The unvaccinated are numerous among the new cases of contamination. The mobilization, already strong, has gone up a notch. Vaccination hotlines are organized everywhere this weekend. Doctors and all health workers are ready. There is plenty to do: more than 100,000 doses.
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End of recess. Irrationality cannot win against reason. And the style arguments: “It’s a disease spread by foreigners”, “vaccination will change my DNA” or even “the side effects of the vaccine are dangerous” must be permanently banned.
Now it is a matter of life and death and the unvaccinated bear a heavy responsibility for the spread of the disease.
90% of those hospitalized in Polynesia are not vaccinated. And refusing the vaccine can now be seen as an act as dangerous as it is selfish. “The virus first attacks those who are not vaccinated. Today we are witnessing a serious wave, a second wave of covid with the Delta virus which is clearly more contagious than the first. It is not in progress. itself no more dangerous, but since it is much more contagious and affects people not yet vaccinated, we are seeing the emergence of much more numerous cases in the population, as well as more hospitalized cases “, explains Doctor Henri-Pierre Mallet, epidemiologist at the Department of Health.
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The finding is overwhelming: today the Delta variant epidemic is progressing twice as fast as the first covid-19 virus.
Supporting figures: “It’s speaking, you don’t have to be a scientist to see it, 1 year ago we were at the top of a peak, we managed to bring down the peak, with all the measurements put in place 1 year ago, it stabilized and there in less than 10 days, the peak is rising, we are already at 744 positive cases all ages combined “, says Manutea Gay, head of the COVID platform in Polynesia.
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90% of the population must be vaccinated to achieve collective immunity. There is no shortage of vaccines: Janssen or Pfizer. But 12,000 doses will expire in September and 65,000 in October if they are not used.
Pharmacists also do their utmost to convince the reluctant. “Even if we had a first infection with covid-19, the Delta variant can still cause a second infection if the immunity is not sufficient. variant Delta appears to prolong the duration of infection. It causes a viral load 1,000 times greater than the first virus. It is especially the unvaccinated people who will be affected “, details Sandrine Lot, pharmacist at the Health Department.
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Fortunately, some understand that the situation is worsening and by early afternoon, the Mamao vaccination center was back in operation. “I have my son who has been in France for a short time, I would like to go see him too“, said Nancy, first-time vaccinated. All the reasons are good to get vaccinated …
A word of advice for those who don’t hear: whether they stop reading Facebook or listening to conspirators, only one in a million vaccinees can react. There are only 280,000 inhabitants in Polynesia.
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