By Fayçal Benhassain | August 4, 2021 | 6:43pm EDT
French President Emmanuel Macron. (Photo by Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images)
Paris (CNSNews.com) – A series of social media posts by French President Emmanuel Macron designed to answer young people’s questions about COVID-19 vaccines have stoked debate here – along with some ridicule.
On Monday and Tuesday, Macron posted four videos on Instagram and Tik Tok, discussing vaccines and in later clips answering questions submitted by users of the platforms.
He described vaccination as “the only weapon in the face of the fourth wave of COVID-19,” saying that around 42 million people in France have received one shot and more than 35 million have received two.
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By Fayçal Benhassain | July 28, 2021 | 8:57pm EDT
A protestor’s placard makes the point that there are people with both pro- and anti-vaccination views who are united in opposition against the government’s ‘heath pass’ mandate. (Photo by Clement Mahoudeau/AFP via Getty Images)
Paris (CNSNews.com) – Some social media stars in France claim to have been approached by a mysterious marketing agency and asked to use their platforms to denigrate the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
Léo Grasset, whose science-focused YouTube channel has 1.2 million followers, is one of those who say a marketing agency approached him last spring about posting messages for a fee – for an anonymous client – calling into question the safety and efficacy of the vaccine.
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