The autumnal lockdown was not the main initiator of the decrease in SARS-CoV-2 circulation in France.
Veronica Pereda-LothAldair Martínez PinedaLenka TisseyreMonique M Courtade-SaidiChristophe A H BousquetCamille FerdenziThierry LetellierMoustafa BensafiDenis PierronPublished in: Communications medicine (2021)
Overall, these results suggest that in France, the 2020 autumnal lockdown was not the main initiator of the decrease in SARS-CoV-2 circulation and curfews were important in achieving control of the transmission. Less-restrictive measures may need to be balanced with more-stringent measures to achieve desirable public health outcomes over time.