So starting tomrrow health passport required for all places of leisure and culture with more than 50 people.
Starting August 1st it'll be extended to cafes, restaurants, shopping centers, hospitals, retirement homes, medico-social establishments, as well as to travel by plane, train and coach for long-distance journeys.
So July 12th the French presidents speaks about rising delta variant, mandatory vaccination for health workers, paying for PCR tests without a prescription, and restriction of restaurants and cultural spaces to those that have been vaccinated or have recently tested negative covid.
Afterwards the online site for vaccinations appointments server crashed because of too many people trying to make appointments.
Two days later (Bastille Day) there were strikes all over France against the new measures.
Welcome back.
So how to go to Cancun during a Pandemic
Step 1: Have friends who are turning 40 during a pandemic
Step 2: Get email from a motivated friend like this:
“I bet you were thinking that the Mexico trip for July 2021 was forgotten about, but the long days of the pandemic have only made my dream of leaving my house and going to Mexico stronger.”
Step 3: Agree with friend
Step 4: Pay deposit even though you do not know if you borders will be opened or if you will be vaccinated. Buy insurance.
Step 5: Bite your nails because borders are closed and you are still not vaccinated
Step 6: Wake up and see they have opened vaccination appointments for your age group
Step 7: Sit and click for 30 minutes to try to an appointment
Step 8: Finally get an appointment through speed clicking then realize it’s an hour away by car and you don’t drive in France
Step 8: Convince husband to drive you for vaccination
Step 9: Get first dose and rejoice
Step 10: Wait for borders to open
Step 11: Borders open
Step 12: Buy last minute expensive plane tickets
Step 13: Realize name on vaccination certificate does not match name on passport
Step 14: Try to fix this in second vaccination appointment, unsuccessfully.
Step 15: Try to fix this with French administration, unsuccessfully.
Step 16: Try to fix this at the doctor’s office, unsuccessfully.
Step 17: Track the path of Hurricane Elsa.
Step 18: Monitor the Paris Airport strikes.
Step 19: Receive an email from airline that return ticket is cancelled
Step 20: Consider giving up
Step 21: Don’t give up and book new return ticket
Step 22: Pack
Step 23: Go to airport
Step 24: Have faith that everything will work out
Step 25: Enjoy Cancun.
So 4th of July.
The U.S. didn't make the goal of 70% of the population first dose of vaccin by July 4th but 67% isn't bad. France is at 50% first dose.
