The doors of the Louvre remained closed on Sunday. Worried about the coronavirus epidemic, the staff of the most visited museum in the world voted a right of withdrawal, "almost unanimously" of the 300 or so employees present. While the establishment is not targeted by the prefectural order in force concerning the measures to prohibit assembly in confined spaces, the epidemiologist William Dab, former director general of health, regrets on Europe 1 this decision of staff. According to him, "the right of withdrawal was not provided to manage this type of situation and is not the right answer to the epidemic".
"We must keep common sense"
"The situation we know is not a case of application of the right of withdrawal", assures William Dab, according to whom the right of withdrawal is "a very important right of the labor law, of health protection, but which does not apply in this case ". "At that time, teachers could do the same, bus drivers too, salespeople in department stores, etc.," he adds. "In other words, because we are in epidemic threat, everyone country stops, with economic consequences that will not be without consequences for health ".
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"We must keep common sense," insists William Dab, hammering that "the right of withdrawal was not provided to manage this type of situation, and is not the right answer". The correct answer, he continues, "is to apply hygiene measures". "Withdraw from what?" He insists again, coming back to the closing of the Louvre. "No longer taking the subway, the train? Ending all life? This is not the right way to manage this epidemic".