Hundreds of Parisians Protest France's New Covid-19 Lockdown

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A few hundred people took to the streets of Paris to protest the French government's new lockdown and curfew measures aimed at curbing the spread of the virus.

Mostly young men, some with yellow vests, walked through traffic calling on drivers and passers-by to join them in their fight against what they said were unfair and antidemocratic rules.

The customers of the brasseries and restaurants along the route looked on, hardly distracted by the rowdy crowd.

It was time for last orders.

France prepared Thursday to shut down again for a month to try to put the brakes on the fast-moving coronavirus.

Most said they were ready to restrict their freedoms given the rising number of virus-related deaths and COVID-19 patients filling French hospitals.

The new lockdown is gentler than what France saw in the spring, but still a shock to restaurants and other non-essential businesses ordered to close their doors in one of the world's biggest economies.

COVID-19 patients now fill 60% of French intensive care units, and France reported 244 virus-related deaths in a single day Wednesday, for a total of 35,785 since the pandemic began, among the world's highest reported tolls.

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This was never about the virus it’s about power and control

joemac
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Please don't say hundreds, when it is thousands.

djewynne
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“Hundreds”. Maybe you need better glasses, those are thousands.

VitoLuisR
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I guess America isn’t the only place where people protest.

TimeTravelWalk
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Deaths are down. Who cares about cases? They need to report real numbers around overall healthcare capacity, severity of illness, and fatalities.

whiskeysprings
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Very good, french people!
All over the world protests against the regime!
HANDS OFF OUR POLITICS AND MEDIA,
PFIZER-BIONTECH, MODERNA, ASTRAZENECA, JOHNSON&JOHNSON/JC!!!

XSirApocalypseX
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Glad to see this. Time to stand up against government tyranny.

Michelle-eueu
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What makes people think if it didn’t work the first time it must work the second time 😂

dan
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It’s refreshing to see the revolutionary freedom loving French
Viva la France!!

suecuevas
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These people are doing something and saying quite rightfully enough is enough Respect to the French.

thinkingbig
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Why protest? just don't obey the law.. simple 🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️ Can't believe we humans have become this weak

null
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People should go protest in those empty hospitals! and record it to show that there are no cases!

ProtoIndoEuropean
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France, soon to be free real estate for arabs ?

Zamolxes
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Very good. Please fight young people human rights. Macron breaks my heart. I am Estonian fan. I hope protests continue several weeks just like Belarus.

kristiinaallekors.
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Gróf Apponyi Albert:

“Önök most megásták Magyarország sírját, de Magyarország ott lesz a temetésén mindazon országoknak, amelyek most itt megásták Magyarország sírját.”
TRIANON 1920 06 04

GaborNeuSg
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You also have to care about babies after they are born. Wearing a mask is caring about babies before and after they are born.

christhompson
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Neither of them were innocent nor guilty

aayazahmed
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did you mean hundreds and hundreds and hundreds and hundreds and hundreds and hundreds and hundreds and hundreds and hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people ?

alphaglorymusic
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French government is inept and failed its people regarding pandemic and economic growth. Its time to change this failed regime

bubblie_sweetiemahtab
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During the extremely strict lockdown in Wuhan, China, after the COVID-19 breakout, all people, unless necessary, must stay at home. They were not permitted to go out or drive out. If Paris were locked down to such a strict degree, it would be even more chaotic. Democracy and freedom are indeed important, but they are nothing in the face of the epidemic. Because of the extremely strict closure of Wuhan city, China quickly controlled the spread of the epidemic, and people can now travel freely, although China still has a long way to go in building democracy and freedom.

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