” We played the game, we are vaccinated, we are tested. We are fed up. ” Here is in a few formulas the state of mind of the French on Christmas Eve and when the Omicron tsunami is threatening. Some formulas on the front page of World who show “ the great weariness in the face of an endless Covid-19 epidemic. (…) Forgotten the astonishment of the first wave, finished the applause for the caregivers still on the bridge, the hopes of returning to a normal life with the vaccine have vanished. First dose, second dose, third dose … sigh Le Monde, the French have learned to live to the rhythm of reminders and PCR tests, a mask on the nose and the medical pass in their pocket. The fifth wave has not yet reached its peak as the threat of the sixth already looms, announced after the holidays. The feeling of an endless day. “
And now a health pass in business?
Again and again constraints … Latest project to date: the sanitary pass in business.
Indeed, precise The Parisian, “ the meteoric spread of the Omicron variant is forcing the government to respond. Beyond the vaccine pass project, which must be examined at the National Assembly on January 10, the health pass could become mandatory in companies. In other words, tomorrow, employees would be forced to show a white paw to go to work, like 2 million employees of establishments open to the public – restaurants, hotels, bars, cinema… – have already been doing so since the end of August. “
A false good idea ?, asks Le Figaro. “ The past does not really excite anyone. The unions do not want it and the bosses are not really going. (…) What do they fear above all else? The establishment of a (new) gas plant. ” So, wonders the newspaper, “Is it not simpler and more efficient?” Companies have shown that they can limit interactions between employees thanks to teleworking, new technologies and the reorganization of factories. Yesterday, they reaffirmed to the Minister of Labor that they were ready to go further in remote activity and vaccination in the workplace. “
Towards compulsory vaccination?
In fact, we must move beyond this debate, believe The echoes : it is necessary “to include the vaccination obligation in the law. This is an end that Emmanuel Macron wanted to avoid at all costs. But already, Germany and Austria are resolved. Here as elsewhere, the Omicron wave requires the development of new weapons against the Covid. It promises double-digit contamination peaks like we have never seen before. It justifies zero tolerance towards the 6 million French people not yet vaccinated, with the sole objective of never reliving the nightmare of spring 2020.. “
In any case, the health pass should soon become a vaccine pass: ” a disguised form of vaccination obligation “, point The Republic of the Pyrenees. Given that ” this pass can only be valid with a complete vaccination schedule. “
No offense to the antivax, insists the Béarn daily, there is only one solution: vaccination. And the vaccination pass would be ” a salutary obligation. “
Chile: all left!
Also on the front page: Chile, which is heading to the left. ” The victory of the children of Allende », Enthuses Humanity. “After two decades of bloody dictatorship, thirty years of democracy atrophied by the Pinochétiste heritage, hope has conquered fear “Exclaims the communist daily.
the brand new Chilean president, Gabriel Boric ” succeeded in embodying the social movement that shook the country in 2019 until winning the primaries of the left and eliminating the traditional parties from the political game », Underline The Latest News from Alsace. “The former student leader then thrived on two pillars that spoke to the youth and the popular classes: the fight against inequality and the defense of democracy. Aged 35, only ten of whom are in politics, Gabriel Boric represents renewal. Emmanuel Macron played this card in 2017, recalls the Alsatian daily. Five years later, the (French) left is still looking for its new face. “