He said avoiding a lockdown was not acceptable because it would kill 400,000 citizens.
“All of us in Europe have been taken aback by the extent of this virus,” he said. “We know that this second wave will be even harder and more lethal than the first.
“Whatever we will do, some 9000 patients will be in intensive care units by mid-November, which is the absolute capacity of ICU’s in France. If we don’t take action now, if we don’t try to rein it in, then our hospitals will be overwhelmed.”
Doctors would have to make decisions about who lives and who dies if the…