Liberté et autonomie à l’épreuve de la pandémie : quand protéger conduit à confiner (1) et quand libérer conduit à surveiller (2)

In France, the COVID-19 epidemic period led from 16 March to 11 May 2020 to restrict the right of movement of individuals. In order to respect democratic procedures, a state of health emergency was declared, allowing transitional laws to be introduced under the control of parliament. Regardless of their health effectiveness in the spread of the virus, these measures revealed very restrictive situations for residents of medical and social institutions, especially elderly. Paradoxically, among the procedures designed to release lockdown of the population, electronic surveillance solutions have been put forward without even debating their attendant constraints and risks. These two aspects of the health crisis that are briefly related here.