Exposed to their classes, possible vectors of transmission of the virus, the professors passed through the mesh of Emmanuel Macron’s televised address on July 12. For them, no vaccination obligation by the start of the school year in September. Indeed, confirms the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran on BFMTV, the teaching staff is not included in this obligation because it is ” in contact with people who are not fragile ». « A teacher is in contact with children who are not at risk of developing severe forms. »
Why are police officers exempt from compulsory vaccination?
This choice, like that of not making vaccination compulsory for the police, is debated. In the National Assembly during a questioning session to the government, the deputy LR Patrick Hetzer criticized the lack of exemplary nature of the National Education, which is nevertheless ” by far the leading public employer in France » :
“The public service should lead by example and you even more since you are directly responsible for a million civil servants. The lifts from the field are very worrying. No data available on the vaccination rate of teachers! “
How many teachers vaccinated?
” Minister, he continued, why have you remained inert on such a strategic issue? The last thing is that you have no management tool in this area and that your ministry is totally incapable of providing data which is nevertheless essential for enlightened decision-making. “
“Vaccination becomes a kind of political marker”: will the extension of the health pass be effective?
« You are looking for a controversy where it should not be sought “, Procrastinated the Minister of Education. ” If it had not been for this policy of “test-alert-protect”, we could not have been the only OECD country capable of opening its schools all year round. ” On LCI, a few days earlier, the same Jean-Michel Blanquer assured that there was no need to set up a compulsory system in National Education and for good reason: according to the minister “75% of teachers have had a first vaccination and 90% say they intend to be vaccinated”.
Another argument put forward by the minister, to close the debate before the national representation: ” According to studies by Public Health France, teachers are in a less contaminated category than the average of the population. »
