The Academy of Medicine expressed on Tuesday its "firm opposition" to the reintegration of caregivers not vaccinated against Covid-19.

They judge that a "turnaround" would harm the "climate of trust" between caregivers and with patients, for fragile patients, without solving the difficulties of the hospital.

An update

“The advisability of reintegrating caregivers suspended for non-vaccination (against Covid-19) having been mentioned during the debates in the National Assembly”, the Academy of Medicine wanted to make an update, by press release.

“Any refusal to be vaccinated motivated by personal convictions is respectable, but incompatible with the profession of caregiver”, she pleads first.

It also underlines that "the decline in the effectiveness of vaccines in preventing infection and contagion by new variants of SARS-CoV-2 cannot justify the reintegration of the unvaccinated: current vaccines retain residual effectiveness against transmission, which must be supplemented by strict compliance with barrier gestures in healthcare settings”.

A badly received refusal

“None of the rehashed arguments (lack of efficacy, adverse effects, lack of hindsight, etc.) can scientifically validate the refusal to be vaccinated, the real medical contraindications to vaccination being very rare”, continues the Academy of medicine.

Finally, “since vaccination remains very effective against the different variants and sub-variants to protect against severe forms of Covid-19, it makes it possible to make the recognition of serious Covid-19 as an occupational disease exceptional in vaccinated caregivers. “, she notes.

A climate of misunderstanding

Another argument put forward by the Academy of Medicine: "The reintegration of unvaccinated health professionals within the healthcare team would compromise the climate of trust and the cohesion which must exist between its members and with the patients".

In addition, "it would endanger the fragile patients", she adds.

Moreover, "concerning only a very limited number of caregivers, it would not solve the current difficulties of operation of the hospital".

The Academy therefore expresses “its firm opposition to a reversal” which would concern only 0.3% of hospital professionals, caregivers and non-caregivers, according to a figure attributed to the French Hospital Federation.

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