Shouldn't caregivers set an example by getting vaccinated against Covid-19?
It is the little music that has been playing on repeat in recent days in the government, while the vaccination rate among healthcare workers is too low, some reluctant to use AstraZeneca when it is not the vaccine itself that puts them off.
Sunday, the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, noted a "craze which rises among caregivers", immediately rejecting the idea of compulsory vaccination.
Olivier Véran, after a visit to a vaccination center in Boulogne-sur-Mer (Pas-de-Calais), said he was "convinced that the rate of adherence of caregivers will join the general rate of French people for vaccination".
The minister, in a letter published Friday, called on caregivers to be vaccinated "quickly" in the name of "collective security".
He was joined this Sunday by a statement from the seven orders of health professions, calling "with one voice all caregivers to be vaccinated" against Covid-19, stressing that it is a "Ethical duty" to "curb the spread of the epidemic".
Asked about a proposal by the LREM deputy of Pas-de-Calais, Jean-Pierre Pont, to make vaccination compulsory for caregivers, Olivier Véran deemed this approach "legitimate", but indicated to favor "for the moment dialogue and conviction ”.
In an interview with the Journal du Dimanche, Alain Fischer, in charge of the vaccination campaign for the government, explained that he wanted to focus on “pedagogy”.
"The vaccine obligation, it would be a last resort," he said.
And to add: "In times of pandemic, the vaccination obligation for caregivers can be justified.
Talking about it can serve as a stimulus to convince.
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Elected opposition representatives divided
"It would be irresponsible to designate as scapegoats our caregivers who have been doing exemplary work since the start of the crisis", while "the government has fueled mistrust on the vaccine from the start" with its "repeated lies", estimated Jordan Bardella, number two of the National Rally, on France Inter / franceinfo / Le Monde.
Asked about France 3, Jean-Luc Mélenchon judged “a little curious that we end this whole story by questioning those who treat.
It's ridiculous, and in some ways so characteristic of macronia, ”he criticized.
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EELV MEP and potential presidential candidate Yannick Jadot for his part proposed on Radio J “a deal with caregivers: we offer them the best vaccine, it's Pfizer.
We vaccinate them with Pfizer, and if they don't vaccinate with Pfizer, then we make vaccination mandatory.
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from the Ile-de-France region Valérie Pécresse, for her part, called on caregivers to “take responsibility”, stressing that it was “their duty” while “there are too many clusters in the hospital today” : “They have no right to hesitate.
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