During confinement, and more since the start of deconfinement, the French are reminded of the importance of wearing a mask to protect themselves from the coronavirus. But in the public space, some are not equipped. They are then the subject of bad looks, even of reprimands by some of their fellow citizens who play the police of the mask.

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Mandatory in public transport, the mask is also recommended throughout the public space. At the office, in the supermarket, or just to walk on the street. So much so that today, not wearing a mask is the risk of being surprised, sometimes suspicious. Reportage.

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"We are very, very frowned upon"

"At the moment, a young girl came by. Inevitably, she had her mask, but not us ... So the look, it is fixed on us. We are very frowned upon, very frowned upon," explains Marie to micro d'Europe 1. Uncomfortable, it does not linger in front of the windows of this shopping street. While most passers-by wear a mask, this mother and her little boy are an exception. "I already feel guilty because we feel that we are not following the rule. But me, it's because I didn't have the opportunity to find any," she continues, explaining that she went to several pharmacies who told her replied that they had "not many".

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"For me, they take risks for others"

Others put their mask in their pocket when they get out of the bus. "Irrespirable", "uncomfortable" ... Arguments that make Nathalie jump, an old woman from the neighborhood who watches over the grain. "She is the visor, but you have to put on the mask," she said to her neighbor. "When I see a person who is not wearing a mask, I tickle a little, I move backwards," she says. "So I give them a little thought, I make the mask police, because for me, they take risks for others".

And if she calls to order those who do not wear a mask, the one who makes the police admits it: she also looks askance at those who wear it, letting it carelessly rest under the chin, or hang from the ear.

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