8 pm at the Brasserie du Reinitas, rue du Poteau, in this half-bobo, half-popular north of Paris (18th century) and suddenly, Larusso's old hit “Tu m'oublieras” is suddenly cut off. On the TV connected to CNews, the figure of the president appears. “Ah, it's Manu, he chose something new. Standing in front of the Eiffel Tower, not bad! »Launches a client to the cantonade. The boss turns up the volume. Leaning on the bar, Dédé, a regular in her sixties, learnedly follows along like a bunch of friends, beer in hand. "It's a health dictatorship, it's nonsense to tell us if we should be vaccinated or not. Our grandparents would never have accepted that! "Is carried away by a thirty-something, unimmunized and firmly opposed to the extension of the health pass in all public places that Emmanuel Macron has just announced. "Hello, bunch of anarchists",laughs a customer leaving the bar.
Further on, on the terrace, the tone is more measured.
“What a complicated situation!
So we won't get out of it!
Looking jaded, Guy, 68, who comes back in shorts from his tennis shoes and his movies, sat down to breathe.
"All these people, are you going to ask them for a health pass now?"
Isn't that going to be a shame for restaurateurs by any chance?
»Asks the retiree, sweeping his gaze across the terrace.
Guy, "doubly vaccinated" he said, thought the health crisis was behind him.
A sledgehammer
These announcements are the hammer blow. Questions rush through his mind. "And the sanitary pass, will it be necessary in restaurants, but at the butcher's shop? Are there going to be two weights and two measures? It's going to be another funny story all that! »He comments. He does not understand that the government is extending compulsory vaccination to cinemas. “I was there this morning, there were five of us in the room! And I still have trouble using my phone with all these certificates, ”he sighs.
In this lively and commercial artery, many passers-by are still wearing masks outside this Monday evening, even if they are not forced to.
This is the case of certain vaccine-resistant, such as Monique and Marie-Christine who, at 75 and 80, refused to do so until recently, for fear of side effects, before being convinced.
The two sisters, cardigans and colorful pants, waited a long time before accepting their “dose”.
Paris (18th century), this Monday evening.
Monique and Marie-Christine, 75 and 80, continue to wear the mask outdoors, even if they no longer have to.
Philippe de Poulpiquet
For Monique, the first injection was this very morning. Result: when the health pass will be extended, she will not be able to set foot in the museum without presenting a negative test, as long as 15 days after the second injection have not elapsed! Or after mid-August at the earliest. The octogenarian makes good heart against bad luck. “It won't change me much, I wasn't doing much anymore. »What about compulsory vaccination for caregivers, firefighters and anyone in contact with the elderly? "Shouldn't that have been the case from the start?" She asks, in a fit of feigned indignation.
Guy and the other people crossed this evening unanimously agree. In front of a burger, a little further down the street, at the La Piscine café, Noé, a restaurateur in Paris (18th century), aged 22, still accuses the blow. Facing him, Florent, his boyfriend, not vaccinated either, raises his voice. "It is devious and dishonest on the part of the government, a roundabout way of forcing people", he pleaded. Will he be there too? " Never ! I'll hold on ”, proudly announces Florent, die-hard. Noah is going to give in. “If I want to continue living and working, I'm going to have to. "