The doors of the Ehpad will they finally open this weekend?
"It is above all a question of humanity, there is a lot of suffering, it has been going on for too long"
, conceded Brigitte Bourguignon Thursday, on the set of "Talk Le Figaro".
If residents already vaccinated fulminate in the face of maintaining the protocols, the Minister Delegate in charge of Autonomy, is working on relief measures within the establishments.
Be careful,
"the idea is not to reopen the doors too quickly",
but to be able to find visitors again, she believes.
“We are building a path of reunion
.
"
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Maintaining protocols exasperates vaccinated residents of nursing homes
The virus has killed 90,000 people in France, about a third of them in nursing homes.
“This is what justified the vaccine strategy
, explains Brigitte Bourguignon,
it is the most vulnerable people who pay the heaviest price and who develop the most serious form of the disease,” she
insists.
While the vaccination campaign continues in France, where are we in nursing homes?
“87% of residents are vaccinated with a first dose and 62% are vaccinated with two doses.
About 51% of people are therefore immune today, ”she
supports, adding that these data are fundamental, in the perspective of
“ total freedom regained ”
.
"Ethical questions"
On March 3, the Council of State decided to suspend the recommendation to ban the exit of nursing home residents, deemed "disproportionate".
"I invite everyone to reread the opinion of the Council of State, which created a kind of positive law: we can no longer prohibit trips to vaccinated,"
confirms the Minister.
As such, she wants to clarify things:
"The ministry does not give directives, they are recommendations", she
insists.
"It is up to managers to assess the right proportion of measures, depending on their establishment or their department, which is not easy,"
she still admits.
They are now being asked
"for a relaxation of internal rules and the re-establishment of exits"
.
The protocol will be ready this weekend and sent to the directors of establishments, assures the minister.
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“This raises a lot of ethical questions,
raises Brigitte Bourguignon.
You have the vaccinated people, the immunized ones and the unvaccinated people, which is about 20%
.
"
As for vaccinated caregivers, their number is increasing,
" there is an awareness, we have reached 47%, but it is not enough ",
denounces the Walker.
If vaccine freedom exists in France, there are nevertheless compulsory vaccines, why not the anti-Covid?
“This is the question we are asking ourselves
,
” she
emphasizes.
So as not to rush anyone, it is still time for
“incitement, persuasion”
.
It's quite irrational, notes Brigitte Bourguignon,
"when you get vaccinated against the flu, no one tries to find out which laboratory is producing it"
.
A communication problem?
“There is mostly a problem, sometimes, exaggeration of symptoms,”
she said.
Former elected of Pas-de-Calais and
"great defender of her region"
, the minister will support Laurent Pietraszewski, the LREM candidate in the regional elections.
Its objective, to block the RN,
"which makes its doormat, particularly of (s) one department"
, Pas-de-Calais.
"I want us to stop cultivating this despair in my department,"
she concludes.