Paris (AFP)
Less than one in two obese adults has been vaccinated against Covid-19, a rate "low in view of the risks", according to Health Insurance, which published new data on the vaccination of chronically ill patients on Friday.
A wealth of information has just opened: the datavaccin-covid.ameli.fr website now provides information on the proportion of chronically ill vaccinated against Covid-19, by department and among 50 pathologies, from the most common to the rarest.
Thus, as of May 23, nearly 70% of the 11.5 million people under "hypertensive treatment", a little more than 66% of the 3.7 million diabetics, or even 59% of the 2.6 million policyholders affected. of "chronic respiratory diseases" had received at least one dose - figures not to be added, some cumulating several pathologies.
Despite "high vaccination coverage of people at risk of developing a severe form of Covid", Health Insurance highlighted several "points of attention" at a press conference on Friday.
Starting with "patients with severe obesity", or 860,000 insured recently passed through a hospital, 48% of whom received at least one injection, a rate "higher than the national average, but low in relation to the risks".
By extrapolation, "it is to be feared that the category of obese patients, much larger, is even less well vaccinated, with a probable correlation with the standard of living".
Health Insurance is also worried about the 9,200 people with Down's syndrome who "have yet to be vaccinated", given their "extremely high risk".
It also considers that it is possible to do more for patients on dialysis or treated for "active phase" cancer.
In addition, it notes "an overall insufficient vaccination coverage in people with psychiatric disorders".
Taken as a whole, these 50 chronic pathologies "represent in absolute terms a lot of people still to be vaccinated".
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