In much of the West, the walls are closing in on anti-vaxxers

Republican governors in the United States may be trying to stop the mandates imposed by the Biden administration. jab-less are becoming personae non gratae in the West.

The omicron variant is the most common in the world, and it is causing a lot of frustration in the West because of the unvaccinated minority. Studies suggest that omicron causes milder symptoms. Unvaccinated people are being blamed for overburdening hospitals by putting themselves and society at risk.

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In Florida, the governor signed a law that banned companies and schools from requiring employees to be vaccine free. Disney stopped requiring vaccine for workers at Disney World.

The stance of the French President is similar to that of the President of France, who made the life of the unvaccinated a living hell.

The plan to shrink the world of unvaccinated was not derailed by the political opposition. The French parliament approved his proposal to remove a loophole that allowed unvaccinated people to get around health restrictions by going to the movies and dining at cafes.

It's time to take the jab or sip champagne at home.

The world grew for the vaccine in France. The self-isolation times for people with full vaccine doses who test positive will be reduced from 10 days to seven days on Monday.

The national tipping point had been reached against the perceived selfishness of the unvaccinated, as a result of the comments made by the president.

After critics derided the crude language he deployed as unpresidential, Macron remained unbowed. He told reporters in Paris that he couldn't accept that. You must agree to do your civic duty when you are a citizen.

Hugh Schofield thought that the challenge was being issued by the president. Are they doing everything they can to increase the number of vaccinations? Schofield wrote. Are they siding with the minority, five million instead of 50 million, and the anti-vaxxers?

Trudeau reprimanded himself last week for getting less media play. The province of Quebec moved to bar unvaccinated people from government-run stores that sell alcohol or cannabis.

People are seeing cancer treatments and surgeries put off because beds are filled with people who didn't get vaccinations. When people see that we're in public health restrictions because of unvaccinated people, they get angry.

On the other side of the world, Australia's prime minister made the same determination that it pays to ostracize the unvaccinated.

The visa of Novak Djokovic, who is unvaccinated, was canceled by federal authorities after a dispute over whether he really qualified for a medical exemption from Australian rules that require vaccinations for visitors. The athlete was stuck in a dingy hotel as he took his case to court after the kerfuffle.

Scott Morrison had distanced himself from the dispute over the visa. With his conservative coalition facing a tougher than expected election and growing public outrage over what Australians saw as a priority pass for an influential athlete, Morrison stepped in.

Despite outrage from his supporters, who were led by his father, who likened his son's persecution to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, a public sense remained that the Serbian was most responsible.

Only 5 percent of the 5000 people who responded to the poll think he should be allowed to leave the hotel and play, and the same number of people who are anti-vax nutters.

Would you like to be unvaccinated in Austria? The February mandate will cost you thousands of dollars in quarterly fines. Everyone over the age of 50 must be immunized in Italy, which has a tragic history of covid-19. If workers over 50 fail to prove they have been vaccined or recently recovered from the virus, they will face suspension from work. Italy's strict Green Pass program makes life much more complicated for the unvaccinated.

The West is rewarding the vaccine while keeping the burden on the unvaccinated. Belgium dropped its requirement for people to self-isolate if they come into contact with an infectious person, but the unvaccinated must still be isolated for 10 days.

A vaccine mandate may take months to pass in Germany. Access to public spaces for the unvaccinated has been rolled back by the Germans. The unvaccinated in Europe have argued against mandates and government overreach. German police were attacked with bottles, fireworks and one was even bitten during anti-vaccine mandate protests numbering 35,000 people in cities across the country.

One unvaccinated woman who did not give her name told Al Jazeera that it was clear that they wanted to exclude them. It feels like you don't have permission to exist in the same way that people who are vaccine do.

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