How can we respond to citizens convinced that “the health pass is an unprecedented deprivation” of their “freedom”, quite simply “unbearable”? 

Thursday August 5, on the eve of the promulgation of the law extending the perimeter of the health pass and establishing the vaccination obligation for caregivers, Emmanuel Macron spoke directly to this part of his fellow citizens in a new Instagram and TikTok communication video. around government health policy. 

“I have already answered the health pass to say that other countries had adopted it, that we were not the only ones and that this is what allowed us not to close everything.

But I would like to come back with a word on what the freedom of each person in society is ”, affirms the Head of State in the preamble of this selfie video intended for opponents of the health pass, who were more than 200,000 to demonstrate in France, Saturday July 31. 

"Freedom cannot be combined in the singular"

“I am completely free to have a drink, two glasses, three glasses, four glasses of wine, to stay at home, to see friends. There is no problem. On the other hand, for years, we have accepted that after drinking I am no longer free to drive because at that point, my freedom to drive can endanger you, endanger a young person. girl crossing the street or someone who has nothing to do with. We accepted it well when it came to drinking or driving, ”continues the Head of State.

A principle which also applies, according to him, to the health measures of the government: “In society, because we depend on each other, freedom is not combined in the singular.

And so, our freedom to each, it does not exist, it only holds because if we protect others, we respect the freedom of others.

The same goes for getting vaccinated and for the health pass.

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“I can decide not to get the vaccine and stay home.

But if I go to places where I risk infecting other people who have taken precautions [...], then I must [either] get tested, [or] get vaccinated.

It is responsible freedom, the freedom of a citizen, ”concludes Emmanuel Macron.

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