Even the Swiss Are Tightening the Screws on the Unvaccinated
A poster requiring visitors to show a vaccine certificate at a tea room in Les Moulins, Switzerland, on Sept. 12.
Photographer: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images
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Switzerland, which has stood out among European neighbors for its generally more laissez-faire approach to the pandemic, is joining the ranks of countries now increasing pressure on the unvaccinated.
With hospitals filling up and inoculations lagging the rest of Western Europe, the government is doing what just a few weeks ago one of its members termed “bizarre” by requiring vaccine certificates for public activities.