{"id":1133463,"date":"2021-12-20T08:04:47","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T13:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1133463"},"modified":"2021-12-20T08:04:49","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T13:04:49","slug":"vaccine-passports-are-disguised-mandates-admits-french-health-secretary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vaccine-passports-are-disguised-mandates-admits-french-health-secretary\/","title":{"rendered":"Vaccine Passports are \u2018Disguised\u2019 Mandates, Admits French Health Secretary"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvaccine-passports-are-disguised-mandates-admits-french-health-secretary%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1133463&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1236665047-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The implementation of vaccine passports in France is a \u201cdisguised\u201d form of vaccine mandates, the country\u2019s Minister of Health admitted on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Health Minister&nbsp;Olivier V\u00e9ran revealed that the use of vaccine passports in France is primarily an effort upon the government to convince unvaccinated people to come forward to receive the jab rather than facing two-tiered restrictions on their freedoms.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>V\u00e9ran said in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lci.fr\/sante\/cinquieme-vague-de-covid-19-le-pass-vaccinal-contre-le-coronavirus-est-une-forme-deguisee-d-obligation-vaccinale-reconnait-olivier-veran-le-ministre-de-la-sante-2204971.html\">comments<\/a> reported by French broadcaster&nbsp;La Cha\u00eene Info that the vaccine pass \u201cis a disguised form of vaccination obligation.&nbsp;But it\u2019s more effective.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPreventing people from going to bars, restaurants, places that receive the public, if they are not vaccinated, is more effective than fining them \u20ac100 when caught in the street,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The admission came after French Prime Minister Jean Castex <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lci.fr\/sante\/covid-19-coronavirus-cinquieme-vague-omicron-jean-castex-premier-ministre-le-pass-sanitaire-va-devenir-un-pass-vaccinal-2204896.html\">confirmed<\/a> on Saturday that the current COVID pass (Pass Sanitaire), which allows people to submit a negative coronavirus test instead of proof of vaccination, will be limited to those with proof of vaccination.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhile we have given time, a lot of time, to these French people who had hesitations and doubts, we will strengthen the incentive to vaccination in January,\u201d the prime minister said.<\/p>\n<p>Making the case for the move, Castex argued that \u201cit is not acceptable for the refusal of a few million French people to get vaccinated to put the life of an entire country at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.2905982905983\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">French people over 65 who have not received a booster shot are beginning to see their COVID passes disabled, despite once being considered fully vaccinated. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/69vw53cSa1\">https:\/\/t.co\/69vw53cSa1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1471500763100692480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The transformation of the health pass into a fully-fledged vaccine passport is expected to be introduced in January. Proof of vaccination will reportedly be required to enter theatres, cinemas, stadiums and restaurants, however, it is not expected to be mandated for public transport like some other European nations.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the French government also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/16\/three-jab-world-boosterless-french-over-65s-see-covid-passes-disabled\/\">announced<\/a> that people over the age of 18 who have yet to take a booster shot will have their health passes invalidated by next month.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The acknowledgement from the government that the vaccine passport is a backdoor mandate flies in the face of previous statements made by President Emanuel Macron, who <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmmanuelMacron\/status\/1343144938985451520\">wrote<\/a> on social media last December at the outset of the vaccine campaign: \u201cI have said it, I will repeat it: the vaccine will not be compulsory. Let us have confidence in our researchers and doctors. We are the land of the Enlightenment and of Pasteur, reason and science must guide us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The prospect of vaccine mandates has increasingly become a reality across Europe, with Austria set to make jabs a requirement by February, with those refusing to take the vaccine facing fines and reportedly even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/19\/austria-unvaccinated-could-face-prison-as-country-locks-down-and-announces-vaccine-mandate\/\">prison time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In neighbouring Germany, the incoming left-wing government, including Angela Merkel\u2019s successor as Chancellor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/01\/merkel-successor-sholz-pushes-mandatory-vaccinations-for-germans\/\">Olaf Sholz<\/a>, have said that they would push for making vaccines mandatory amid the rising cases of the Chinese virus in the country. German politicians are also actively debating creating a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/19\/1940s-calling-german-politicians-propose-vaccine-registry-database\/\">national vaccine registry<\/a> to track the inoculation status of citizens.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.8523489932886\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1940s Calling: German Politicians Propose National Vaccine Registry <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QsdbyTjKXQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/QsdbyTjKXQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1472540969555742726?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Kurt Zindulka on Twitter here <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KurtZindulka\">@KurtZindulka<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The implementation of vaccine passports in France is a \u201cdisguised\u201d form of vaccine mandates, the country\u2019s Minister of Health admitted on Sunday. 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