Posted on Jul 21, 2021
Covid: France rolls out health pass as cases soar
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A new Covid health pass has come into effect in France amid a surge of new infections.
From Wednesday, people need proof of vaccination, a negative test or recent recovery from Covid to enter most museums and cinemas.
Later lawmakers will debate whether to extend its use in August for entry to cafes, restaurants and shopping malls.
It comes the day after Health Minister Olivier Véran announced 18,000 new infections in just 24 hours.
This was compared to fewer than 7,000 cases a day last week, a surge of 150%, as the highly contagious Delta variant spreads throughout the country.
"We have never seen this before," he told the National Assembly, saying Delta had led to far larger rises in cases than previous variants, like those first spotted in the UK or South Africa.
President Emmanuel Macron announced the plans for a health pass earlier this month, as well as compulsory vaccination for all health workers by September. Surveys suggest there is widespread vaccine hesitancy in France.
Mr Macron's plans have proved controversial. Protests against new coronavirus rules in France saw demonstrators vandalising two vaccination centres this week.
From Wednesday, people need proof of vaccination, a negative test or recent recovery from Covid to enter most museums and cinemas.
Later lawmakers will debate whether to extend its use in August for entry to cafes, restaurants and shopping malls.
It comes the day after Health Minister Olivier Véran announced 18,000 new infections in just 24 hours.
This was compared to fewer than 7,000 cases a day last week, a surge of 150%, as the highly contagious Delta variant spreads throughout the country.
"We have never seen this before," he told the National Assembly, saying Delta had led to far larger rises in cases than previous variants, like those first spotted in the UK or South Africa.
President Emmanuel Macron announced the plans for a health pass earlier this month, as well as compulsory vaccination for all health workers by September. Surveys suggest there is widespread vaccine hesitancy in France.
Mr Macron's plans have proved controversial. Protests against new coronavirus rules in France saw demonstrators vandalising two vaccination centres this week.
Covid: France rolls out health pass as cases soar
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I am curious on how this passport would look like. Because the card we get here is easily copied.
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According to the data - France currently as of July 20th had 114, 728 cases. With a population just over 67 million we are talking just .17% of population being infected. The vast majority of these cases 99.9% are reporting minor symptoms. Daily deaths are trending down as well with only 33 reported deaths on July 20 - 0.000049% of population. As such I'm curious if this virus hasn't already taking out those most susceptible to virus - either with comorbidities or genetics - and weather or not this is actually good for the gene pool. Yes this may seem rather indifferent to those affected but as we have somehow survived all the previous pandemics with way less science - some much worse than this - is this nature's way of population control and cleaning up our gene pool by taking out those with health issues. Musculoskeletal problems, mental health problems and other chronic conditions account for a large share of disability adjusted life years as such curious post pandemic if these numbers might go down and we end up living longer having survived the pandemic - in part by better gene pool but as well mentally tougher individuals.
https://elemental.medium.com/what-people-who-live-long-and-through-pandemics-war-and-more-have-in-common-81d2315f7326
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/france/#graph-cases-daily
https://elemental.medium.com/what-people-who-live-long-and-through-pandemics-war-and-more-have-in-common-81d2315f7326
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/france/#graph-cases-daily
What People Who Live Long—and Through Pandemics, War, and More—Have in Common
It may be a combination of genetics, lifestyle, attitude, and a yearning to keep on going
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