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4. Since I'm in France, the answer is easy
Wed May 20, 2020, 04:09 AM
May 2020

The French national government, although my Department and commune can keep a lockdown going longer than the national one, if they choose. Whenever the status changes I get a text to my phone informing me that, and there's an app I've downloaded that tells me what level of re-opening we're at (currently we have to stay within 100km of our home, wear masks in any store or transit, and all restaurants must be carryout/delivery). Masks are available for free at the local elementary school, and if I feel sick a doctor will come to my apartment that day and administer a test for the cost of about $60. The government has been paying 85% of laid-off people's wages and making bulk purchases in important supply chains to keep suppliers from going under.

I'm incredibly lucky to be here, and I get enraged when I think about how crazy this must sound to my friends and family back in the States.

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