In his daily column, Jimmy Mohamed broached Tuesday morning the subject of the AstraZena vaccine, shunned by public opinion.

But for the doctor of Europe 1, its reliability and effectiveness are now proven by a recent Scottish study.

The vaccine is 82% effective, but above all, it reduces severe forms of Covid-19.

The AstraZeneca vaccine is struggling to convince public opinion.

Because it raises concerns about side effects, because some also question its effectiveness.

But Tuesday morning on Europe 1, Doctor Jimmy Mohamed insisted on its reliability and efficiency.

Because according to a recent Scottish study based on 5.4 million people, the AstraZeneca vaccine is 82% effective after two doses.

Very encouraging figures which are close to those of the vaccine from the Pfizer laboratory.

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"Remember, last March, we all prayed for a vaccine. A year later, we don't have just one, but several including AstraZeneca. It's a vaccine they say classic, and not an RNA vaccine. The first of the fears concerns the side effects. Because you can have a little fever for 24 to 48 hours. It is possible to have some kind of flu syndrome. But it is not. the end of the world. I think that, compared to the coronavirus, I prefer to have these side effects which are minor and especially since they will be reduced after 50 years. The patients that I vaccinated last week had barely chills overnight as they're over 50 and it's going pretty well.

In terms of effectiveness, it was said that people should be vaccinated up to the age of 65.

That's not to say it didn't work for people beyond that age, but in studies we didn't have enough slightly older patients to prove effectiveness.

So that doesn't mean it was a bad vaccine.

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We now have a new Scottish study, based on 5.4 million people who have been vaccinated with this vaccine.

From the first dose - while there are two doses to be made, the vaccine is 76% effective.

From the second dose, it rises to 82%.

Very encouraging figures which are close to those of the vaccine from the Pfizer laboratory.

AstraZeneca vaccine is 94% effective on hospitalizations

It is also important to remember that there are several goals when getting vaccinated.

The first is collective immunity, whether we are all vaccinated to stop the circulation of the virus in the medium or long term.

But in addition to that, when you are vaccinated, you transmit the virus less because you are less contagious.

What we are also looking for, especially with this AstraZeneca vaccine, is not to die from Covid if ever we catch it and not to go to intensive care.

This is the end goal on an individual basis.

On this point, according to the Scottish study, the AstraZeneca vaccine is 94% effective on hospitalizations.

The president of AstraZeneca recalls that the vaccine is 100% effective on severe forms.

So that means the best vaccine you have is the one that's available.

I hear patients tell me they prefer to wait, but wait what?

To have the coronavirus?

To be sick?

Get vaccinated if you can.

There is indeed the history of South African or Brazilian variants for which the vaccine would perhaps be a little less effective.

But for now, every day is enough, and the only way to get rid of the mask and this virus is to get vaccinated.

If you have the chance, do it and trust your doctor. "