Lack of anticipation, lack of arms, insufficient slots: there are many criticisms in the associative environment and among health professionals.
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Sitting in the plane armchairs that are enthroned in the waiting room of the Air France International Vaccinations (CVI), in the 10 e arrondissement of Paris, Grégory Hosotte, 44 years, is in the middle of teleconsultation. Coming to be vaccinated against the variole of the monkey on Monday, July 25, he had not seen that it was necessary to have a medical prescription, the nurses of the center who do not have the right to decide who can be vaccinated or not .
Out of the question of missing the precious injection. In extremis, Grégory found an appointment with a doctor in twenty minutes. “It saves my life,” he breathes, relieved. The only other vaccination niche he had found was September 20, impossible to wait until then. Independent worker, this manager of two wellness centers in the Paris region did not want to take the risk of isolating himself for three weeks in the event of infection by the virus. Not to mention the strong pains described by many infected people.
In the queue, Christian (he only gave his first name), 45 years old, shorts and hair in battle, used the proven method during the beginnings of the vaccination against the COVVI-19 , frantically updating his page on Doctolib to get an appointment as quickly as possible. As an “open couple”, he fears the stigma of people affected by the disease, whose brands are very visible.
The demand for vaccination is extremely strong. At the CVI, the 500 slots offered on Doctolib left in ten minutes, but people continue to call and spontaneously present themselves Quai de Jemmapes. “We are surprised to see the speed with which the appointments are made,” said Adrien Dereix, doctor and director of the CVI, where 300 people are vaccinated per week against the variole of the monkey.
“complicated millefeuille”
Many testimonies from the associative environment or published on social networks show the difficulties of finding an appointment to be vaccinated since the enlargement of the campaign, on July 8, to the most exposed groups, in particular men Having sex with men (HSH). In a press release published on Monday, the inter-LGBT associative collective lists all the pitfalls in the current campaign: “Announcement of the expansion of unprepared vaccination upstream, deliveries of insufficient vaccine doses, disorganized supply circuits, Insufficient vaccination places, unavailable slots on Doctolib. “
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