Last September, Switzerland introduced a vaccine passport scheme prohibiting the unjabbed from entering many public places such as restaurants, sporting events, and cinemas. On Sunday, the Swiss people took part in a referendum on whether to keep the Government’s Covid response measures, which includes the vaccine mandate, with 60% of the public voting to retain the restrictions. BBC News has more.
Sunday’s referendum came after organisers said the pass was an unnecessary restriction of freedoms.
With just under two-thirds of the population fully vaccinated, the Swiss have one of the lowest vaccination rates in Western Europe.
Now, Covid infections are rising exponentially, with case numbers up by 40-50% each week.
From the start of the pandemic the Swiss government has performed a tricky balancing act, trying to introduce measures to control the spread of Covid while still staying true to Switzerland’s system of direct democracy, in which the Government has little formal power and the people have the final say.
Switzerland’s lockdowns were never as strict as its neighbours’. People were allowed outside for exercise whenever they wanted and the schools only closed for a few weeks.
But last summer, with cases falling dramatically, Switzerland didn’t have a celebratory, U.K.-style ‘freedom’ day either.
Instead, a Covid certificate was introduced with proof of vaccination, negative test, or immunity through having had the virus. In September it became obligatory in order to enter bars, cafes, restaurants, cinemas, museums, sporting events, and face-to-face university classes.
But not everyone agrees.
Vaccination has long been a sensitive issue here, especially in German-speaking Switzerland. A belief that natural immunity is best led to a drop in childhood measles vaccinations that sparked a surge in measles cases across Europe.
Meanwhile, in the alpine communities, a historic pride in their own independence rooted, some say, in the time when the mountain villages were cut off from the world each winter, means there is resistance to the Government issuing orders.
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Germans, Austrians, Swiss – they’re all teutonic who thrive on totalitarianism and following orders!!
What a cleverly biased piece of ”reporting” with carefully chosen words and phrases straight from the handbook.
Does anyone here actually believe a word of this shit?
It quotes the BBC. That’s more than enough for me.
What do we expect? Even with, and despite the constant propaganda and filth spewing out of the morning shit shows on tabloid brekky telly, gulped in by the permanently somnolescent ‘moronic‘ masses. Some seemed to be awakening recently. A bit like in the Zombie movies when the sun goes down. (or is it comes up?)
It’s as if they (the puppeteers) sense that even the ‘moronic’ masses are becoming a wee bit immune to their by now standard filth and lies. They’ve had to ramp it up a notch or two to get the same effect. You know, a bit like alcohol or drugs.
Ironically, we the awake seem to be getting more and more sensitive to the tsunami of 100% proof Bullshit we are being waterboarded with. The more we have to swallow, the less tolerant we become.
IT HAS TO STOP!
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Cases are rising ‘exponentially’, yet they want to keep the passport, which evidently didn’t work. Right! Insanity rules!
Swiss government idiocy – UK jabbed X2 travellers must have proof of negative test and self quarantine for days after arrival – matched by French government idiocy – from Jan 22, 2022, all UK travellers must have proof of booster in order to have the letter “sanitaire”.
Tempted to say that Macron and his cronies are not pressing too hard to ensure illegal migrants are treated with the same degree of care; perhaps Ms Patel can turn the tables by insisting that all illegal immigrants with no identity papers who do not have a “lettre de sanitaire’ signed by a competent French official are immediately returned to La Belle France.
If you want to keep track of this lunacy, sign up for UK Govt travel updates…..
NO!
What was the vote turn out? I read/heard briefly that it was the usual dismal 60-70% mark, so actually the truth is only a large minority voted in favour!
Democracy is a fraud, no one has the right to vote away your freedom.
So clearly preventing the unjabbed from taking part in many aspects of normal life has not stopped a “surge in cases”. And nobody has noticed?
Politicians are always the same. They achieve power and . . . . what’s the point of having power if you don’t use it to tell people what do and how to live their lives?
