Emmanuel Macron puts pressure on the vaccine booster

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The President of the Republic spoke during a speech from the Élysée Palace on November 9. Method of administration of the third dose, announcement of a treatment at the end of the year and encouragement for vaccination, return to the health aspect of this intervention.

The third dose will be mandatory for those over 65 to keep the health pass and the new divides in France. “I don’t want to do without the health pass”, testifies a retiree living in Bordeaux (Gironde). “You also have to put things in perspective and leave people free to make choices”, indicates a retiree. The booster dose injection campaign did not attract enough eligible beneficiaries. “Six months after his last dose, for those over 65, it is necessary to boost immunity and reduce by ten the risk of contamination”, explains Philippe Amouyel, epidemiologist and professor of public health at the Lille University Hospital.

The President of the Republic also encouraged those over 50 to recall at the beginning of December. The incidence rate increased by 40% within a week. So that he does not continue to climb, Emmanuel Macron insists on maintaining barrier gestures. Health pass controls will be stepped up. In the hours which followed Emmanuel Macron’s announcements, 100,000 appointments were made on Doctolib.

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