PARIS : The French have long been wary of vaccines, but a mixture of mandates and inducements encouraged millions to get the shot as the Delta variant spread When France started vaccinating its population at the start of the year, it had one of the highest rates of hesitancy in the world.
Today, it has one of the highest vaccination rates among larger Western countries, after a mix of enticements and government pressure pushed millions of French to receive the shot this summer.
The success of the French campaign is such that the government has floated the idea of loosening in parts of the country some of the restrictions it put on this summer.