THE QUESTION
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At the start of the week, the United Kingdom passed a milestone, that of "
15 million vaccinated
", a symbolic figure since it corresponds more or less to the number of people particularly vulnerable to Covid-19.
At the same time, France was at ... 2.84 million.
But the success of the Brexit country, which further underlines the relative slowness of the Member States of the European Union, left the French Secretary of State for European Affairs, Clément Beaune, unmoved, who did not hide his skepticism of the British victory.
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I still want us to look at the whole situation.
The British are going faster first because they put a lot of money on the first injection.
If you look at the UK number of people who received two doses, i.e. are fully vaccinated, you have fewer people who received both doses in the UK than in the EU.
They considerably spaced the time between the two doses.
There are scientists who say we can do it, but it is not the recommendation of our high health authority.
The British have taken more risks, which effectively allows them to go faster.
What is happening in the United Kingdom is not a situation that I envy (...) it is a situation of massive acceleration because their health situation is much more degraded,
”he said. Explain.
Is there an element of bad faith or is the British victory really a sham?
CHECKS
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The comparisons made by Clément Beaune are correct, but the
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