consent to the vaccine against Covid-19 at the center of the debate

With the arrival of vaccines against Covid-19 in nursing homes, the priority is to obtain the consent of the residents. In Dijon (Côte-d’Or), Joëlle Mauvais impatiently awaits the vaccine to protect her mother, a resident of an Ehpad. “I lost my brother a fortnight ago, she explains, moved. If I could get vaccinated I would“. “As well do it, confirms his mother. It’s enough for one that’s dead, you might as well not have a second“. Jeanne’s children, 90, decided for her. She had the virus three months ago.”As soon as she is vaccinated, we will be relieved, we will be able to live normally again“, assures Frédéric Miressou, his son.

For the moment, in this Ehpad of 250 residents, only 70 people have consented to the vaccine. Despite the advice she receives, Jacqueline Reygner does not want it. “I talked about it with my children, I didn’t agree. These vaccines, we don’t know what they are“, affirms this resident. Others hesitate, and the medical teams try to convince.”We are really counting on this first phase of vaccination so that they can see for themselves how it is (…) and the few side effects that we can have“, indicates Laurence Vaillard, department head in nursing homes.

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