Reviews on a supposed slow start of anti-Covid vaccination in France are “A little derisive” and fall under a “False quarrel”, defended Wednesday December 30 the Prof. Alain Fischer, the “vaccine mister” appointed by the government, inviting to project oneself ” in a few weeks “ to judge progress.
In a few weeks, “The rate of vaccination and the number of people vaccinated, compared to the population, will be of the same order of magnitude between the different European countries”, said Professor Fischer on LCI.
Politicians and some doctors expressed their misunderstanding on Wednesday, while France vaccinated less than 200 people in three days, against 78,000 in Germany and 8,300 in Italy.
“The vaccine must go to the people”
“Comparisons on the number of people vaccinated after a few days do not make sense”, ruled Alain Fischer, rejecting the idea of a “Small steps forward”. Medium term, “It will happen in France as it happens in other European countries”, he assured.
“During the month of January and early February we should be able to vaccinate more than 700,000 people in nursing homes and a number of health professionals who work there, and then millions of people”, continued Alain Fischer.
The choice to vaccinate residents of retirement homes as a priority “Takes more time” car “The vaccine must go to people and not people to the vaccine”, he argued, also citing the complexity of delivering doses of the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine, which must be stored at -80 degrees.
Attal wants to keep the goals
On his side government spokesperson Gabriel Attal assured Wednesday that the goal of vaccinating a million people at risk by the end of February would be met.
If the vaccination starts “Very gradually”is that the government “Pays extreme attention to the issue of consent and medical support”, he argued on BFMTV. But the campaign will reach a satisfactory cruising speed ” from next week “, which will allow “Vaccinate more people”, continued Gabriel Attal.
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