COVID-19, chronicle of an expected pandemic / Exiting lockdown or the sum total of all dangers

Philippe Sansonetti, Professor at the Collège de France and Emeritus Professor at the Institut Pasteur, explains that a lockdown was needed because social distancing measures were not enough on their own. He goes on to outline the conditions that will be required for a future exit strategy – but makes it clear that this strategy will not signal the end of distancing measures.

This article was written by Philippe Sansonetti and published on the website "La Vie des Idées", an intellectual cooperative and forum for debate and knowledge affiliated with the Collège de France's Institute of the Contemporary World. This opinion piece about exiting lockdown is chapter 2 of an essay entitled "COVID-19, chronicle of an expected pandemic".

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