“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely”
Baron Acton 1869 – 1902
Although it has its advantages, the Swiss referendum system can devolved into two wolves and a lamb voting on what’s for dinner. As in this case.
Our healthcare system is about to experience a tsunami! Potential side effects of jabs include chronic inflammation, because the vaccine continuously stimulates the immune system to produce antibodies. Other concerns include the possible integration of plasmid DNA into the body’s host genome, resulting in mutations, problems with DNA replication, triggering of autoimmune responses, and activation of cancer-causing genes. Alternative COVID cures EXIST. Ivermectin is one of them. While Ivermectin is very effective curing COVID symptoms, it has also been shown to eliminate certain cancers. Do not get the poison jab. Get your Ivermectin today while you still can! https://ivmpharmacy.com
Is there no UK pharmacy supplying Ivermectin?
Does this online one deliver to the U.K.?
Why wouldn’t they? They are famous for fence-sitting and clock-watching and not much else apart from holey cheese.
Imagine how much pleasanter it must be to have less competition for tables in restaurants, less likely that the theatre will be sold-out, and that those surrounding you will be of a piece with the homogeneous blob from which you emerged.
To hell with them.
It shows one thing clearly, if you can’t be bothered to vote, you can’t be bothered to get vaccinated and vice versa.
Or, voting is now a shibboleth, and we ought to recast democracy in a new form, while retaining correct principles and values.
They pretend to govern.
We pretend to comply.
That worked in the old Soviet Union all right, didn’t it?
Like the election fraud, dubious polls and bogus statistics we have seen in the last 2 years and before, I would be suspicious of such overwhelming support for a biosecurity state no matter how successful one might think the globalist fear campaign has been.
As someone living in Switzerland, we greeted the news of yesterday’s decision with despair but also resignation. Of course, the government side will take this as a mandate to introduce more oppressive measures – the Cantons vary in their zeal, where I live in the French-speaking part they’re extremely keen on sanitation measures, social distancing, mask mandates. Vaud, Geneva and Zurich, in fact, are the top cantons in terms of doling out fines to the ubermensch who break their rules.
The worrying thing here is that due to the shared borders with Austria and Germany – where the ‘lock ’em down and jab ’em all’ zealots are calling the shots – a lot of people here are calling for similar measures, including many of my work colleagues – very openly too, which makes being a pariah increasingly difficult on a day to day basis. For example, we’re now banned from the main work canteen, and some colleagues have openly (in a group setting) asked me why I am unvaxxed. Unthinkable a year ago. Normally an HR issue. Not now.
I don’t see an easy way out of this situation. Too many figures in government (from the President of the Federation… Read more »
*we are the untermensch, apologies – wrote uber above. Wishful thinking, of course 😉
What you are going through is awful SkepticalHomme – thank you for your informative post to us. DS should put it ATL as a postcard from Switzerland. I think you are a bit ahead of us here – but not far, as I would imagine that we will soon catch up with you. Do the best that you can to stay strong and post back here to let us know how you are getting on.
Thanks a lot Milo. In many ways my family and I are well off, as I have a good job and nothing much materially has changed – bar the day to day annoyances and the ramping up of stress that filters through in the workplace. It’s more the distant rumble of thunder I fear – the people who have to get vaxxed to keep their jobs I pity, and the wholesale erosion of our civil liberties that terrifies me, as it does everyone in this site. And I wish I had the guts to speak out more, without fearing the consequences. Anyway your words mean a lot – have a good evening
I can only offer heartfelt condolences – globally the situation is getting very dangerous very quickly. The end of rational thinking from so many is truly fascinating and terrifying in equal measure. Sending you warm wishes and I hope you can stay safe and free. I do believe that Mr Global’s plans will fail and, in time, sanity will prevail. The fall out will be huge when people realise what has been done to them. Sadly I understand that in one of the Rockefeller Foundation “scenario planning” sessions they determined that it will take at least 13 years for the GenPop (and the prison analogy is deliberate) to realise what’s happened. 🙁
Likewise Debra. All the best to you too and thanks for your kind words 😊 Yes, it’s a bit like trench warfare isn’t it – or best policy now is probably to stock up on champagne and hope it’s over by Christmas…2022 or 23. In the meantime we need to steer clear of mad men and women wielding needles.
