France will require people to use a 'health passport' to enter a restaurant or attraction this fall

[Eugene]

Source: Business Insider

France will require people to use a 'health passport' to enter a restaurant or attraction this fall

Kelly McLaughlin Jul 12, 2021, 2:29 PM

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that COVID-19 vaccine passports would soon be required for people to visit nonessential places like restaurants and tourist attractions.

Macron said the new policy would start in August, Agence France-Presse reported, citing Macron's televised address.

The country will be using a "health passport" program in which people can share a QR code or certificate with establishments to show they are vaccinated against COVID-19, recently recovered from the virus, or have had a recent negative COVID-19 test.

"If we do not act today, the number of cases will continue to increase," Macron said in the address, according to France 24.

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Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/france-to-require-covid-19-vaccine-non-essential-activities-2021-7

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Related: Mandatory vaccination, Covid-19 pass and access to PCR tests: the main points from Macron's address (France24)

[napi21]

1. I also herd the demand for vaccinations has skyrocketed since his demand was issued. I don't think

we can do that here in the US, but it's sure one way to get the majority vaced.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

2. We need vaccine passports and to exclude/shun assholes who refuse to be vaccinated

[SoCalDavidS]

7. Biden Said No Way Will There Be Vaccine Passports

Basically, we're probably fucked.

[AnyFunctioningAdult]

3. This is not a good thing

I am sure many on here will praise it, but it sets a bad precedent and luckily will never become reality here in the US.

[BannonsLiver]

4. You're right

Americans by and large only care about themselves.

[Raine]

5. Totally agree

what a slippery slope that would be to go down leading to all sorts of controls over everyone's lives.

[AlexSFCA]

6. agree, best way is for employers and schools to mandate vaccination

and for large events to require proof of vaccination (like an app in NY). But for national government to require proof nationwide is not a good practice unless the virus is so lethal that it threatens the existence of an entire nation - covid is not it.

[Blues Heron]

8. I think its a good thing - it does not require getting vaxxed

Its vax OR neg test OR show you had the virus already.

We cant just have Freedumbers waltzing into a joint and infecting the good, responsible people.

Americans need to have some health laws that have teeth. The "leave it up to the snowflakes" thing isn't really working out. The deadly virus is on the rise again, and the death toll is too.

[DFW]

9. Even for EU residents to enter France

It has been necessary to show a negative PCR test at the border, airport, or Paris train station, if a nonstop train from Belgium or Germany. I was last there June 28th, and it was still being rigorously enforced.