Covid Vax Tyranny in Italy: The Shape of Things to Come By James Reed
With the vaccine passport being rolled out to varying degrees here in Oz, it is instructive to look at the case of one of the most gung ho vaccine passports in use, in Italy. This goes beyond even the Biden requirement, mandating that all workers will need to have a “green pass” vaccine passport. There is little detail available get, how “workers” is defined, and whether people working from home using the internet will have to obey as well. The force of fascism lives on today right across the West in the new medical biofascism as Wolf calls it.
“Italy’s government is readying a mandate that will make it required for all workers to have a COVID-19 “green pass,” a type of vaccine passport, officials said Thursday.
“We are heading towards a mandatory green pass not only for public sector workers but also private sector ones,” Regional Affairs Minister Mariastella Gelmini was quoted as saying by The Local on Wednesday. “The vaccine is the only weapon we have against COVID and we can only contain infections by vaccinating the large majority of the population,” she said.
Mariastella said that a cabinet meeting “will be an important moment” in mandating the green pass for all private sector and public sector workers in the country. Should Italy go through with the mandate, it would be the first country in Europe to do so.
Several European countries such as France or Switzerland have vaccine passport requirements in place at venues such as, gyms, restaurants, bars, and similar businesses, as well as for long-distance travel. However, none yet have made it mandatory for private-sector employees. Last week, President Joe Biden announced that he will direct the federal government to enforce a rule that some 80 million private employees in the United States either get the vaccine or submit to weekly COVID-19 testing.
In France, large demonstrations have been held on a weekly basis to rail against the vaccine passports. Opponents of the rule say that it is discriminatory and tramples on individual freedoms.
Failure to have a green pass, or “certificazione verde” in Italian, could result in workers being suspended and losing their pay, Italian officials said, according to the Reuters news agency. It wasn’t immediately clear if it could be used as grounds for dismissal.
The move is designed to spur more vaccinations in Italy, asserted Health Minister Robert Spinoza this week during an interview, according to Italian media. Italian officials have said they want to vaccinate everyone aged 12 and older by the end of the month.
Within the United States, Los Angeles County on Wednesday will become the most populous municipality to implement a vaccine passport to enter certain businesses such as bars, nightclubs, breweries, lounges, and related businesses, said County Public Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer during a Board of Supervisors meeting. New York City, New Orleans, and San Francisco have imposed similar requirements.
“This is a reasonable path forward that will position us to be better able to break the cycle of surges,” Ferrer told the board. “This modified health officer order aligns with the continued need to reduce risk of transmission and increase vaccination coverage,” she added.”
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