Posted on 01/31/2022 5:59:56 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Greece is now imposing fines on people age 60 and older who are unvaccinated – even as COVID-19 cases have been declining.
As of last week, people 60 and older who refuse to get vaccinated will be fined 50 euros – equivalent to around $56.60. That fee will then rise to 100 euros in February and every month afterward.
Health officials say the threat of a fine has helped increase the take-up rate to more than 90% of this age group, Reuters reported.
Health Minister Thanos Plevris said the fines would be collected through the tax office with the money going to help fund state hospitals.
"The age factor is important because of its impact on the public health service," Plevris told the Greek outlet Open TV last Sunday.
The new mandate has divided opinion, with some supporting the decision amid a rise in the omicron variant and others expressing frustration. One Greek resident who spoke to Euronews said they were being unfairly punished for not being able to book a vaccination appointment ahead of the mandate taking effect.
"Why didn’t they give me an appointment earlier? It’s not my fault, but now they say that I should pay a fine. Why?" the resident told the outlet.
Panagiotis Chatzigiannis, 73, told Reuters that the mandate was good because it will keep people from dying, but it will be "a bit hefty for pensioners."
Pensioners, who have been dealt a blow over the last decade with the country’s debt crisis, make up about a fifth of Greece’s population of 11 million people.
On Sunday, Greece reported more than 12,100 new cases and a nearly 19,000 seven-day average – down from its peak in early January.
Roughly two-thirds of the population is fully vaccinated, while the EU average is just over 70%.
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We hear things like this and I think of those truckers in Canada and America standing up for us while others stuff their faces watching a ball game as though life is all normal.
Strange world we live in now. I know we need good times but we have to keep in mind those days are in danger of being numbered.
RE: Doesn’t their taxes already pay for their healthcare ?
That healthcare apparently did not anticipate a pandemic, so an additional tax has to be levied since these folks are the most susceptible to using hospital resources.
Unbelievable. The entire world is hell bent on forcing this vaccine on people. It’s a crazy obsession.
Revelation 16:2 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.
Revelation 16:2 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.
It’s here. He’s coming.
Just the NWO great reset.
Nothing to see here, move along (or we will kill you).
They will need to build a few Debtor’s Prisons for the old people with no money for those fees. This will cost them far more than using less draconian methods to bully people.
Some old people can be very stubborn.
Yeah, go after older people who can least afford it.
Or be homeless.
Genocide is/will be coming for me. Demented folks in charge are murderers. How sad the few generations before me have made the world.
By this logic there needs to be a monthly fee on every smoker, drinker, or anyone overweight.
I'm sure it's in the works...
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