A cause and effect link?
Without hold.
65,000 appointments for a third injection of the Covid-19 vaccine were made on Doctolib this Friday, the day when the Elysee Palace announced that Emmanuel Macron would speak on television Tuesday evening at 8 p.m., a number record.
There had been 52,000 the day before and 39,000 the previous Friday.
It is even the first time that Friday has been the “highest” day of the week.
Nearly 65,000 people made an appointment yesterday on Doctolib for a third injection of the anti- # Covid19 vaccine, a daily record (and Friday had never been the highest day of the week).
No doubt an announcement effect of Emmanuel Macron's speech.
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- Nicolas Berrod (@nicolasberrod) November 6, 2021
The Head of State will speak in a tense context on the health plan.
All indicators are on the rise in France (+ 20% of daily positive cases and + 15% of daily hospitalizations in one week), and the situation is much more critical in some of our neighbors, such as Germany and Austria , and in Eastern European countries.
Emmanuel Macron could announce new measures to fight the epidemic.
Insufficient booster vaccine coverage
Among the possible avenues, there is in particular the conditioning of the sanitary pass to the booster dose (most often, this is a third dose).
On July 12, when Emmanuel Macron announced that the health pass would be mandatory to go to restaurants or to the cinema from the end of July or the beginning of August, Doctolib had already recorded an impressive influx of Internet users coming to make an appointment to be made. vaccinate.
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For several weeks, the government has estimated that the pace of booster vaccinations has not been sustained enough.
At this time, among those eligible (i.e. vaccinated at least 6 months ago), 70% of nursing home residents, 50% of residents aged 65 and over and around 20% of those with comorbidities received their booster dose.
The entire adult population may also soon be called upon to receive an additional injection.
