When I attended medical school 30 years ago medical paternalism was out, patients rights were paramount and informed consent was sacred. What’s happened?
Growing opposition to a ’vaccine passport’ has erupted on social media with many South Africans calling it a violation of civil liberties and protest being planned for the coming weekend.#VaccinePassport#COVID19inSA https://t.co/b0ZzSVrjzd
Massive crowd gathers at Foley Square in NYC for a protest against the mandatory shot. The shot Mandate just became law in NYC
the crowd chants " WE WILL NOT COMPLY "
#NYC#VaccinePassport#COVID19
For the entirety of last year, ALL worked tirelessly through the pandemic absent vaccines and w/ limited PPE.
Enforcing an indiscriminate, blanket medical mandate in the presence of available & abundant protective measures is coercive and a disservice to #frontline staff.
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#Covid19 vaccines attenuate transmission to some degree, however they are non-sterilizing, thus, the vaccinated remain capable of transmitting SARS-CoV-2 and can themselves, become infected (though suffer less in severity.)
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https://t.co/wQRKWRZ4c6
Protestors gather at Toronto General Hospital to support HCWs who uphold the principle of bodily autonomy.
Unvaccinated staff at @uhn face dismissal after the organization decided to apply an indiscriminate vaccination mandate to its employees.
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#Toronto#COVID19
The French know how to be creative when protesting.
“The French Spider-Man scaled a tower as a protest against France's COVID-19 health pass.”
We are really slacking compared to the French in protesting mandates.
Europe this weekend:
150 000 protested in Netherlands🇳🇱
121 000 protested in France🇫🇷
15 000 protested in Greece🇬🇷
5000 protested in Lithuania🇱🇹
2000 protested in Austria🇦🇹
1500 protested in Switzerland🇨🇭
Protests in 120 Italian cities🇮🇹
Nothing about this on the news...
For a ninth consecutive week, tens of thousands fill the streets across France, battling tear gas and increasingly heavy-handed police tactics to protest against Macron’s draconian health passport regime.