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Vaccinated, the deputy Agnès Firmin Le Bodo calls for an acceleration

2021-01-11T18:34:57.917Z


The MP (Agir) would like all health professionals to be associated with the vaccination campaign and plead for a simplified prior consultation.


Sleeve rolled up and a smile.

Deputy Agnès Firmin Le Bodo was vaccinated against Covid-19 on Monday.

At Le Havre hospital, this 52-year-old pharmacist received a first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

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The elected member of the Agir-Ensemble group (presidential majority), who worked in her pharmacy during the parliamentary recess, is part of the public invited to be vaccinated as a priority.

“It is first of all the health professional who is vaccinated.

I had to do it first to protect people who come to the pharmacy.

Even if behind there is the chosen one and I know that what we are doing is watched, ”she

argues.

"Proximity, trust and transparency"

This close friend of Edouard Philippe has chosen to publicize the bite, convinced that

"people need examples to turn to"

even if

"I know very well that some will say that it is a privilege

.

"

On Twitter she immediately posted a photo of her appointment at the hospital, accompanied by a brief message:

"The vaccine is safe and it is our best weapon against # COVID19"

.

"The Minister of Health could also set an example,

the mayors also as local elected officials

to show that it does not hurt, that it is a vaccine like any other,"

said the elected, interviewed by Le Figaro.

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Agnès Firmin Le Bodo sets out the three priorities of the vaccination campaign:

"proximity, trust and transparency"

.

To convince the French, she would like general practitioners, pharmacists and home nurses to be involved in the vaccination campaign.

The most likely to reassure, she says:

“During the great testing campaign organized in Le Havre, people told me at the pharmacy 'If you are testing me, I am okay with it'.

Confidence is embodied by proximity ”

.

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"We are going to need a lot of people to vaccinate and to multiply the points of vaccination",

suggests Agnès Firmin Le Bodo who wants to share her thoughts with the government, strongly criticized since the start of the school year because of the slow deployment of its vaccination campaign.

“The initial caution engendered a certain distrust.

The pressure saved us 15 days

.

It has to accelerate very clearly.

Now we really have to go.

We must simplify the procedures, ”

asks the elected representative.

Read also: How France is accelerating the pace of vaccination

She is thinking in particular of the consultation prior to vaccination.

“We cannot say that it is a vaccine like any other and take so many measures behind it.

It clogs the system and raises questions, ”she

laughs.

Source: lefigaro

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