This is the eighth time that the Academy of Medicine has taken a stand since the start of the health crisis.
This time, in the midst of a national debate and while Emmanuel Macron is due to speak on Monday evening, the institution reaffirmed its position by declaring itself in favor of compulsory vaccination.
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"The principle of a vaccination based on voluntary service today reveals its limits, which compromises access to the level of collective immunity essential to avoid an epidemic upsurge in the 4th quarter," she said in a press release.
“If individual freedom must be respected, it is nonetheless limited when there is danger for others.
Faced with Covid-19, vaccination is not only a civic gesture, it is an ethical imperative.
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Position statement of the scientific council and the HAS
As a result, with regard to the entire population aged 12 and over, "the obligation to be vaccinated against Covid-19 constitutes the only realistic option in terms of personal responsibility and solidarity commitment to preserve their health," that of others and to achieve collective immunity ”.
A position taken when the scientific council has just declared itself in favor of the vaccination of caregivers on Friday, as part of the rapid progression of the Delta variant.
In a new opinion published this Friday, the scientific council said it supported the "recommendation" of the orientation council of the vaccination strategy to "move towards an obligation to vaccinate caregivers", calling for accelerating the adoption of "legal and legislative measures In this sense. The scientific council even considers that it "could be extended to other categories, such as caregivers, personnel of personal services or all (non-health) professionals exposed and exposing to a risk for others". A position shared by the High Authority for Health (HAS) in its opinion issued on Friday.