able to do it without the stress of a control.

"I will finally feel free again"

So, inevitably, when we asked our Internet users how they experienced the abandonment of these sanitary measures, we expected a surge of joy.

Céline is one of those who proved us right:

“Released, delivered… Wearing a mask was becoming more and more difficult to bear, especially in direct sunlight. Finally summer is here, and in a few days more curfew, it's huge. Finally we will be able to take advantage of going out in the evening, ”she rejoices. For Anne, it is even "a liberation" in which she "no longer believed".

The abandonment of the curfew, often criticized, seems obvious to Max: “It has always been a measure that I find ridiculous, was the covid more aggressive after dark?

As for the mask, it created an anxiety-inducing feeling, as if everyone was suspicious of everyone.

It will last, but will disappear over time, I will finally feel free again ”.

The same feeling of freedom that Nathalie missed so much, although she remains cautious: "Let's enjoy life but let's not be crazy… Let's respect the wearing of masks indoors, never to hear about curfews again. and other warrior vocabulary.

Appreciate our chance and turn the page.

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" It frightens me "

Turn the page, move on ... If we could have believed that these are the feelings that would predominate, for some of our readers, this “slackening” of measures can also be a source of some stress: “It worries me because I no longer want confinement, closed shops, restaurants or activities, but I have great doubts for the months to come, ”worries Marilyne. Summer hasn't started yet and many of you dread back to school. The memory of the summer period 2020, with the hope of an "end" of the coronavirus before an outbreak of cases in September, in October, has left scars.

Sophie, a health professional, wonders about the individual responsibility of the French: “I'm afraid they don't understand the adjusted rules, such as putting on a mask on the market but not necessarily around the outdoor market.

Some are stressed by distances and send you to bow, others stick to you.

The behaviors being very heterogeneous, I am afraid that there is a misunderstanding.

For me, it is a bit early and it could lead to inappropriate behavior.

Will the French play the game?

The stake is just vital!

We are warned.

An uncertain future?

Finally, there are those who, like Pascal, do not see this reduction in health measures as an end in itself: “I do not see this as a 'new found freedom'.

Of course, the curfew will be removed, but as long as masks are compulsory in all closed places, public transport, classrooms ... For me, freedom means meeting the smile of the baker, the saleswoman, waiter… ”In fact, it does not seem to be for now.

June 17 could have been a celebration, and it will have been for some.

However, after so many measures, reductions, successive epidemic waves and new variants, we can observe a certain distrust of our readers towards the future.

However, there are no small victories, so “put on the masks” and put out your best smile.

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