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> The program is modeled after the vaccine passport programs rolled out in France ... which resulted in riots https://www.france24.com/en/france/20210731-fran

• jobigoud 5y ago
  Protests, not riots. And there are protests all the time whenever a controversial decision is made, it's our national sport. Another confounding factor is the very aggressive calendar set up, where due to the span between the doses not everyone has a way to be fully vaccinated before the measure is active.
  • jjgreen 5y ago
    And there are protests all the time whenever a controversial decision is made, it's our national sport It is an endearing habit; but to be fair, some of those protests can look a bit "riotey", what with the smoke bombs, water cannon, paramilitary cops with batons etc ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfxVY8ltyso https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfxVY8ltyso ... to us in la perfide Albion at least, to Americans this probably all looks a bit tame.
    • krapp 5y ago
      >to Americans this probably all looks a bit tame. Americans talk a good game when it comes to riots but if they took their rhetoric about "watering the tree of liberty with the blood of tyrants" seriously every election would wind up with the Capitol looking like it did on January 6th.
• JohnWhigham 5y ago
  I wish Americans had more of a revolutionary tendency like the French do. Instead of rioting and pissing off the government at its doorstep, we head for the hills, hoard guns, and dare the government come get us out there.