This is a subject that has made a lot of noise in recent hours. Monday, March 15, 2021, the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron announced the suspension of the AstraZeneca vaccine in France, against Covid-19, like several countries such as Denmark, Norway, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands and Ireland. In question, a possible link between the administration of the product developed by the British and Swedish laboratories, and the formation of blood clots. In this context, Michel Cymes was received on the set of Daily, sure TMC, Tuesday March 16, 2021. The presenter of Take care of yourself and It's good to know reacted to this information, which worries many people who have been vaccinated. According to him, "it is not a quack, it is a political decision".
The favorite doctor of the French has drawn attention to the fact that "France and Emmanuel Macron could not help but suspend this vaccination, while all the countries around us" – with a few exceptions – have made the same decision. However, "it is not a scientific decision, it is a political decision", insisted Michel Cymes. And to add: "The scientific decision, I hope it will take place on Thursday and that we will be told 'there is no problem, we can continue the AstraZeneca vaccine."' Indeed, the safety committee of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to meet Thursday, March 18, 2021 "to rule on the information collected and any other measure that may be necessary", said the European regulator through a press release, reports theAFP relayed by The world.
Precautionary principle against benefit-risk
For Michel Cymes, this situation is blessed bread for the "antivax" who "feast", without even having "need to talk", he declared in front of Yann Barthès. And to deplore: "It will further delay confidence." The surgeon specializing in otolaryngology then mentioned the precautionary principle, which led the Head of State to suspend the AstraZeneca vaccine, by making a "demonstration by the absurd" : "We have about 120,000 infarcts per year in France. That makes 14 per hour. Since there will be tens of thousands of vaccinated, inevitably, among the 14 infarcts per hour, there will be some who have been vaccinated in the hours preceding, or in the weeks, or in the days ", he stressed before wondering: "Do we have to make a connection between the vaccine and the heart attacks?" And to insist on "risk-benefit concept", according to which, "from the moment a vaccine saves lives – and there it will probably save millions – among these 300 deaths per day (in France, editor's note), there are probably some who would have been saved if the vaccine had been there. "
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