Does the flu scare the French less? Since October 15, the population can go to a pharmacy or a doctor to be vaccinated. And compared to last year, vaccination is slipping. A little less than 6 million French people have received a dose of vaccine.
800,000 more injections were carried out last year, at the same period. Among doctors, as in pharmacies, health professionals clearly note this lack of enthusiasm. 2023 “was already a bad year”, underlines Philippe Besset, president of the Federation of Community Pharmacists.
“We’re going to be worse than last year, about 12% for the moment. We must react“, continues this specialist at the microphone of RTL. The vaccine is free. It is strongly recommended for people over 65 but also for younger people if they are diabetic, obese, suffering from cancer or certain diseases chronic, cardiac or respiratory.
“I think it’s a message that needs to be hammered home and repeated day after day.“, affirms Philippe Besset. France is not yet on epidemic alert. However, in recent days, doctors have started to see the arrival of first cases of flu.
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