58%. This is the proportion of French people who refuse to be vaccinated against the coronavirus at the present time. A regrettable figure, but not surprising for Dr. Michel Duong, infectious disease specialist at Dijon University Hospital.
Take his pilgrim’s staff
“I think this reflects the general feeling about vaccination in France. We have a lot of reservations, and even with a vaccine which is a major breakthrough in the fight against covid, we still hear suspicious comments. The situation is complicated, we must inform, take our pilgrim’s staff, we must give clear information on the efficacy and safety of the vaccine. ”
Launched on Christmas Eve, the first phase is aimed primarily at residents of Ehpads, “we know that they are very strongly impacted”, justifies Dr. Duong. “To accelerate this campaign, caregivers aged 50 and over will be able to be vaccinated from today (Monday January 4). It is also to protect these people who are very exposed in care units and medical establishments. -social. ”
So far, so good
From conspiracy theorists to “simple” anti-vax, there are many arguments for especially not getting vaccinated against covid. In the first place, the fear concerns the side effects. But Michel Duong is reassuring, so far everything is going well.
“Last week we did two first vaccination sessions with residents who had volunteered, we vaccinated a little over 40 people. Everything went very well, the vaccination act is simple, like no other. any vaccination. We monitored people for at least a quarter of an hour with our geriatric colleagues, we followed them normally for 48 to 72 hours. No particular adverse effect occurred. What we know about this vaccine is that it can be responsible for very classic side effects, a little pain at the injection site, signs like headache and stiffness, but it is very common with vaccinations. “
Without the support of the population, it is useless
Very criticized, the vaccine strategy of the government calls out. Too slow say some and elected officials and caregivers compared to our German or British neighbors. Michel Duong nuance: “Everyone is convinced that we have to go faster, but we have to go faster without giving up the safety of vaccines, without giving up informing people, because without the support of the population there is no point.”
This slowness can also be explained because in nursing homes, priority establishments, it is necessary to obtain the consent of the residents. But many of them “cannot give informed consent. So there is all this work to be done with the families to obtain this consent. This work is being done in conjunction with the attending physicians, the vaccination act is ultimately very simple but upstream, the device is quite heavy. “
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