The question agitates our politicians: the vaccination obligation is entering the debates in the House this week. The Flemish Socialists have already positioned themselves in favor of it, but their president Conner Rousseau reaffirmed his opinion with the Standaard on Monday.
“As long as a certain percentage of Flemings and Belgians are not vaccinated, the virus has enough room to claim victims,” argued Conner Rousseau. 88% of the Belgian population is vaccinated for the moment according to figures from Sciensano, but “at present, the freedom of 10% of the population takes priority over that of 90% of the population”, regretted the socialist .
The president of Vooruit wants to place the responsibility for their choice on the unvaccinated, which has consequences for public health. “We don’t want to inject a vaccine into the arms of the unvaccinated once morest their will, threaten them with jail time or impose a fine on them. What we want to do is make them (and only them) bear the consequences of their choice not to protect themselves and others”.
Thus, Rousseau believes that public places, namely all restaurants, cafes, nightclubs and cultural places, “where they might contaminate themselves and contaminate others” should be prohibited for them because this “threatens to overload the health system. “
Conversely, these places should be open for vaccinated people. “Patience has lasted long enough. Without a vaccination certificate, you cannot enter anywhere, but with a vaccination certificate, you can enter everywhere,” he said.