Covid-19: How vaccines should protect us from another rebound

Nearly 85% of French people over 12 have already received at least one dose of vaccine.

Strong vaccination coverage which made it possible to contain the summer wave of Covid-19 linked to the Delta variant.

The number of daily contaminations, as well as hospitalizations, has been falling for several days.

There are now nearly 16,000 new positive tests every day and just over 600 serious cases that require hospitalization.

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According to the latest modeling work from the Institut Pasteur, this vaccination coverage should normally prevent us from future epidemic peaks comparable to those of recent months.

"A hospital peak greater than the first wave is theoretically always possible if we completely abandon all braking measures,"

warns Simon Cauchemez, member of the Scientific Council and modeler at the Institute and responsible for this work.

But the wearing of the mask indoors, the gestures of social distancing or the health pass contribute

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