• In recent hours, a new question has arisen: should the vaccination be opened to all adults in France?

    The goal: to avoid wasting doses while some stress that patients refuse AstraZeneca and that appointments are still open.

  • However, during a press conference on Wednesday, the boss of Doctolib assured that there was no mismatch between supply and demand for Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.

    The slots in the vaccination centers are going very quickly.

  • On the other hand, he admitted that on the AstraZeneca, we could go faster.

For 24 hours, social networks have been rustling and some politicians have been moved by a new absurdity: after months of dose shortages, and now that millions of vaccines are finally arriving, slots for getting vaccinated have not found a taker while many French people are impatiently waiting.

Assertions that go against the figures presented on Wednesday by the boss of Doctolib, a platform which has since January totaled 19 million appointments made for vaccination.

It offers slots in 1,800 vaccination centers, but also in town.

Slots remained free?

But let's come back to the controversy of the last few hours. Guillaume Rozier, founder of Covidtracker (site dedicated to monitoring indicators of the Covid-19 epidemic) and Vitemadose (to promote access to an appointment) shared a thread on Twitter. “270,000 vaccination slots are still open for the next few weeks, I don't think it ever happened,” he wrote. We lack the data to know if there is a real divergence between supply and demand ”. “Nothing new, tackle Stanislas Niox-Chateau, co-founder of Doctolib. In fact, there are around 200,000 appointments available every day for the past two weeks. This corresponds to the number of slots taken for a first injection on Doctolib. It would therefore be the reflection of the new doses arriving in the territory. And not an organizational deficit.

“Is there a problem of mismatch between supply and demand ?, continues the boss of Doctolib. The answer is no. Could we go faster with AstraZeneca? Yes. The problem dates back to three weeks ago. The suspension, the resumption then the limitation to over 55s have destabilized public opinion. "To avoid future controversies, fight against disinformation and promote transparency, Doctolib is uploading a new site this Wednesday which will allow every French person to closely follow the progress of the vaccination campaign. It reveals the figures for the first and second injections by age and region. Currently, 21.24% of French people have received at least one dose. And the average time to get an appointment barely exceeds 9 days.However, the site does not specify the number of appointments remaining each day or canceled. “There are very few appointments not honored or canceled, less than 1%, reassures Stanislas Niox-Chateau. And this figure has been fairly constant since the start of the campaign. "

Half of French people vaccinated at the end of June, according to forecasts

The platform also publishes vaccine volume forecasts.

“We will no doubt be, next Wednesday, 70% of over 60s vaccinated,” he continues.

As of May 15, we would have 20 million French people having received a first dose.

As of June 29, 50% of the French population.

“Which pretty much sticks to the government's calendar.

"For that, it would be necessary to go to 600,000 vaccinations in mid-May," he continues.

Are the caregivers, the centers, us, we are able to do it?

Without a doubt.

On Doctolib, we manage 40 million appointments excluding vaccination.

The big question is the quantity of vaccine doses available and the French membership on AstraZeneca and Janssen.

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Stanislas Niox-Chateau nonetheless suggests a new avenue to further accelerate: “84% of vaccinations are done in the centers.

In Germany, a third is made in general practitioners.

They vaccinate with AstraZeneca, but also Pfizer and Moderna.

(In France), we do not rely enough on doctors, nurses, pharmacists, when they are ready.

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Should we open vaccination to the youngest?

The boss of Doctolib also took advantage of this press conference to speak about a possible opening of vaccination to all French people who so wish.

The hot topic of the moment.

" I'm 34 years old.

Obviously, I would dream of getting vaccinated, recognizes Stanislas Niox-Chateau.

But I prefer to leave the place to my grandmother or my mother.

There are still 7 million French people over the age of 60 who have not yet been vaccinated and have not yet found an appointment.

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A figure higher than that announced by Olivier Véran on Tuesday.

The Minister of Health, in a hurry from all sides to open the floodgates of vaccination, recalled, after a visit to the ARS Ile-de-France crisis unit in Saint-Denis, his will to vaccinate "by prioritization of age group".

Same reluctance on the side of the Prime Minister this Wednesday: "This is premature"

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But a reflection can be opened, added Jean Castex.

"I'm a little afraid that if we open up in all directions, without criteria, there will be a congestion, warns Stanislas Niox-Chateau.

And no appointment for two weeks.

But he calls for a new change in the calendar.

Initially, those over 50 had to wait until May 15 to have access to vaccination.

But Pfizer's 3 million extra doses and Moderna's 500,000 every week could be a game-changer.

"I hope that the government will open to people over 50 as of next week", assures the boss of Doctolib.

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