It was to be the ticket for a return to our former lives, the promise to achieve group immunity ... But almost a year after the launch of the vaccination campaign, we must face the facts: we are not yet completely out of the woods. After a relatively quiet summer on the epidemic front, a new wave - the fifth in France - is gradually submerging Europe. A wave which, according to the President of the Scientific Council Jean-François Delfraissy, will have a "
significant impact
" by the end of the year.
However, the French population - which has long been thought to be resistant - has largely consented to be vaccinated.
At the time of writing, 90% of those over 12 have indeed received their two doses.
A population in large majority vaccinated but hospitals which continue to fill up… How to explain this paradox?
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The reasons for the epidemic resumption
The recipe for this new wave is based on four ingredients: a more contagious virus,
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