The vaccination campaign against Covid-19 is accelerating. After many criticism of the slowness of the process, Minister of Health Olivier Véran urged caregivers over 50 to get vaccinated. This new phase should start on Monday.
I asked hospitals to immediately open vaccination to liberal health professionals> 50 years old. The President of the National Council of the Order of Physicians did so today at the Hôtel-Dieu (Paris). Next week, in nearly 100 centers across the country. pic.twitter.com/zeaXatLq4j
– Olivier Véran (@olivierveran) January 2, 2021
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But according to some caregivers in Berry, it is too early to make such decisions. Sandra Tricheux is a departmental representative in the Cher of the FO Santé union. She works in an Ehpad in Bourges. She prefers to wait before getting vaccinated. “I’m not going to jump right into the tests and serve as a guinea pig. We really have that impression. We are going to vaccinate the caregivers, they are going to serve as guinea pigs, we’ll see what happens. I need to have a little bit of time, to see the reactions of others. “
However, it is far from being “anti-vaccine”. “It’s not good, it’s very selfish, if everyone does like me, no one gets vaccinated”, she admits. She feels she lacks perspective, and notes that this opinion is shared among his colleagues from Cher. “In the first year, there will not be many agents who will be vaccinated, judge Sandra Tricheux. We tell ourselves that there is not enough hindsight and that we will let the others test and that we will see later. “
Lack of perspective
Opinions shared by Ludovic Meunier, caregiver and union representative at the Châteauroux hospital center. It is less affirmative on the term of “guinea pig”, let him judge “a little strong” but doubts remain. “What is certain is that at first glance, not all caregivers are ready to be vaccinated. It is a hesitation that remains in the majority among caregivers over 50 as well.”
The Châteauroux hospital center has 1,400 medical and paramedical staff. Here again, there is no skepticism about the usefulness of vaccines in general, but the impression of a lack of perspective on the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine in particular. “Quite simply because there is no transparency with regard to this vaccine. We have not studied the side effects much. We also cannot be sure of having the vaccine that prevents contamination. It avoids complications but not spreading the virus. So at the moment it’s not very transparent. ”
The first bites will take place this Monday in the Indre and the Cher. The -80 ° C super-freezer for storing long-term doses has arrived at the Châteauroux hospital shortly before the new year.
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