France Passes Law That Makes A Coronavirus Health Pass Required For Dining And Travel

[Botany]

All of America would go "The French Way.*" Be vaccinated or stay home.

* https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/07/26/1020669579/france-new-law-coronavirus-health-pass

PARIS — France's parliament approved a law early Monday requiring special virus passes for all restaurants and domestic travel and mandating vaccinations for all health workers.

Both measures have prompted protests and political tensions. President Emmanuel Macron and his government say they are needed to protect vulnerable populations and hospitals as infections rebound and to avoid new lockdowns.

The law requires all workers in the health care sector to start getting vaccinated by Sept. 15, or risk suspension. It also requires a "health pass" to enter all restaurants, trains, planes and some other public venues. It initially applies to all adults, but will apply to everyone 12 and older starting Sept. 30.

To get the pass, people must have proof they are fully vaccinated, recently tested negative or recently recovered from the virus. Paper or digital documents will be accepted. The law says a government decree will outline how to handle vaccination documents from other countries.

[samnsara]

1. i am all for it!

[Botany]

2. We can make little cards that can be worn around the neck or kept in your wallet that can be ....

... scanned to prove that you have been vaccinated and we can have real penalties for
producing fake ones or letting somebody else use yours.

[Initech]

3. I personally would be in favor of a verified phone app.

That way people can just scan a barcode and you don't have to carry anything extra. Plus it would be way harder to forge.

[Botany]

5. Good idea.

With the new delta C-19 wave coming at us America will need something.

BTW Ohio State is not demanding that people going to their football games will not
have to show vaccine proof this fall.

[-misanthroptimist]

4. Good on France

It's well past time for all good people to start fighting back against these anti-science loons. We should use every legal means at our disposal, too.

[tinrobot]

6. Great. It will be interesting to see how much infections drop in that country.

I suspect the drop will be significant.

[MiniMe]

7. I got a vaccine card holder on Amazon

I love it, holds your vaccine card in clear plastic and seals up to keep it waterproof. You can also remove the card from the holder if we need a booster or something else to put on the card.

[Ms. Toad]

8. We need that here.

And schools need to be added to the list:

Me: 120 students x 24 hours (in groups as large as 95) starting in a little over a week - masks purely on the honor system.

Pack 'em in like sardines - then wait for the numbers to go up!