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It is not at all clear that we French were actually refusing to get vaccinated. First, it would seem the least vaccinated people were generally the poorest as

It is not at all clear that we French were actually refusing to get vaccinated. First, it would seem the least vaccinated people were generally the poorest as well. The vaccine is free, but we generally need to get an appointment through some web site, on our own initiative. Our appointed family doctor did not call us to even ask whether we'd like to be vaccinated. This hints towards an accessibility problem. Second, when you look at the charts https://covidtracker.fr/vaccintracker/ https://covidtracker.fr/vaccintracker/ (Click the "Injections Quotidiennes" tab on the second figure.), you can see that the daily injection didn't fall. It merely plateaued. Sure, first injections did fall, but they did so at the same time second injections were soaring, so they compensated each other. This plateau suggests our vaccination centres were simply functioning at (or close to) full capacity. Third, on July the 12th, at the time our President made his speech about restricting everyone's freedom (including the vaccinated, since you'd have to present your digital pass basically everywhere to basically anyone), they were justifying our "Reluctance" by quoting vaccination rate across the whole population, which was around 52%. What they didn't say is that this stats includes children under 12, for which vaccination is simply not available, and teenagers, for which our CCNE (Comité Consultatif National d'Éthique) said on June the 9th that it was not clear teenage vaccination was safe enough https://www.ccne-ethique.fr/fr/actualites/enjeux-ethiques-relatifs-la-vaccination-contre-la-covid-19-des-enfants-et-des-adolescents https://www.ccne-ethique.fr/fr/actualites/enjeux-ethiques-re... It's only reasonable under these circumstances to exclude all underage people from the statistics. I found that the vaccination rate among adults was almost reaching 70%, and climbing. My conclusion: what our president is attempting is utterly disproportionate and unjustified. Don't get me wrong, we are facing a fourth wave right now. Maybe something does indeed need to be done. But a digital pass? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCUTX1jurJ4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCUTX1jurJ4 No thanks.

908B64B197 5y ago
> The vaccine is free, but we generally need to get an appointment through some web site, on our own initiative. Our appointed family doctor did not call us to even ask whether we'd like to be vaccinated. This hints towards an accessibility problem. Just put walk-in vaccination stands in super-markets/subway stations. Why exactly is there a need for an appointment to get a 30 second jab + 15 minute observation period?
- loup-vaillant 5y ago
  If you want to be efficient, you want a level of centralisation so you're make sure they can work with maximum efficiency (and therefore at maximum capacity, which you can scale up as there is more demand or more doses). The biggest problem though is the temperature at which the doses must be stored. Pfeizer's is like -70C°. That's cold, and one does not simply carry a portable freezer to the super-market or subway station. Other vaccines are easier to manage, though.

908B64B197 5y ago

> The vaccine is free, but we generally need to get an appointment through some web site, on our own initiative. Our appointed family doctor did not call us to even ask whether we'd like to be vaccinated. This hints towards an accessibility problem. Just put walk-in vaccination stands in super-markets/subway stations. Why exactly is there a need for an appointment to get a 30 second jab + 15 minute observation period?

loup-vaillant 5y ago
If you want to be efficient, you want a level of centralisation so you're make sure they can work with maximum efficiency (and therefore at maximum capacity, which you can scale up as there is more demand or more doses). The biggest problem though is the temperature at which the doses must be stored. Pfeizer's is like -70C°. That's cold, and one does not simply carry a portable freezer to the super-market or subway station. Other vaccines are easier to manage, though.