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HOLY SHIT .....A LEADER OF ONE OF THE BIG 5 COUNTRIES WANTS TO PISS OFF ON HIS CITIZENS.

Macron declares his Covid strategy is to ‘piss off’ the unvaccinated
French president stokes divisions as parliament debates tighter requirements for mandatory health pass

French president Emmanuel Macron
In an interview with Le Parisien daily, Macron said: ‘as for the non-vaccinated, I really want to piss them off.’ Photograph: JC Tardivon/SIPA/REX/Shutterstock
Jon Henley in Paris
@jonhenley
Tue 4 Jan 2022 23.17 GMT

Emmanuel Macron has prompted a furore after saying that his government’s vaccination strategy is to “piss off” people who have not had coronavirus jabs by continuing to make daily life more and more difficult for them.

“I am not about pissing off the French people,” the president said in an interview with readers of Le Parisien daily on Tuesday. “But as for the non-vaccinated, I really want to piss them off. And we will continue to do this, to the end. This is the strategy.”

Macron’s remarks came as the French parliament debated new legislation that, if passed, will mean only the fully vaccinated – and no longer those with a negative Covid test – will qualify for the country’s health pass from next month.

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The pass, introduced this summer, is required in France for access to indoor public places such as cafes, restaurants, cinemas, museums, concert venues and sports centres, as well as to board long-distance trains and planes.

“In a democracy, the worst enemies are lies and stupidity,” Macron said. “We are putting pressure on the unvaccinated by limiting, as much as possible, their access to activities in social life.”

France has vaccinated almost 90% of its population who are eligible, Macron said, and it was “only a very small minority who are resisting. How do we reduce that minority? We reduce it – sorry for the expression – by pissing them off even more.”

The president, who said he wanted to run for a second term in presidential elections in April but would not make his decision public until “the health situation allows”, added that he was “not going to jail [the unvaccinated], or forcibly vaccinate them.”

So, he said, “we have to tell them: from 15 January, you will no longer be able to go to the restaurant. You will no longer be able to go for a coffee, you will no longer be able to go to the theatre. You will no longer be able to go to the cinema.”

Macron added: “When my freedoms threaten those of others, I become someone irresponsible. Someone irresponsible is not a citizen.”

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Macron’s political opponents accused the president – who in the early stages of his term faced accusations of arrogance, tactlessness and being out of touch from parts of the French population – of excessive language.

“No health emergency justifies such words,” said Bruno Retailleau, head of the right-wing Republicans in the Senate. “Emmanuel Macron says he has learned to love the French, but it seems he especially likes to despise them.”

Marine Le Pen, leader of the far-right National Rally, said a president “should not say such things”, adding that the language was “not worthy of the office”and that Macron was “turning the unvaccinated into second-class citizens.”

Others also criticised the proposed law. Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of the radical left France Insoumise party, called Macron’s language “appalling”, adding: “It’s clear the vaccine pass is a collective punishment against individual liberties.”

Analysts said that while the language was crude and could prompt an extreme, possibly violent reaction from anti-vaxxers, the president’s remarks appeared to reflect a careful political calculation.

Polls show a large majority of French voters are growing increasingly frustrated with the pandemic and back the vaccine pass as an effective means to end it, they said – and of those who oppose it, very few are likely to cast their ballot for Macron.

The ANC celebrate as the country burns.

Functions and golf days .......😪👎

Typical ANC doesn't give a shit about the country or the people it's only about themselves. As I see it nothing will change here until there's nothing left

Dave Scott wrote:

The ANC celebrate as the country burns.

Functions and golf days .......😪👎

Read something about R1,2 million for a seat at Cyril the Squirrels table at dinner...ANC have been the recipients of the proceeds of corruption on at least two occassions according to Zondo report...that's downplaying things...every tender issued by an ANC controlled (state) entity / level of government is a means through which public funds are siphoned and re-routed back to the ANC in the form of "donations"...

The side effects from my first 2 vaccines, not to bad. the usual, sore arm, slight headache etc.
I had the booster shot yesterday. Fuck, I feel like hell !! crazy body pain, fever & my head feels like its on fire, cant move both arms.
I know getting the booster is a must & its better than dying from Covid but FFS !!!! :sick: :sick: :sick:

Tony we are due the booster but my mate from pub also 70 got his.
We had to phone for an ambulance, we was sick as shit gladly he is home now and goes for tests on Monday 🙏

Dave Scott wrote:

Tony we are due the booster but my mate from pub also 70 got his.
We had to phone for an ambulance, we was sick as shit gladly he is home now and goes for tests on Monday 🙏

I suppose its better to be "sick as shit", than, "dead as fuck".

Had my Booster(Pfizer) less than an hour ago at Clicks up the road.
We just walked in and were out in 50 minutes.
Let's see if there is any reaction.

Meanwhile down in OZ.........................:lol:

18 Jan, 2022 07:31
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Minister falls victim to ‘moronic’ Covid prank
A positive Covid-19 test was logged under a senior Australian health official’s name
Minister falls victim to ‘moronic’ Covid prank
New South Wales, Australia Health Minister Brad Hazzard receives a Covid-19 vaccine, 2021. © @BradHazzard/Twitter
Brad Hazzard, the health minister of Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), said people are undermining pandemic response efforts by registering fake positive Covid test results.

