In a few weeks, after this long period of lockdown, will we return to life as usual?
Yes, some will return to their professional lives, all of us will rekindle family and social relationships. For some, it will be a time of mourning and rebuilding their lives, which have been diminished by the absence of their loved ones.
This period was sad, but it was also an opportunity for useful reflection. The first is that the all-powerful man of the 2000s has lost against biology, a virus, an infinitely small and mobile microorganism, both local and global.
So, we will have to get used to living differently because the virus will always be present, and a vaccine (which has still not been found) will not be available for 1 or 2 years. We might find more effective medications to prevent all these deaths, we will organize care better, but we must not relax the barrier gestures, which will mean a change in our habits and our individual and collective freedom.
In this moment, should we remind ourselves that the word “resilience” comes from the Latin “resilere,” which means “to rebound”?
Is this the key to understanding Christian Estrosi’s initiative—ever more the Lord Protector of “his” Nice citizens—to open this public consultation for the post-lockdown period?
How do we prepare for a new future?
The dilemma between optimism and pessimism is unknown to the wise: life is optimism, or it is not.
Despite all these uncertainties, we will have to move forward because, as cyclists say, either you pedal, or you fall off the bicycle.
Starting this Monday, I invite you to share your ideas, your proposals, your suggestions, your remarks, and even your fears about the post-lockdown period on the platform: demainnice.fr
