Gauthier Delomez 8:37 p.m., January 07, 2022
While the Covid-19 contamination figures have exploded in recent days, with a very contagious Omicron variant, pro-vaccine epidemiologist Yves Buisson and unvaccinated essayist Philippe Herlin have wondered whether this variant should be allowed to circulate , less dangerous than its predecessors according to the first studies.
Are the restriction measures exceeded in the face of the Omicron variant of Covid-19?
More than 75% of French people benefit from a complete vaccination schedule, the wearing of a mask is extended to the youngest, and outside in some cities, and yet the contamination figures are breaking records every day in France.
This Monday, 400,000 cases were finally detected in France.
In
Europe Soir
Friday, epidemiologist Yves Buisson, pro-vaccine, and non-vaccinated essayist Philippe Herlin debated whether or not to let this variant circulate, probably much less dangerous than its predecessors.
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"The vaccine was never intended to prevent transmission"
On vaccines, "there was never any question of efficacy on contamination, on transmission. This vaccine is used to protect against disease, not against transmission", first recalled Yves Buisson at the microphone of Europe 1. "Then, we realized that these vaccines protected against transmission, but not 100%," he continued, stressing that the injections are effective against severe forms. However, the different variants have changed the situation. "Variants escape the protection conferred by vaccination more and more. We have the example of the Omicron variant which is transmitted fairly well in vaccinated people, less however than it does in unvaccinated people", explained the epidemiologist.
Pr Yves Buisson, epidemiologist: "The vaccine against Covid-19 has never been developed to prevent transmission. The aim was to prevent people from dying" # EuropeSoirpic.twitter.com / sjBKyxn0ED
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If the entire population was vaccinated, Yves Buisson assured that the virus would have been transmitted much less easily.
An argument refuted by Philippe Herlin, relying on the examples of Israel and Gibraltar.
"The vaccine protects serious cases, but there is still an explosion in the number of contaminations," he noted, adding "that with Omicron, we have a virus which we know is not dangerous. There were perhaps a dozen deaths in total (in the world). This means that we are dealing with an almost inactivated virus, that is to say a traditional vaccine. limit favoring the circulation of Omicron ".
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