Posted on 01/03/2022 10:34:33 AM PST by conservative98
PARIS, Jan 3 (Reuters) - French lawmakers said on Monday they would not be cowed by death threats that dozens of them received over a bill that will require people to show proof of vaccination to go to a restaurant or cinema or take the train.
The new law, which would remove the option of showing a negative test result instead of having the jabs, has the backing of most parties and is almost certain to be passed by the lower house in a vote late on Monday or early Tuesday.
But the proposed tightening of the rules has caused an upsurge of anger among anti-vaxxers, with some lawmakers saying they have been subject to aggression including vandalism of property and violent threats.
"We will not yield," lawmaker Yael Braun-Pivet told parliament, referring to death threats which she said lawmakers of all political stripes had received. "It's our democracy that is at stake."
The vaccine pass is aimed at saving lives, Health Minister Oliver Veran said, lambasting the "selfishness" of those who oppose immunisations and saying that death threats against lawmakers will not go unpunished.
France has traditionally had more vaccine sceptics than many of its neighbours, but has one of the EU's highest COVID-19 vaccination rates, at nearly 90% of those aged 12 and over.
For months, people have had to show either proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test at many public venues.
But as infections with the Delta and Omicron variants surge, the government has decided to drop the negative test option.
It aims for the vaccine pass to enter into force in mid-January following approval by both houses of parliament.
A protest will be held in front of parliament at 5 p.m., as the debate takes place inside.
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Those protests did nothing but draw laughs from Vichy II.
That’s going to win people over to your side……..
I bet Louis XVI said the same thing..................
Perhaps it is time for another “Storming of the Bastille”?
Protesters in France are rioting against the vaccine passport pic.twitter.com/1qqp5FGD4W 10— save DEMOCRACY (@VippusaO) January 3, 2022
She seems sure of herself. These tyrants are very sure they can never go too far. Someone out there will lose their freedom, their job, their business, and decide they have nothing to lose.
It’s predictable. And now she comes out taunting them.
Then stop threatening.
Conspicuous Gallantry upholding capricious Government Diktats
So brave.
Yield? We do not care.
Die? We’d love you to.
For months, people have had to show either proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test at many public venues.
But as infections with the Delta and Omicron variants surge, the government has decided to drop the negative test option.
So they're 90% vaccinated, but "infections" are "surging" so now they want you to show proof of vaccination to enter a public venue to "protect" others.
The complete and utter lack of logic is astounding.
Only communists use that term.
The guillotine is thirsty.
Crushing the population under the heel of government preserves democracy?
i would believe the french people would know what happens when governments go too far... officials can lose their heads over the slightest over reach.
CoupFlu has NEVER been about public health anywhere on the planet.
There is only one way to stop a communist.
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