On the occasion of the first round of the presidential election, the lack of obligation of the wearing of the mask worries of voters, including those who risk developing serious forms of COVID-19.
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At 23 years old, Amanda will be assessing for the second time in his short citizen life in the first round of the presidential election, Sunday, April 10. In 2021, for the regional, it remembers that “all the protocol was: disinfectant, masks, meals taken at a meter distance, gloves to open the envelopes of the counting”. This year, The sanitary instructions are reduced to their congrue portion : no port obligation of the mask, but of” strong recommendations “to the To do, targeting fragile, elderly and immunocompromised people who can cross in their polling station with or without symptoms, contact cases, but also people who have been positively detected at CVIV-19. These are allowed to break their isolation the time to exercise their right to vote.
“A simple measure could have been imposed: put the masks. The act of voting does not take more than ten minutes. After two years behind a mask permanently, that are ten minutes more to carry out a citizen act and A sanitary duty? “, wonders Amanda (who, as the rest of the people who testified, required anonymity).
What is this question Agouce Matthew, 52, pharmacist in Morangis (Essonne). For him, “it is therefore everyone responsible for his acts”. “Take in hand,” he says, a little provocative. In his pharmacy, he strives to reassure the worries: 80% of the French population is vaccinated, there are now treatments against CVIV-19, so “no reason to panic”. He also assessor, he will not wear a mask behind the urn, except when he will come forward towards him someone wearing a mask, by respect. And “I will make sure the space is well ventilated,” he says. Ten minutes every hour, recommend the government.
“I’m stopped voting”
The worries, however, are numerous. Georges-Marie, 72, has renounced almost all his outings for two years. During the only conference he has authorized, he was declared contact case. It therefore considers that Aller in a polling station represents a “excessive risk”. “I’m struggling to vote,” he says, regretting that “seniors have been forgotten in this epidemic management” since restriction measures have been lifted. With his wife, they will stay at home on Sunday. Even anger at Elisabeth, 71 years old, with systemic self-immune disease that attacks its lungs. Powerful immunosuppressants, this retired teacher is at high risk of making a serious form of CIVID-19, despite its four doses of vaccine. “The state refers to me as Paria, subcommiticular, since I am forced to take risks to vote,” she picks up, attempted by abstention.
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