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    Aug 01, 2021 3 minutes

    Our new pandemic threat is from a most unexpected new variant: vaccine complacency.

    The shockingly sluggish response to the launch of the long-awaited mass-vaccination push at the weekend suggests this country is a candidate for some Gallic-style tough love.

    French President Emmanuel Macron has just grounded his population of vaccine resisters indefinitely, saying they will face heavy restrictions until they are fully inoculated.

    Here, the Government is still trying to jolly

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