Hello,
"
Fiasco
", "
chaos
", "
ubiquitous and untenable
", the deputies competed in imagination to qualify the
health protocol
decided for the school since the start of the school year. And despite a slight reduction in the
tests
, the teachers' unions are calling for the pavement to be pounded on Thursday to warn of the "
growing fed-up in schools
". Saturday, other dissatisfied people demonstrated against the
vaccine pass
voted last night by the Senate, obscuring by their diatribes these
non-vaccinated
who are not antivax and that the Ministry of Health would still like to convince. Because, if
Omicron
majority today seems less dangerous, we must not lower our guard against the possible appearance of new
variants
.
Good reading,
Camille Lestienne, journalist at
Le Figaro
.
1. Constrain and convince
French people opposed to the vaccine pass demonstrated on Saturday.
SARAH MEYSSONNIER / REUTERS
The passes to the Senate.
After a heated examination in the National Assembly last week and a resurgence of anti-pass protests on Saturday, the bill that turns the health pass into a vaccination pass was voted on last night in the Senate. Several corrections were made: the limitation of the pass in time with a threshold of 10,000 hospitalized patients below which the pass would be lifted, the exclusion of minors from the system leaving them subject to the sole health pass and the refusal to entrust the checks of identity to restaurateurs or managers of establishments. The text must be examined this afternoon in a joint committee (CMP) for application, hopes the government, early next week. Waiting for,the health pass will be subject to the third dose for all people over 18 from January 15. Between 500,000 and 700,000 people could lose their health pass, the Minister of Health said on Wednesday. A figure undoubtedly overestimated he specified, since "
among them, many have not put the proof of their infection in TousAntiCovid
”, which allows them to postpone the time of injection of the third dose.
Read also Unrecognized Covid tests, saturated platforms ... The French overwhelmed by administrative failures
The unvaccinated.
As the constraint against the unvaccinated intensifies, who are the last refractory to the Covid vaccine? There are still more than 4 million in the major. According to the latest Slavaco survey led by sociologist Jeremy Ward, 10.5% of them still refuse to be vaccinated: two thirds with certainty, one third "
probably
". Several studies assess outright antivax in only 2% of the population. About 500,000 people over the age of 80 are believed to be unvaccinated. Among them, the Ministry of Health counts
"A particularly isolated part, sometimes very far from the health system, and that should be 'fetched', a resigned part, who considers that this is not useful at their age and that 'we must die of something". These people, we are trying to convince them. Finally, a residual part of vaccine-resistant, as in all age groups. "
The antivax movement often arouses the misunderstanding of immunocompromised who, although vaccinated with three or four doses, are still not protected against Covid-19.
"They are free, I am compartmentalized at home, cut off from others,"
laments one of them.
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”
The numbers to remember
53.4 million
people received a first dose (79.2% of the population).
52.1 million
French people have a complete vaccination schedule (77.3% of the population).
30 million
booster doses administered.
Source: Ministry of Health as of January 12
2. School at its wit's end
Jean-Michel Blanquer was heckled Monday, January 11 at the National Assembly over the "fiasco" of the health protocol at school.
THOMAS COEX / AFP
Bad pass for Blanquer.
Heckled in the National Assembly Tuesday during questions to the government, the Minister of National Education does not stop wiping the plasters of the new health protocol at school. A "
totally ubiquitous and untenable protocol
" according to Republican MP Annie Genevard. Absent teachers, serial tests, overwhelmed parents, ... The school threatens to collapse. And despite the simplification announced on Monday of the tests, the call to strike for this Thursday promises to be very followed. The Snuipp-FSU, the first primary union, has predicted 75% strikers and half of schools closed. A massive strike that even affects reformist unions. "
It's a message of weariness and exasperation that we want to convey on Thursday
», Explains Bruno Bobkiewicz, to the union of management personnel (SNPDEN) at Unsa.
On the children's side, child psychiatrists are sounding the alarm.
"This climate of insecurity and anxiety harms their emotional balance and learning",
points out Stéphane Clerget.
In recent days, tensions have resulted in
"sleep disorders and school refusals with children who ask to stay at home"
, describes the doctor in
Figaro
.
And yet, if the cases of Covid flare up in children, the serious forms remain limited.
The increase in hospitalizations is especially marked among children under two years old, according to Public Health France.
As for the vaccination of children, it slips with only 2% of 5-11 year olds vaccinated.
Read also Jean-Michel Blanquer, a minister under fire from critics
Tests at all costs
. While nasopharyngeal testing puts a strain on children and parents alike, many wonder where the saliva tests went. These PCR tests are nevertheless reliable but the waiting time for results - 24 hours - would limit their usefulness at school. Sales of self-tests are reaching new heights in pharmacies and supermarkets. The queues keep getting longer in front of pharmacies and laboratories, but is France one of the countries that tests the most, as the government claims? After verification, the country is well placed but it remains at the foot of the podium. It is 4th in number of tests and 9th in rate of tests per capita. Moreover,shouldn't we just stop testing? An attractive hypothesis while the first observations on Omicron are reassuring, but risky when potential mutations in the virus have yet to be considered.
3. Where is the epidemic at?
Weekly incidence rate by department of Covid-19 per 100,000 people.
Moving average over 7 days.
FigData
Majority omicron
.
Thanks to the screening of the tests - the results of which are again available after a change in patient monitoring method -, we learn without surprise that the Omicron variant has become the majority in France where it represents 80% of cases.
