Immunocompromised people are on the alert for the dreaded Omicron variant. They are vaccinated three times, or even more, but remain the patients most exposed to severe forms. These do not develop antibodies or not enough to be protected against the virus. However, the number of hospitalized patients continues to increase, particularly in intensive care, with 3,969 patients. According to the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, most of these patients "
are unvaccinated or immunocompromised".
The associations of people transplanted, dialysed, suffering from certain cancers, signatories of a forum in
Le JDD
, regret "
an acceptance of their fate
" by the public authorities.
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These patients with severe immunosuppression have felt trapped since the start of the pandemic.
While their number is estimated at 300,000 in France, they currently represent, in some hospitals, "
around 20% of patients hospitalized for Covid-19 in intensive care or intensive care despite ...
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