“Indeed, we have a lot of first-time injections, especially on appointments open at the last moment. The temperature taken from a nurse in a vaccination center in the north of Paris confirms the slight upturn in the immunization campaign against Covid-19 among the reluctant. On Wednesday, the Doctolib site had its best appointment booking day since October for a first dose, with 27,710 slots blocked on its platform. A modest performance in view of the best days with several hundred thousand reservations last summer, but which comes the day after Emmanuel Macron's shocking remarks in front of the panel of readers of Le Parisien - Today in France, determined to " piss off the unvaccinated ”.
These 27,710 appointment bookings represent an increase of 52% compared to the same day of the previous week.
It has above all confirmed a trend observed since the start of this Monday at the leader of online appointment booking: 25,680 then 26,644 Tuesday.
The resumption of the first injections has already been greeted by Olivier Véran, who on Wednesday identified 66,000 people who entered the vaccination cycle.
Thursday saw 53,636 additional first doses.
"Little by little, the number of unvaccinated people is decreasing"
"The rebound of the first doses is multifactorial," commented on the Ministry of Health. The very strong dynamics of the epidemic may encourage some people to go for vaccination, as can the future entry into force of the vaccination pass. Gradually, the number of unvaccinated decreases. It is down to 5.1 million people over the age of 12 and it continues to decline. We are mobilized for this, because there are too many unvaccinated people in intensive care. ". A "shudder", already observed by Philippe Besset, the boss of the Federation of Pharmaceutical Unions of France, which in fact escapes pharmacies: "Since the start of the school year, we have been completely under water with the tests"
First-time injections for minors represent a little more than 20% of reservations at Doctolib, which is logical given that the 5 to 11 year olds have just been included in the vaccination.
But the over 60s, the most vulnerable to the epidemic, already highly vaccinated, still represent 8.5% of slots.
It remains to be seen whether the trend will be confirmed in the coming days.
"It is above all a past vaccination effect, we do not hear too much about the words of Emmanuel Macron, continues the Parisian injector.
The atmosphere is quite good.
In any case, we don't listen too much to people who say that they are coming backwards, because we don't have the time or the inclination to discuss.
In recent days, we have even "repentants" who had a false history and come to be vaccinated.
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