Barjols, a village that resists the vaccine

As in many municipalities, Barjols (Var), with its 3,000 inhabitants, has its quota of reluctant to vaccination. On Tuesday February 8, all ages combined, only 62% of Barjolais had a complete vaccination schedule. This is well below the national average of 78%. These figures question the mayor who confirms easy access to vaccination: “We set up a vaccination center, doctors and pharmacies still vaccinate today”explains Cathy Vernturino-Gabelle.

So how can this low average be explained? By dissecting the figures, the cause would come from the under 20s, less vaccinated than elsewhere. For Géraldine Beauvais, general practitioner, rurality is one of the explanations: “It’s the campaign setting that makes people think the virus stays in cities where there’s more crowding.” Result: doctors are currently observing a resurgence of the epidemic with the Omicron variant.