Alain Fischer, pediatrician, professor of immunology and president of the Vaccine Strategy Orientation Council, recently encouraged personalities from the intellectual and sports world to take a stand so that the population is vaccinated against the coronavirus. “
Many health professionals are fighting on the ground to convince. I think we have to resort to people who are culturally close, to ambassadors. I would very much like sportsmen - we have many Olympic champions from the West Indies - come and tell their compatriots to be vaccinated
", had declared, on RTL, the" Mr. Vaccine ”from the government. A message that was addressed in particular to Teddy Riner.
And the double Olympic champion, bronze medalist in Tokyo, responded in the negative to this injunction.
On the airwaves of RTL, the champion of Guadeloupe origin thus declared Tuesday: "
I am not here to say
" vaccinate yourself or not ", he declared.
Everyone is free to make their choice, (...) it is a decision that must be individual.
"
I stand in solidarity with my island, with the West Indies, I know it's very complicated, especially because we don't have good hospitals
Teddy Riner
While the West Indies are seriously affected by the Covid-19 epidemic, Teddy Riner added: "
I am in solidarity with my island, with the West Indies, I know that it is very complicated, in particular because we do not have good hospitals. (...) I send all my strength and energy, I am wholeheartedly with them.
"The tricolor champion specifies that he was vaccinated before the Olympics in Japan since he had"
not much choice
":" I had to prepare for the Olympics
Students in the West Indies, especially in Guadeloupe, returned to school on Monday, ten days after the official return to school in France, due to the outbreak of Covid-19, before switching back widely. Guadeloupe being still confined, this re-entry has been adapted, with a strict health protocol. And, after the start of the school year, most of the lessons will be distance learning.
