” No one will escape it “. Here is an affirmation which can raise some fears and questions *. According to Benoît Elleboode, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency (ARS) of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, all people who have not received the anti-Covid-19 vaccine will be fatally contaminated by the Delta variant, identified for the first time in India. Explanations.
The Delta variant soon to be the majority in France?
In the Landes, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, the Delta variant represents 80% of contaminations and the incidence rate exceeds 56 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. While this new strain is transmitted more easily than the original coronavirus, the director explains that “ What happens in the Landes will happen everywhere in Francee ”. Indeed, according to him, ” No one will escape it. Anyone who is not vaccinated will be infected with the Delta variant even if they have already been ill with a previous strain of the virus, as an additional dose of vaccine is required. “. In addition, it indicates that “ all international experiences show us this “.
Convince the French to get vaccinated against the coronavirus?
This is why Benoît Elleboode invites the French to be vaccinated. The vaccine against Covid-19 reduces the risk of severe forms. However, beyond protecting yourself, vaccination helps to stop the spread of the virus and the epidemic to stay under control. Indeed, people who are not vaccinated against the coronavirus can transmit the infectious agent to about 6 people. On the other hand, a vaccinated person can contract the Delta variant, but will infect only one person, according to the explanations of the Director-General, questioned on BFMTV. He also insists on the need to continue to apply barrier gestures, which serve to delay the spread of the virus, until the population receives the serum injections. In addition, making vaccination compulsory for caregivers, especially those working in nursing homes, is at the heart of the debates. Prime Minister Jean Castex will also receive elected officials this Thursday, July 8 in order to collect their opinions with a view to the preparation of a bill. He has already started to collect the opinion of parliamentarians: “ The vaccination coverage of the nursing populations remains globally insufficient to provide all the necessary protections for our fellow citizens (…) in this context, I hope that the debate on the vaccination obligation can be raised (…) You will please me. also indicate whether you consider that this obligation should be extended more widely », He wrote in a document consulted by BFMTV.
* Update 06/07/2021: Following his statements, Benoît Elleboode admitted to the newspaper Le Parisien, that his words were slightly exaggerated and admitted that his speech was worrying. However, he maintains his statements by explaining “I wanted to be an educator by presenting the sentence differently: everyone must be vaccinated, repeated by the Scientific Council and by the High Authority for Health, because the message was not getting across […] some people who live in a cloistered house or are very careful will not be infected. But this does not detract from the fact that vaccination remains the most effective way to escape the coronavirus, while no one is immune “.
