Guest from Europe 1, Eric Fregona, deputy director of AD-PA, the Association of directors of establishments serving the elderly, ensures that nursing staff in nursing homes, likely to be among the first vaccinated, could them also have reservations.
This manager asks for more transparency on the composition of vaccines and possible side effects.
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The first stage of the French vaccination campaign against Covid-19 opened on Sunday, in two establishments for the elderly and dependent, thus placing nurses and nursing assistants in nursing homes on the front line.
For Eric Fregona, deputy director of AD-PA, the Association of Directors of Establishments Serving the Elderly, it is important to take care of these staff, already hard hit by the health crisis.
"Our role, as directors, is above all not to impose additional pressure on the professionals and the elderly who we support on a daily basis, and who have lived a very complicated year. We are going to organize ourselves with good reason, and we are going to do this gradually, "he explains at the microphone of Europe 1.
In these eyes, the first vaccinations were essentially symbolic, and it will take "several more weeks" for the campaign to really take hold, if only because it takes time to obtain the consent of the patients concerned, sometimes placed under the supervision of a loved one.
But also that of the staff.
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The reluctance of some caregivers
On Sunday, several caregivers entering the profiles defined by the government to receive the first injections were also able to be vaccinated.
However, the mistrust of a majority of French people vis-à-vis the vaccine also concerns part of the medical community, as indicated by Eric Fregona.
"There are hesitations, I can confirm it to you. We will have to communicate, that we have additional information on vaccines. We learn a little bit every day about their compositions, about the adverse effects. ", he notes.
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However, the deputy director of AD-PA ensures that these personnel are fully aware of the responsibility incumbent on them, since they are in daily contact with elderly subjects, and therefore likely to develop serious complications in the event of infection with Covid-19.
"On the flu, we have seen that this year professionals, especially those helping the elderly, have vaccinated much more heavily than in previous years," he points out.
However, concerning vaccines against Covid-19, "they are also waiting to have more information".