But the Delta variant has not said its last word and is still circulating, around 40,000 cases per day.
A cohabitation which has not been observed in the United Kingdom and which could prolong the risk weighing on the hospital.
According to Olivier Véran, the new Omicron variant still causes "
fairly strong influenza syndromes.
»Likely to send patients to hospital but they stay there for a shorter period of time and more rarely go to intensive care.
Finally, the panic born after the discovery by Cypriot scientists of a new strain of coronavirus born from the cross between Omicron and Delta and nicknamed Deltacron is deflating.
Its existence is strongly questioned by French researchers.
“
I fear that the Cypriot scientist is probably wrong,
assures
Le Figaro
Professor François Balloux.
As for the variant identified by the Marseille IHU, it remains under control.
Read alsoDoes the Omicron variant send "nobody" to intensive care?
The figures to remember in France
3,985
patients in critical care (+16 since the day before)
23,889
hospitalized patients (+518 since the day before)
361,719
new cases detected in 24 hours (against 332,252 last Wednesday)
246
deaths in 24 hours in hospital (126,305 deaths since the start of the epidemic)
Source: Public Health France as of January 12
4. And elsewhere?
The British Prime Minister has apologized for his participation in a "garden party" organized in full containment in May 2020. POOL / REUTERS
UK.
It's like a scent of scandal that invades the streets of London from the door of 10 Downing Street.
Boris Johnson, struggling with the "partygate", may apologize, his participation in a party during confinement in May 2020 does not pass.
The opposition is asking for his resignation.
According to the media, some believe that the question is no longer whether Boris Johnson will have to leave power, but when.
To read also Boris Johnson gets bogged down in the "
Partygate
"
Quebec.
The Canadian province strongly affected by the Omicron wave hits hard. In the coming weeks, it will implement a new tax - called a “
health contribution
” - which will only affect people not vaccinated against Covid-19. "
We are working on a health contribution
" for "
all adults who refuse to be vaccinated
" because they represent "
a financial burden for all Quebecers
," Quebec Premier François Legault said on Tuesday.
India.
The death toll from Covid in India, relatively low compared to the number of inhabitants, could be much higher.
Far from the some 490,000 deaths recorded so far, it could reach several million according to a study published last Friday in the journal
Science.
According to the eleven scientists who participated in the research, the Covid-19 would have caused 3.2 million deaths in India between June 2020 and July 2021.
5. Pass and masks
Health pass.
The health pass is required to go to places of culture and leisure accommodating more than 50 people (cinema, theater, concerts, festivals, etc.). The same goes for restaurants, bars, indoors and outdoors, in trains, buses and planes, retirement homes and medical establishments. Places of worship are not affected. It is compulsory to go to shopping centers of more than 20,000 m², if the department's incidence rate is greater than 200. Since September 30, young people aged 12 to 17 are also subject to it. As a reminder, the health pass is not a vaccination certificate. For it to be valid, you must either be fully vaccinated (with a booster dose at most seven months after the last injection from January 15,December 15 for those over 65), either present a negative PCR or antigen test of less than 24 hours or proof of cure (a positive test) of more than 11 days and less than 6 months. It is in the form of a QR code stored in the TousAntiCovid application or in paper format.
Read also Health pass: instructions for use, people concerned, penalties ... What you need to know about the law definitively adopted
Wearing a mask
is compulsory in enclosed places subject to the health pass and outside when distancing is not possible (markets, queues, station platforms, etc.).
Some municipalities or departments have reimposed the mask outdoors as in Paris from December 31.
Since January 3, this obligation concerns children from 6 years old and no longer 11 years old.
The mask is compulsory in primary schools both outside and inside.
Read also Covid-19: the map of the departments which reimpose the wearing of the mask outdoors
A certificate to travel.
Since July 1, Europeans can travel more easily within the continent thanks to certified evidence of vaccination or negative tests brought together in a single document.
In digital or paper format.
Please note, however, that each country can continue to apply specific rules.
Read alsoWhere can we travel?
Our map of open countries and restrictions for French tourists
6. Reflexes to keep
The virus is transmitted by droplets and aerosols.
The barrier gestures detailed by the Ministry of Health must be observed to protect themselves and others:
Wash your hands regularly or use hydroalcoholic gel
Cough or sneeze into the crease of your elbow
Use disposable tissues
Wear a mask in public areas when the distance of two meters cannot be respected
Avoid touching your face
Air the rooms as often as possible, at least a few minutes every hour
Greet without shaking hands and stop the hugs
7. What to do in case of symptoms?
The disease is most often manifested by cough, fever or a feeling of fever, loss of smell and taste, fatigue.
If after a few days, you have difficulty breathing or are short of breath, you should contact 15. The symptoms would be milder with the Omicron variant, similar to those of a cold: sore throat, headache, discharge. nasal.
Read also Covid-19: what to do when you are "contact case"?
The most important thing is to get tested if there are signs of the disease. The test, PCR or antigen, remains free for those not vaccinated on medical prescription or after having been identified as a contact case by Health Insurance. In the event of a positive result on a self-test, a confirmatory PCR test is recommended. While waiting for the result, you must isolate yourself, wear a mask and prepare a list of people you could have infected. If the test is positive,
isolation should last 7 days
from the first symptoms for vaccinated people,
10 days
for unvaccinated people. It can be broken on D + 5 or D + 7 respectively, if you have a negative test and you have not had symptoms for 48 hours.
Read also You have just learned that you are positive for Covid-19, what to do?
See you next week.
