The president of the AP-HP establishment medical commission was the guest of “8:30 am franceinfo” Friday, November 12, 2021.
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The president of the medical establishment commission of the AP-HP was the guest of “8:30 am franceinfo” Friday, November 12, 2021. Fifth wave, 3rd dose and hospital situation, he answered questions from Lorrain Sénéchal and Salhia Brakhlia.
Start of the 5th wave
As the numbers of the number of Covid-19 cases start to increase again, the question is what will be the impact of this 5th wave, the first since the marked acceleration of vaccination in France. For Rémi Salomon: “Everything will depend on the maintenance of barrier gestures, the ability also to revaccinate those who are more than 6 months (…) This is the price that we can avoid an excessively large increase in the number of cases.” However, there is hope for those at risk of a severe form, two treatments against the virus have been approved by the European regulator: “They are a step forward for people who have a failing immune system, and for whom the vaccine does not fully protect, but you have to be careful, they do not replace the vaccination.”
Vaccine : “We were not efficient in the explanation”
Already possible for those over 65 and people with comorbidities, the booster dose of the vaccine will be opened in early December to those over 50. But it is struggling for the moment to convince. “The vaccine is very effective, we must maintain this protection. But I think that we were not effective in explaining this vaccination. It only takes a few hundred unvaccinated people who go to the clinic. hospital to put health services in difficulty “, according to the president of the AP-HP establishment medical commission.
“The situation in the hospital is catastrophic“
“The situation in the hospital at the moment is catastrophic (…) We are short of staff”, he alerted. This situation, which concerns all regions according to him, “does not date from yesterday, it is the consequence of a policy where we gave the means to the hospital only on budgetary criteria, that is to say that we fix the budget of the hospital. priori, without taking into account the real needs. ”
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