It would “probably have no impact on the improvement of hospital organization”, indicates in particular the authority.
The Scientific Council declares itselfReserve“on a possible reintegration of caregivers not vaccinated against Covid-19, while the seventh wave of the epidemic remains”very present“, in his probable last opinion delivered to the government, published on Wednesday. The Council points out first of all thatthe vast majority of caregivers in different sectors (hospital, medico-social, city) have been vaccinated“and that the numbers of caregivers suspended”remain limited“, even if they are “probably a little higher due to the confidentiality of this statement“.
For doctors and pharmacists,only“75 out of the 85,000 in exercise would have been suspended, for nurses, 950 out of 240,000, he specifies. “While the 7th wave Omicron BA.2 is still very present“, the Scientific Council says to itself”reserved on such reinstatement», outlining seven arguments.
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According to the court, “a carer must give priority to all gestures and procedures so as not to contaminate the often fragile patients they care for and to limit the occurrence of clusters“, and “the notion of exemplarity and values associated with care remains essential for the majority of caregivers“. Furthermore, she observes,the reintegration of non-vaccinated caregivers into hospital teams will probably have no impact on improving hospital organization“, given the limited number of people concerned, but “can, on the contrary, raise problems of rejection within the teams“.
On the epidemiological level, the Council argues that “people vaccinated and infected with the Delta variant carry a lower and less durable viral load than infected unvaccinated» but also that «the appearance of a new, more severe variant in the fall would require a return to targeted vaccination on certain populations or certain occupations“. He also insists on the importance of the vaccination booster for caregivers, because “the 3rd dose is mandatory in this population but not always carried out“while she is”particularly importantfor people at risk.
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After stating to the National Assembly in early July that the reintegration of unvaccinated caregivers was still “no news“, the Minister of Health announced last week in the Senate the referral of several scientific bodies to clarify a next decision. François Braun said Wednesday morning on LCI that he was counting on an opinion from the High Health Authority by “the end of the week“. The Academy of Medicine, for its part, expressed on Tuesday its “firm opposition» to a reintegration of unvaccinated caregivers.
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