After being visible for almost three weeks in late July and early August, the anti-wax panels in Toulouse must be removed by the advertiser. On Saturday, August 27, the Prefect of Haute-Garonne, Etienne Guyot, announced that he had issued an order to that effect, condemning “fake newsRegarding vaccinations against Covid-19. “After a controversial procedure, the prefect of Haute-Garonne issued a prefectural order banning this poster campaign.“, the press release of the prefecture says. The advertiser is instructed to remove them within 72 hours.
Large signs displayed from private estates were visible from the streets of Toulouse. They used shocking formulas such as:1 in 100 serious side effects What if it was your child?” or “1 cardiovascular accident per 100 injections. Our children’s health is worth more than experimental vaccines“. These messages were signed by the self-proclaimed “Independent scientific board“Leaded by well-known Antivax figures such as Professor Christian Peron or anesthesiologist-reanimatologist Louis Fouche.
On August 19, Sonia Backes, the secretary of state for citizenship, asked the prefect to respond, following a wave of reactions on social media, as well as an appeal from the Order of the Doctors. The Haute-Garonne prefecture eventually condemned these billboards, stating on Twitter that “a report was also sent to the prosecutor“.
The billboards are owned by LPS Luchetta Display, a company attached to the Publimat advertising agency in Meurthe-et-Moselle. The new decree, based on the spread of false information, definitively bans the campaign and obliges the advertiser, the Réinfocovid association and the screen company Luchetta paint and screen printing to withdraw by Monday.
Source: Le Figaro
