In the spotlight: should vaccination against Covid-19 be compulsory?

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One of the daily newspapers Le Parisien and Liberation.

July 5, 2021 © Le Parisien and Liberation

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The debate has begun.

And " 

the pressure is getting stronger,

 " notes

Le Parisien

.

Sunday, “ 

François Bayrou, the High Commissioner for Planning, pleaded for compulsory vaccination for the entire population.

The government, it remains on its line to force only the caregivers.

But Olivier Véran, the Minister of Health, warned that a fourth wave was possible at the end of July

 ”.

Admittedly, points out

Le Parisien

, “ 

a measure of constraint for all would be delicate and risky, because it affects individual freedoms.

It could arouse strong, even violent, opposition

 ”.

The fact remains that "

 we are not done with the Covid!"

(…) And a + sacred union + is taking shape to convince all French people to be vaccinated and to avoid this last resort of the general obligation.

The joint appeal launched yesterday to employees in the JDD by the bosses of MEDEF and CFDT is a strong manifestation of this

 ”.

For caregivers, yes ...

In the meantime, the obligation to be vaccinated for caregivers is on the table: "

 Compulsory vaccination for caregivers is approaching

 ", headlines

Le Figaro

. “ 

Yesterday, around a hundred doctors asked the government to make vaccination compulsory for caregivers and staff in nursing homes 

" before the beginning of September ". (…)

The Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, is now in favor,

points out

Le Figaro

.

He promised last Tuesday that if the target of 80% of caregivers vaccinated was not reached in September, the Covid vaccine would be added to the other obligations already in place for these personnel (hepatitis B, tetanus, polio).

Three days later, he decided to accelerate, with a law which could be examined by the Parliament

 "as early as July" ".

Sanitary necessity

For

Les Latest Nouvelles d'Alsace

, there is no hesitation: “

 before trying to save, we must be careful not to harm.

Going to the bedside without having protected yourself against a preventable and increasingly contagious disease is such an ethical gap that it no longer comes under the sole scientific debate.

It has become a legal and social responsibility as a fourth wave looms.

Everyone remains free of their beliefs, even their desires not to follow the troop, unless it is a question of adhering to the theories of the pharmaceutical conspiracy.

Moreover, few rulers in the world impose the bite on everyone, for the moment.

But, wonders the Alsatian daily, to what extent can personal conviction thwart the need for health?

 "

The other crisis ...

“ 

It's the other crisis,

 ” exclaims 

La Croix

. “ 

The world is on fire. Everywhere, in a context of extreme heatwaves and unprecedented drought, the arrival of summer signals the return of fires. In Canada and California, where hundreds of deaths are to be deplored; in Cyprus, where the heat fuels the flames that ravage the green lung of this small European country; closer to us, in the Aude, where the fire has already destroyed several hundred hectares of vegetation ... And, just as linked to global warming, the deadly mudslides surprised a dry Japan, from which the recent torrential rains come suddenly devastate the soil. 

"And

La Croix

asked himself:" 

What will be the breaking point of this dramatic crescendo?

How far should we be afraid to consider the climate emergency in all its magnitude and complexity?

(…) What will be the electroshock that will operate the switch to

"the world after"

 in environmental matters?

 "

Bezos, the hypocrite?

Precisely, Jeff Bezos goes to war against global warming.

The boss of Amazon leaves the management of his group on Monday.

"

 The man with 200 billion dollars, ace of tax optimization and incarnation of a predatory capitalism, now prides himself on fighting against climate change,

 " points out

Liberation

.

But what hypocrisy, launches the newspaper: " 

Bezos has succeeded in less than thirty years in turning the planet upside down: changing our relationship with consumption, destroying local shops in the United States and beyond, weakening the publishing world. , exhaust its employees, undermine cinema, television and sport, threaten the natural heritage in France and Europe, and above all terribly worsen climate change on its own.

In 2019, according to its own calculations, Amazon was directly responsible for carbon dioxide emissions to the tune of 51 million tonnes, more than Sweden

 ”.

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