Despite the French population’s scepticism about science and vaccines was the highest in 2019 according to a global survey, their president has no doubts.
On Monday night (July 12 2021), French President Emmanuel Macron explained how vaccines are going to be mandatory for health workers and entry to bars, restaurants and cinemas and necessary to face the new Delta variant’s wave.
Among the comments and criticism, he announced other measures as the reintroduction of curfew in the territories of Martinique and Reunion Island and that PCR will have to be paid to incentivise free vaccinations.
French citizens, confident with going down in the streets on the 14th of July, organised more than 50 protests against the “health pass” and, while their president was referring to “Fraternité”, the protesters, and some anti-vaxxers, were referring to the “Liberté”.
In the meantime, while 20 thousand people went down in the streets, 2 million booked an appointment to have the vaccine.
But the reactions haven't been circumscribed in France.
Italian large cabinet is divided, with left-wing parties partly in favour of Macron’s decisions and right-wing parties, especially Brothers of Italy, against them.
In France’s neighbour Germany, chancellor Angela Merkel announced the urgency to have the population full vaccinated but without mandatory vaccine which could lead to mistrust.
In the UK, according to an Express’ survey, 61% of Britons are against mandatory vaccines, with their PM Boris Johnson on their side.
Simultaneously, with almost 0 new Covid cases, New Zealand Government passed rules making vaccines mandatory for border workers.
Amidst laws and opinions, is increasingly clear what is going to save us from the pandemic, and that is not extremisms and fights but science.
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