Syringes before vaccinations against Covid-19, in Nice on March 13, 2021. -

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The debate over who has the right to vaccinate against Covid-19 among healthcare professionals continues.

The National Order of Nurses asks this Sunday, in a column published by the

JDD

, to give nurses the opportunity to vaccinate.

This will allow, according to the signatories, to extend vaccination coverage and reach vulnerable and isolated people.

"While massive deliveries of vaccines are expected from the end of March, do not wait to be overwhelmed to put in place impacting public health measures to support these deliveries throughout the territory", writes the president of the 'Order, Patrick Chamboredon, in this text co-signed with Gérard Raymond, president of France Assos Santé.

They denounce "the inconsistency of the latest opinion of the Haute Autorité de santé" on this subject, "an all the more blatant inconsistency vis-à-vis the role and skills of nurses, who are recognized players in vaccination and who already have the power to prescribe certain vaccines, ”particularly against influenza.

According to the signatories, "the obligation of prescription by a doctor can be an obstacle to the assumption of responsibility", in particular "when one does not have a treating doctor".

They also point out other obstacles concerning patient mobility, but nurses "are the last health professionals to go to the homes of patients", and "vaccine hesitation" in the face of which nurses "enjoy the confidence of their patients ”and“ can reassure them ”.

"Let us not take the risk of excluding fragile and isolated people from vaccination", urge the two authors.

Another text in favor of vaccines

Another column also published by the

Journal du dimanche

and signed by several doctors including Karine Lacombe, head of the infectious diseases department at Saint-Antoine hospital in Paris or Bruno Mégarbane, head of the intensive care unit at Lariboisière, call on the French to do not be afraid of vaccination.

"Today there is much more risk of developing a severe form of Covid-19 when you are not vaccinated than of having a thrombosis", they insist.

"So if your doctor urges you to get vaccinated, and even more so if you are at risk, don't wait," they conclude, because "the vaccination is a chance".

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