[D66] [JD: 152] French hospital goes on INDEFINITE strike to protest Covid-19 vaccination mandate | RT

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  French hospital goes on INDEFINITE strike to protest Covid-19
  vaccination mandate

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The staff of the hospital in Montelimar, in the French department of
Drome, have gone on indefinite strike to protest the new rules demanding
they take a vaccine against Covid-19 by mid-September or face losing
their jobs.

The strike against /“forced vaccination”/ was announced on Thursday by
the CGT-GHPP trade union, and affects some 200 doctors and 1,500 nurses
in the southeastern French city. 

Hundreds of them gathered outside the hospital on Friday, denouncing
lockdowns and vaccine mandates and chanting/“liberté!”/ (freedom). 

The French legislature is finalizing the proposal that would require all
medical professionals in contact with the vulnerable to be fully
vaccinated by September 15, or else lose their salaries and even their jobs.

/“We are against mandatory vaccination and vaccine coercion,”/ Elsa
Ruillere, local union representative, told Sputnik France
<https://fr.sputniknews.com/sante/202107231045914428-lhopital-de-montelimar-entre-en-greve-contre-le-vaccin-impose-aux-soignants/>.
/“There is no choice between tests or vaccination: vaccination is
compulsory. No, we don't agree. We want to have the choice like the rest
of the world and we do not want compulsory vaccination.”/

Ruillere says her union supports /“free and informed consent”/ and is
not against vaccination on principle but is against coercion. Some of
the medical workers said they are waiting for the French-made Sanofi-GSK
vaccine, promised for December. 

/“We are well aware of the evolution of the virus. We do not take it
lightly,”/ Ruillere said. However, she and her striking colleagues point
out that even with the rise in positive tests for the Delta variant of
the coronavirus, there is no commensurate rise in hospitalizations.

/“Yes, we turned ‘red’ but that's in fact due to the positive tests. In
terms of hospitalizations, we are fine at the moment, we did not need to
reopen beds, we have far fewer hospitalized people than before and fewer
people in intensive care,”/ she added.

Another union gripe is the lack of public debate, since France’s
National Assembly seems to have simply proceeded on the advice of the
High Health Authority (HAS), which called the vaccination mandate
/“justified.”/

Also on rt.com Over ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND rally against ‘Covid-19
tyranny’ in France, protesting immunity passports & vaccination mandate
(VIDEO) <https://www.rt.com/news/529516-france-covid-passport-protests/>

There have been widespread protests in France since mid-July, as the
government of President Emmanuel Macron imposed the vaccination mandate
on health workers and introduced a  /“health pass
<https://www.rt.com/news/529827-france-covid19-pass-health-vaccine/>”/
requirement to access public venues with more than 50 people in
attendance. The pass requirement will extend to cafes, restaurants and
shops starting August 1. 

There has been a 150% increase in coronavirus cases over the past week
in France, attributed to the Delta variant. The government says 96% of
those infected are unvaccinated.

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