Attitudes about COVID-19 Lockdown among General Population, France, March 2020

Patrick Peretti-Watel (1) , Valérie Seror (1) , Sébastien Cortaredona (1) , Odile Launay , Jocelyn Raude (2, 3) , Pierre Verger (1, 4) , François Beck (5) , Stéphane Legleye (5) , Olivier L’haridon , Jeremy K Ward (1) , Enquête Longitudinale

1 VITROME - Vecteurs - Infections tropicales et méditerranéennes
2 EHESP - École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique [EHESP]
3 SHS - Département des sciences humaines et sociales
4 ORS PACA - Observatoire régional de la santé Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur [Marseille]
5 CESP - Centre de recherche en épidémiologie et santé des populations

Because the effectiveness of a coronavirus disease lockdown in curbing coronavirus disease spread depends on public support, acquiring real-time information about the way populations reacted to the lockdown is crucial. In France, such public support remained fragile among low-income persons, probably because the lockdown exacerbated preexisting social inequalities and conflicts.

Mots clés: COVID-19; France; SARS-CoV-2; Coronavirus disease; Lockdown; Respiratory infections; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Social inequalities; Viruses; Zoonoses

Domaines: Bactériologie; Virologie; Parasitologie; Cardiologie et système cardiovasculaire; Maladies émergentes; Maladies infectieuses; Sociologie; Santé publique et épidémiologie

Patrick Peretti-Watel, Valérie Seror, Sébastien Cortaredona, Odile Launay, Jocelyn Raude, et al.. Attitudes about COVID-19 Lockdown among General Population, France, March 2020. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021, 27 (1), pp.301-303. ⟨10.3201/eid2701.201377⟩. ⟨hal-03215809⟩