The leader of the Insoumis and presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon said Sunday he was “
not reassured
” by the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine used in France against Covid-19, while affirming that it is “
not anti- vaccine
”.
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“
I am not reassured by a process which is quite new and of which we do not know the consequences.
I prefer traditional forms of vaccination,
”he told LCI.
"
I want to be able to choose
", he added, and not "
be a guinea pig
" for the vaccine developed by the American Pfizer and the German BioNTech which is based on the gene therapy technology called "
the Messenger RNA
”.
Assuring that it was "
not anti-vaccine
", the leader of LFI once again felt that France should favor traditional type vaccines, therefore buy from countries which produce such as Russia, Cuba, or the China.
Believing that the government vaccination campaign had "
started with a disaster
", Mr. Mélenchon also said he was "
revolted
" that France, become "
the laughing stock of the world
", is "
one of the only great powers
" to to have developed "
no vaccine
" to date.
"
How is it that Sanofi, to which we give 150 million euros in research credits every year, announces that, perhaps next December, they will have something on hand?
I do not accept the idea that France does not know how to do,
”he said.
The rebellious leader also affirmed that he "does
not understand
" that restaurants and bars are closed until further notice because of the epidemic.
"
Do we keep shutting everything down until everyone is broke?"
Is this France?
It is quite possible to organize things
", with gauges of people per m2 for example,"
but at least we live, we breathe
", he stressed.
“
Culture is the same.
The planes are full but when you have to go to the theater, no it's closed.
We are going to kill the French culture and way of life,
”he also protested.
The deputy of Bouches-du-Rhône also criticized the "
curfew at 6 p.m.
" introduced in several departments, since in this case "
people accumulate earlier in public transport and we do not see where the measure is fire break
”.
