Macron cited the so-called ‚Kent variant‘ as one of the main reasons for the lockdown, telling viewers: ‚This variant which was identified for the first time from our British neighbours at the end of last year and to a certain extent, of course, gave rise to an epidemic within the epidemic and that is greater than last spring.‘

It was just yesterday of course that Le Monde published a glowing article full of fawning quotes from Macron‘s aides calling him ‚the president epidemiologist.‘