French President Emmanuel Macron has been particularly combative against those who have not wanted to be vaccinated, Those he blames for making it difficult for everyone to come out of the crisis, and has warned that they will continue to be pressured.
In an interview published by ‘Le Parisien’ in which he uses a particularly casual tone and with very colloquial terms that have quickly provoked strong reactions, he recalled that with the measures to limit the social life of the unvaccinated through the establishment of the health certificate more than 90% have been convinced.
“There remains a small refractory minority. How is it reduced? It is reduced, sorry to put it that way, annoying even more. I am not here to piss off the French. I pester the Administration all day when it blocks them. Well, well, I really want to annoy the unvaccinated. And we will continue to do so until the end, “said the French leader.
The controversial French verb used by the head of state, “emmerder”, is very colloquial and, depending on the context, can also be translated as pissing off, making life impossible or fucking.
His words come in the middle of the processing of a bill of his Government that require the presentation of a vaccination certificate (showing the complete schedule) for the vast majority of activities that now require a health certificate. In other words, you will no longer be able to go to a bar, a restaurant, the cinema, a show, a stadium, nor will you be able to travel by long-distance public transport. with a simple negative test, but it will be imperative to have immunized.
Macron justifies not having opted for mandatory vaccination for reasons, above all, for practical reasons. “I will not put them in prison, I will not forcibly vaccinate them“He has said about it. In addition, he insists on the problem that would arise to control compliance with that obligation and the sanctions:” Am I going to force people to get vaccinated? Am I going to jail them and then vaccinate them? ”
The French president recalls that patients with COVID-19 are being admitted to hospitals that they have not wanted to be vaccinated and that also has consequences on other patients and generates a feeling in the population against them. Because, charges against “the immense moral fault” of those who oppose the vaccine, since “they come to undermine the solidity of a nation”.
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