Let’s hope your colleagues bearding you about your tax status reap the benefits of bits of metal in their hearts and circulatory systems.
While they are lying collapsed on the floor next you in the office, ask them if they’d had their STD result yet?
I meant vax status, not tax.
How does one edit this webpage?
The predictive text sometimes acts to change text even after I’ve checked everything.
2 wolves and a sheep voting in what have for dinner
Democracy == Mob Rule
The political world must have good incentives to promote this instead of just saying no, they have allowed the media to run with it and persuade the populations. We have 6 cases of this convenient variant look at the state of them
Oh brave new world that has such people in it.
When the people wilfully vote for their own enslavement we are but a small resistance group keeping the flame of liberty alive. We are in the age of endarkment.
38% with all the money and power in the other camp is a decent result. As a starting point that is good.
How is this a “starting point”? We’re nearly 2 years into this ‘crisis’. 38% this time last year would have been encouraging but not now.
Two years of being fed lies by people in positions of trust. To get past that takes time.
And, with politicians involved, there is the almost certain possibility of unintended results; not necessarily to their advantage.
One can only hope . . .
This is a terrible result. Even worse, it which backs up the Yougov polls which have been showing big support for government interventions.
It’s becoming difficult to see where any resistance is going to come from.
Disagree with such a good chunk of the electorate against the policy the government there has a big problem. The Valneva vaccine might be their way out. One our lousy government has given to Europe and denied us the choice of.
Result confirms one or more of the following:
1) Many people are ignorant and do not know that the ‘vaccine’ neither stops transmission nor stops infection
2) Many people support discrimination, as long as that discrimination is seen to be acceptable as shown by peers/government
3) The count was manipulated.
After watching/reading some of the disgusting stuff over the last few months (related to the unvaccinated) I’m 99% sure it’s a mixture of 1 & 2.
And I wouldn’t rule out 3!
How dare you make that assertion? Anyone who has any residual doubts about the utterly-unimpeachable probity of election processes in our sainted democratic west need look no further than the 2020 US Presidential election, in which a senile and apparently incontinent old fool who hardly dare totter out of his specially-equipped basement flat was elected, by due process, on a historically-unprecedented tidal wave of completely legitimate votes. Those who presume to doubt the truth of this need only seek out the wisdom of the BBC’s “Specialist Disinformation Correspondent”, a pillock-child just back off her gap-year whose expensive private education has obviously not equipped her with the slightest degree of self-awareness or sense of irony- had it done so, she wouldn’t have accepted her job-title, would she?
This 1000 times! I’d go so far as to say that they don’t want to know that the vaccine neither stops transmission nor infection. The saddest part is point (2) on your list though – because I see it every day here with friends and colleagues whom I trusted, but who have cravenly caved in and support punitive measures against the non-jabbed. At least this whole sorry experience leaves us with no illusions as to human nature in all its glory.
But did any of them see the satirical video posted on the site yesterday showing the guy being quizzed by the covid marshal type being about ALL the elements of his status he had to prove – smallpox, herpes, 15th covid booster, before he would be permitted entry?
Do they realise that when they feel so grotty after their 10th booster shot and don’t want any more THEY too will be unvaxxed and they will have voted for their own discrimination???
These are demonic times, and I do not say these words lightly or flippantly. Just look at the changed faces and actions of the so-called leaders. They are riddled with something, that is not human.
It is time to be strong and to act with fortitude and resilience.
I am by no means an expert on the Bible, but Psalm 23 seems appropriate at the moment.
121 as well.