Under the system launched in NSW last week, people must log their positive rapid antigen test results online through a state-run app or website. The measure helps officials track the spread of the Delta and Omicron variants of the virus and tailor the response to the pandemic.

However, someone decided to misuse the system to prank the state’s top health official, as Hazzard himself revealed on Tuesday.

“Some people think it’s a joke. Or maybe it’s worse than that – perhaps, it’s malicious,” a visibly angry Hazzard told reporters. “I can now speak from personal experience. I received notification yesterday and again today… that apparently somebody has put my name in there.”

“First of all, it’s extremely irresponsible,” the minister said. “It is juvenile, it is moronic, but it is also just so disappointing to think that you would actually undermine an incredible, hard-working public health team here in New South Wales trying to keep us safe.”

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Police launched an investigation into the fake test results under Hazzard’s name. “Not only is this a nuisance, it also corrupts valuable pandemic data relied upon to support essential services. This is not a joke and is a criminal offence,” Detective Superintendent Matt Craft, the state’s cybercrime squad commander, said.

Failure to report a positive rapid antigen test is punishable by a AU$1,000 fine ($720).

More than 50,000 NSW residents logged their test results just hours after the service went live last week, according to Australian Associated Press.

Authorities reported 77 new deaths from Covid across NSW, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, and the Canberra capital territory on Tuesday – the highest daily death toll in Australia since the pandemic began.

DOCTOR'S ORDERS ?....................................................


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Covid booster shots 'boost your immunity above and beyond'
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Those who received their first two Pfizer vaccinations towards the start of the campaign are now eligible to receive their third dose.

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What's interesting about the booster dose is they boost your immunity levels beyond where you were from the second dose. So they go above and beyond, which is exactly where you want to be.

Dr Ronald Whelan, Chief Commercial Officer - Discovery Health
While we might be coming out of the Omicron wave now, we can't be certain that we won't see another variant so it is critical to get your booster dose when eligible post your second dose.

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MEANWHILE IN THE..............HOLY LAND:whistle:

18 Jan, 2022 01:22
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Israel finds 4 Covid vaccine jabs ‘not good enough’ against Omicron
An Israeli study suggests that an additional booster failed to prevent a large number of infections
Israel finds 4 Covid vaccine jabs ‘not good enough’ against Omicron
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A fourth dose of coronavirus vaccine showed dwindling effectiveness against the Omicron variant, according to a trial conducted in Israel, with one its lead researchers saying the immunization is simply “not good enough.”

A study involving 154 medical staffers at Sheba Medical Center near Tel Aviv found that a fourth shot of the Pfizer vaccine gave only marginal protection against the Omicron strain compared to previous mutations. A separate group of 120 volunteers were also given a fourth dose of Moderna's inoculation following three rounds with Pfizer, but their immune response was similar.

“We see an increase in antibodies, higher than after the third dose. However, we see many infected with Omicron who received the fourth dose,” said Gili Regev-Yochay, one of the head researchers on the trial, adding that while “the vaccine is excellent against the Alpha and Delta [variants],” for Omicron “it’s not good enough.”

Despite the new findings, Israeli health officials already moved ahead with fourth doses for the elderly, the immunocompromised and medical workers beginning earlier this month, with some 500,000 receiving a second booster on top of an initial two-dose regimen as of Sunday.

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Though the trial is still in an early phase and the hospital did not offer specific figures, Regev-Yochay said she made its preliminary conclusions public as boosters are a matter of “high public interest,” according to the Times of Israel. She noted that giving fourth doses to high-risk residents is “probably” still the best approach, but suggested the booster campaign should be limited to an even older age group than the current over-60 guideline.

Both the World Health Organization and the EU’s drug regulator, the European Medicines Agency, have cautioned against the over-use of boosters, though for different reasons. The WHO has called for a more even distribution of vaccine doses around the world, observing that some nations are moving ahead with third and fourth shots before many in poorer countries receive their first. The EMA, meanwhile, pointed to potential adverse effects of booster shots last week, warning that repeated vaccinations in a short period of time could result in “problems with immune response.”

One of the most vaccinated countries in the world, Israel was the first to roll out fourth vaccine doses as it saw a significant spike in coronavirus infections linked to the Omicron strain. Deaths and hospitalizations have only seen a slight uptick in recent months, however, in line with findings suggesting the latest ‘variant of concern’ produces milder symptoms than previous mutations. Despite the misgivings of world health bodies, Chile, Denmark and Hungary have since followed suit in administering fourth shots, while officials in Austria have recommended them on an “off-label” basis for healthcare personnel.

PS...........
Did the Doctor do his homework before tipping the boost?

Continuing from the above trial results from Israeli Sheba Medical Centre who claim it to be the FIRST IN THE WORLD.

www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-trial-worl...ugh-against-omicron/


And now we have our good old Cape Talk breaking news about a study done jointly between SA and Germany about the same subject and they are claiming it to be the FIRST IN THE WORLD.


www.msn.com/en-za/news/national/sa-and-g...ASVBAy?ocid=msedgntp


Mainstream Media Mixup or Mayhem?