"
I think the vaccination pass is a mistake
."
Invited to Europe 1 on Friday January 14, Professor Eric Caumes, head of the infectious diseases department at Pitié-Salpêtrière, pointed to the conditioning of public places with the certificate of vaccine against Covid-19, which continues its journey in the Chambers of Parliament.
“
From an epidemiological, public health, medical point of view, it is clearly a mistake
”, pointed out the infectiologist.
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If such a sesame "
could be conceived
" at the time of the Delta variant, more dangerous than the original coronavirus, it becomes "
inconceivable
" with Omicron.
And the doctor to argue: "
We can clearly see that the vaccine does not prevent the circulation of the virus in the general population, we see this every day
", he argued, while contaminations in France exceeding 300,000 cases for several days.
The serum is useful for "
preventing entering intensive care hospitalization
", which makes
de facto
, according to the doctor, the vaccination pass unjustified from a medical point of view.
"Neither medicine nor public health"
For Eric Caumes, the vaccination pass only responds to a political strategy: “
We are in the electoral campaign
” he recalls, referring in particular to “
the antivax affair
”.
Supposed to come into force on January 15, the vaccination pass was to deprive the 600,000 French people who have not yet done their recall, as of Saturday, as well as the 5 million non-vaccinated, of access to public places.
Its application is nevertheless delayed because of disagreements between deputies and senators, in particular on the question of the threshold of 12 years wanted by the executive.
“
It is a marker of display and above all of cleavage, (but it is) neither medicine nor public health
”, slices the infectiologist.
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In addition, trying to stem the spread of the virus is a decoy, believes the infectious disease specialist.
"
I see that the Omicron virus is
uncontrollable
", he said, referring to the "
puzzle
" represented by the new highly contagious variant, impossible to control "
in the general population, in schools, colleges, high schools
”.
On France Info, Jean-Michel Blanquer announced again this Friday that 3000 classes were closed due to Covid-19, specifying that the figure was bound to decrease over the days due to the new lightened protocol.
