COVID-19: usefulness of vaccinal pass in debate

Faced with the decline of the fifth wave and succeeding ads, the vaccinal pass, reinforced as of February 15, he intervenes on the wrong time?

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The pressure rises around one of the last constraints imposed in the framework of the health crisis, while the decline of the fifth wave continues: the vaccination pass. Set up on January 24, this sesame to access a number of public places, which succeeded the health care, is defended by the Government as the condition of the last announced landings, such as the end of the mask on the horizon of 28 February in the closed places submitted to the vaccinal pass.

As of February 15, the device becomes more binding: four million people who have not completed four months (nor have been contaminated with recovery certificate, after an initial vaccinal schema) could lose Their passes, according to the last assessment of the Ministry of Health communicated on the eve of this deadline.

A stricter rule that resonates with government optimism expressed at the same time. The pass could be removed from the end of March, early April, “has already advanced the government spokesman, Gabriel Attal. “There are reason to hope that at this time the situation will be sufficiently improved,” he explained, Wednesday, February 9, at the exit of the Council of Ministers.

A closer perspective than the one mentioned by the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, who had considered his lifting “before the end of July”.

BOOST shot hoped

It will have been sufficient for a few days and the continuation of the decrease in the number of contaminations – about 142,000 positive cases per day on average on the week, February 14, against more than 365,000 peaked on 24 January – To see the schedule evolve. While he barely in a more binding phase, has the vaccinal pass already lost its usefulness?

Its major goal is to encourage vaccination. At the Ministry of Health, we hoped for a “renewed” reminders on this last straight line before the change in the validity conditions of February 15, which is slow to appear. Since mid-January, the pace has stopped slowing down, as well as that of the primo-injections, while 80% of the population over 12 years old has received at least one dose of vaccine.

Announced on December 17, 2021, the pass had to give a new boost to bertern curves, removing the possibility existing so far to settle for a negative test to validate its pass. And thus protect serious forms and consequences for the care system. He has, indeed, caused a rebound, on reminders, just like the primo-vaccinations. “We went from 150,000 weekly primary injections on average between early November 2021 and January 2, to 285,000 the week of January 3, 266,000 the week of January 10,” said the Directorate General of health.

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