French authorities said that about 105,000 protesters took to the streets across the country against a draft law that essentially would ban unvaccinated people from public life. Protesters are demonstrated against French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent comment about people who haven’t received COVID-19 vaccines, saying: “I really want to piss them off. And so we will continue to do so, to the bitter end. That’s the strategy.” Speaking to Le Parisien, Macron said his government intends to make life as difficult as possible for unvaccinated individuals by tightening curbs on their civil liberties. In recent days, the Omicron COVID-19 variant has rapidly spread across the world, including Europe, and data suggests it easily infects fully vaccinated individuals. Many French demonstrators on Saturday chanted a variation of Macron’s vulgar remark. Others carried signs saying, “no to the vaccine pass,” a reference to Macron’s legislative push to require proof of vaccination to …
100,000 Protest in France Against Proposed New COVID-19 Vaccine Pass
January 9, 2022
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