Vaccination: Emmanuel Macron answers questions from young people on Instagram and TikTok
© Screenshot of the video posted Monday August 2 by Emmanuel Macron on Instagram © Emmanuel Macron / Instagram
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No sooner had he started his vacation than Emmanuel Macron was already going on the offensive on vaccination.
The French president posted a short video on Instagram and TikTok social networks in which he calls on Internet users to ask him questions, a sign of the Head of State's concern over the influence of anti-vaccine speeches on youth.
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The president is in a black t-shirt, he films himself with his phone and speaks directly to young people, the least vaccinated part of the population.
Barely 13% of 12-17 year olds received a first dose.
"
I know that yet many of you are still wondering,
are afraid,"
said Emmanuel Macron.
Many hear false information, false rumors.
Sometimes anything, you have to say it ... So I decided to answer your questions directly.
Go for it.
Ask me and I'll try to be as direct and clear as possible.
"
See this post on Instagram
A post shared by Emmanuel Macron (@emmanuelmacron)
A few hours later, a new video is posted on Instagram:
"
So, first question:
" I am young, in good health, so I have no reason to be vaccinated because I will not have a serious form of Covid.
So my answer is simple ...
"
If in the middle of his vacation the head of state Emmanuel Macron himself takes over the government's educational efforts, it is because the executive is worried.
Worried about the conditions under which the new
school year will be made
, the establishment of the health pass and the rise of the protest against this health pass and / or against the vaccine itself.
"Anxieties" to which we must respond, admitted this Monday morning on RFI Secretary of State Clément Beaune.
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Also to listen to: Clément Beaune: "The sanitary pass is not a punishment or a drift" (Morning guest)
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