Will the exercise be enough to dispel the reservations of those who, in the field, among health workers but not only, ask that the government be clearer on its health doctrine? While a «triple vague» – mixing the viruses of bronchiolitis, Covid-19 and influenza – spreading over France, increasing the pressure on an already saturated health system, the Minister of Health and Prevention, François Braun, ventured on Friday 9 December to defend it the strategy. A non-coercive strategy: “In the face of this triple epidemic, we need a triple barrage of vaccinations, barrier gestures and support for busy professionals”hammered the minister in front of the press, asking for the “responsibility” and al “solidarity” the French.
“I solemnly ask for a leap in vaccination” : this message, repeated on Friday, François Braun had already sung throughout the week on radio and television sets, echoing the terms used, before the Assembly, by the prime minister, Elisabeth Borne, on November 29th. Does this mean that prevention messages no longer reach – or badly – the French, after almost three years and nine waves of Covid-19? “The messages were the same for all waves, but they fared less well, or maybe they were transmitted less well” in recent weeks, admitted the minister.
A bit late clarification
For some days, while the recovery of the epidemic was being played out in a certain general indifference, questions have been raised, from almost every part of the territory, on the ” objective “ recall campaigns but also on the refusal of some pharmacists to vaccinate the under 60s. Should people who already have four doses request an additional one? What to do in case of infection between two doses? What deadlines to meet? The note sent to all professionals on November 21, to clarify the uncertainty, has not reached the ears of all French people. “Vaccination against flu and against Covid is open to all”, now he’s hammering François Braun, and not just those most at risk.
A somewhat late clarification, let’s react in specialist circles. “This message on vaccination open to all has the merit of simplifyingsays Mahmoud Zureik, professor of epidemiology and public health at the University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. Until now, the target audience seemed unclear to the population. »
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