Forgive my paranoia, people – I had thought one of my posts had been censored, but it has been pointed out that it could have been because it contained two links, triggering an auto ‘to be approved’. I was halfway through an e-mail to Toby…which I’m sure he can do without. So, I’ll try again. This is simply a suggestion – that DS try to cover more positive developments around the world, eg: (from Off-Guardian): 1) huge marches taking place in Italy, Guadeloupe, Germany and Australia’ in the last few days. Or 2) news from Missouri, where a judge has struck down the state’s anti-Covid ‘public health measures’ finding that empowering unelected public health officials to set policy violated the principles of representative government.’ And I’ll include the comment I made in my post that didn’t appear, which was ‘we can all find depressing stories on the BBC if we want to’.
More than two, I think. Two seems to be ok usually – presumably there’s a setting the admins can use, for antispam purposes, to limit the number of links on one post without approval.
Your original post will probably appear in due course, if it follows the usual course.
There are positive events and resistance occurring and I agree with you. The negative stuff is doing the other side’s propaganda work for them. I do not believe that they can beat us, people have nothing to gain from this crude tyranny
In fact it has now appeared. Five links, by my count, so I think we know what happened.
You aren’t the first to have jumped to an understandable but wrong conclusion in that situation, I can assure you 🙂 Would be useful if that message gave an explanation of why the post was being held, but that’s probably a matter for the software providers.
It certainly would! Thanks Mark. 🙂
Funny how a Star Wars film “Revenge Of The Sith” echoes the world’s slide into tyranny.
Their senate votes to give the Chancellor emergency powers, then he uses those powers to form the Galactic Empire for a “safe and secure society.”
https://youtu.be/DgxZr6LLS34
“So this is how liberty dies… with thunderous applause.”
The ultimate tyranny is democratic tyranny. The citizens want it and feel no fear, coercion, or anxiety. Hitler could only do so much without the internet etc. Just because evil is accepted it is even more demonic.
My heart is pounding. I have supported this site from the start, emailing Toby with contributions when it was really very small, and contribute financially monthly. Following my critical post below, I tried to post again, suggesting things that DS could cover. For the first time ever, my post was put ‘on approval’, and it has not appeared!! Whoever has censored my second post had better put it back pdq. Nevertheless, trust has been lost.
well I can see this one. its often if you post two links it auto looks for approval to prevent spam.
OK. Right…perhaps there were two links in the post. Perhaps I’ve jumped to the wrong conclusion. Please everyone forgive my paranoia – something to do with the times I’m living in I think… I’ll try to post again and say what I want to say without posting two links! Thank you…
Luke Perry – rather than giving us depressing articles from the BBC (‘worth reading in full’ – why??), could you please report on more positive developments around the world. For example (copied and pasted from Off-guardian):
‘…huge marches took place in Italy, Guadeloupe, Germany and Australia in the last few days. All against mandatory vaccination.
Non-protest-based good news this week comes from Missouri, where a judge has struck down the state’s anti-Covid “public health measures”, finding that empowering unelected public health officials to set policy violated the principles of representative government.
Tell about these things, DS – don’t find the worst bits of the BBC news for us. We can do that ourselves!
I guess if the issue was put to the vote in this country the outcome would be similar.
There’s nowt as stupid as folk.
Sad but true.
The issue hasn’t been put to the people in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, but those regions still have vaxx passports.
maybe someone should ask Piers Morgan what we should do?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7smNyXus44
Kier Starmer desperate to keep Boris in office.
Clueless Starmer To BAN Private Health To Force Everyone To qUse NHS
Yep – 6 million qUsers and counting!
A friend just told me the Moronic variant is being explicitly linked with heart damage. Has anyone else seen this?
I just saw racing pulse in someone quite young. It will take a few weeks for them to investigate Omicron and then spin it for the public
Yes – they are linking it to heart inflammation, heart failure and heart attacks. I will try to find the link.
I have just checked the link, and it is not reliable. I do not believe that there are official; claims for this yet.
Just more rehashing of old COVID stories. Eg, vaccine-induced heart inflammation is considered irrelevant because COVID-induced heart inflamation is considered to be more frequent.