The seven orders of the health professions "call with one voice all caregivers to be vaccinated" against Covid-19.
This is an "ethical duty" to "curb the spread of the epidemic," they write in a column published by the Journal du Dimanche.
“Only 40% of nursing home staff and 30% of nursing staff in hospitals and towns have received at least one dose of the vaccine to date.
It's far too little, ”write the orders of doctors, dentists, pharmacists, midwives, physiotherapists, chiropodists and nurses.
Caregivers are "the most exposed to the virus, while being in contact with the most vulnerable populations," say the signatory organizations.
They must be vaccinated "because it is their ethical duty to protect their patients in all circumstances, and because it is imperative that they can protect themselves against the virus, as well as their loved ones, and slow down the spread of the epidemic, ”they continue.
Alain Fischer: "A third of the vaccinated caregivers, it is not tolerable"
The Minister of Health Olivier Véran had called on caregivers, in a letter circulated on Friday, to be vaccinated "quickly" in the name of "collective security".
The Order of Physicians had already stressed on Saturday that vaccination against Covid was an "ethical requirement" for caregivers, called to a "duty of example", in a press release.
"Everything must be done to convince young caregivers who do not necessarily feel in danger themselves, that they protect themselves and that they are probably protecting their patients by being vaccinated", notes for his part the immunologist Alain Fischer , the Mr. “vaccine strategy” of the government, also in an interview with the JDD.
"A third of the caregivers vaccinated, it is not tolerable", he underlines.
Presenting "the vaccination obligation" for these professionals as "a last resort", he believes that "we must allow ourselves a little time to convince, but not too much".
