France: The call of 200 artists to be vaccinated against Covid-19
The Odeon -Théâtre de l'Europe, in Paris, in January 2021. © Siegfried Forster / RFI
Text by: Muriel Maalouf |
Elisabeth Lequeret Follow
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A "citizen act" to try to "break the deadlock".
Grand Corps Malade, Gérard Jugnot, Anouk Grinberg, Guillaume Gallienne, Zabou Breitmann ... there are 200 artists and cultural personalities to set an example today by applying for the vaccine against Covid-19, while 58 % of the French say they are hostile to it.
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CULT _Son Stanislas Nordey (vaccine artists) 2 p.m.
Stanislas Nordey, director and director of the Théâtre National de Strasbourg, in one of the regions most affected by the virus in France, launched this mobilization on New Year's Eve and very quickly garnered the support of the world of culture:
“
It was up to us, the citizens, to take charge.
This mobilization was born thus.
I called a few artist friends to see if the idea worked.
It took hold immediately and snowballed… The idea was above all to say
: we are not forcing anyone, but we are going there to find a way out.
If there's one over there, let's take it.
Do not be afraid and go for it happily.
It's normal.
Culture should always be a bit at the forefront.
In any case, it has a space for reflection, thought, initiative.
It's just being there and saying
, listen, we're going.
Who loves us follows us.
This is what we always do.
In each artistic act, something is posed, and afterwards people either go or not.
But at least we asked it.
We acted, we did something.
"
CULT _Son Ariane Ascaride reaction petition 3 p.m.
Ariane Ascaride: "
It's very simple
"
Actress Ariane Ascaride is one of the 200 artists who signed the appeal.
“
It's very simple.
I am signing this petition because I want to go on living, not to be sick.
And I want, while not being sick, to be able to continue my job, to go and play on a stage.
It is very important to find all the possibilities so that living art continues to exist.
Me, I am not someone who is in regression. I am for science, not just any science, I am for scientists who are beating their heads around to make a vaccine faster. And they don't do it any faster, because they are in a hurry, but because they have advanced a lot in their work over the past twenty or thirty years. Yes, I will be vaccinated without any anxiety. And I'm going to get the shot, because I'm a responsible actress and I don't want to make my partners sick. And I want to ensure that places of culture become places that are open and in which we do not risk anything, although already now, with health standards, we do not risk much.
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