COVID-19 cases are down and vaccinations are up.With vaccine certificate programs rolling out in some provinces, the French experience might provide some clues to what Canadians can expect — though some experts warn a drop in case numbers through vaccine passports alone might be too much to hope for.France introduced its vaccine passport or “pass sanitaire” Aug.
9, making it mandatory to provide vaccination status or show a recent negative test in order to dine indoors at restaurants, get on trains and planes, and visit shopping malls, among other things.More than one million people signed up for vaccine appointments the day after President Emmanuel Macron announced the policy on July 12.