grinds its teeth a law to vaccinate part of the population “by force”

In recent days, the information has circulated in various circles on social networks: Denmark has allegedly deleted a “law for mandatory vaccination“Under the pressure of the people. Enough to encourage anti-vaccines to demonstrate for, they say,”regain our freedom“and prevent such a measure from being applied in France or Belgium. But did Denmark really want to forcibly vaccinate its population?

A law has in fact been proposed to the Danish parliament, entitled “epidemilov”, or the “law for the epidemic”. It is about empowering the government to decide whether a disease falls into the “critical” category and to act accordingly. Among the measures mentioned, the prohibition of access to public places, supermarkets and shops, as well as retirement homes and hospitals, the restriction of public transport … and precisely the possibility of examining, treating and isolating people “by force”, with intervention of the police in case of refusal.

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Compulsory vaccination, on the other hand, does not concern the entire population, but only some groups, such as the elderly or whose state of health justifies it. These population categories would be defined by the Danish health authority.

Many voices have been raised against this bill, including doctors, as reported by radio DR. “We believe that these are provisions that go too far and need to be changed“, says Camille Rathcke, head of the Danish medical association, who believes that compulsory vaccination should be carried out”last resort“, regarding the rights of patients.

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Others add that the decision whether or not to classify a disease as critical should not be left to the government alone. “The decisions on emergencies must be supported by parliament“specifies Dr. Anders Beich, director of the Danish college of general practitioners.

Under pressure from critics, the government tried to calm things down: “We listen to all comments and suggestions for improvement“of the law, whose implementation was scheduled for March 2021, told Dr. Rasmus Langhoff, spokesman for the health of the social democrats in power. For his part, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen explained that his government will go “back to the epidemic law”, to find a “better balance“, reports the French media LCI. However, it is not about withdrawing the account, for the moment.