Vaccine passports are less a threat to liberty than a mark of solidarity | David Grimes

Anti-vaxxers in France and elsewhere claim personal freedom. But what of brotherhood?

In France over the past few weeks, the topic of vaccine passports has induced an avalanche of outrage. Opposition to the measure has united both the hard left and right, with more than 200,000 people taking to the streets to express their contempt. In the kaleidoscope of disparate groups involved, the only unifying banner is the assertion that Emmanuel Macron's policy is an infringement of the French tenet of liberte.

Nor is France unique in facing such resistance. In the United States, mask and vaccine mandates have generated passionate opprobrium and legal action.