Toulouse. The court rejects the summary in favor of antivax posters
In the case of the antivax posters in Toulouse, the Administrative Court rejected the requests for interim relief filed by Réinfo Liberté and the UNACS.
This is a new step in the affair of the antivax posters on billboards in Toulouse. “The Administrative Court of Toulouse rejected the requests for interim relief filed by Réinfo Liberté and UNACS requesting the suspension of the prefectural decree of August 26, 2022 banning the poster campaign against vaccination against Covid-19″, namely the prefecture of Haute-Garonne on his social networks Monday, September 5 at the end of the day.
“The execution of the decree, the motivation for which is based on the general interest which attaches to the preservation of public health and the fight against the spread of false news, does not in itself carry any serious and immediate to a public interest or those of the association”, specifies the prefecture.
The prefect bans antivax posters in Toulouse
Indeed, on Saturday August 27, the prefect of Haute-Garonne Étienne Guyot issued an order banning the poster campaign. The decision was taken “after having reported to the prosecutor of the Toulouse judicial court the poster campaign in progress in Haute-Garonne which contains false information on vaccination against Covid-19, and after conducting adversarial proceedings “.
The antivax posters had been on Toulouse billboards since Monday August 15. They refer to “experimental vaccines” and played on fear by evoking risks for children. “One stroke for every 100 injections: our children’s health is better than experimental vaccines,” read a sign. “Covid vaccination: 1 serious side effect in 100, what if it was your child? asked another.