Agnès Firmin Le Bodo outraged by the repeal of the vaccination obligation for caregivers

Agnès Firmin Le Bodo, Minister Delegate in charge of Territorial Organization and Health Professions, on franceinfo Saturday May 6.

POLITICS – A vote that does not pass. This Saturday, May 6, the Minister Delegate in charge of Territorial Organization and Health Professions, Agnès Firmin Le Bodo, strongly condemned the law passed on May 4 in the National Assembly, at the initiative of the communist group.

A text adopted thanks to the combined voices of the opposition and which enacts the repeal of the vaccination obligation for caregivers. This provision, which goes further than the reintegration of unvaccinated caregivers approved by decree by the executive following the recommendations of the High Authority for Health (HAS), goes badly on the side of the government.

” This is unacceptable “, denounced on franceinfo Agnès Firmin Le Bodo, recalling that the government applies the opinions of the HAS “ as required by law “. For the Minister, this repeal can weaken the healthcare system in the event of the appearance of new variants or a new pandemic. ” I believe we have to leave ourselves the possibility, and this is a bit what the WHO also says, our ability to react, since the virus is still circulating and we must continue to be careful “, continued this close to Édouard Philippe.

It should be noted that several personalities condemned, outside the hemicycle, the vote for this repeal. This is particularly the case of the mayor of Montpellier, Michaël Delafosse, who considers that the text “is a message of distrust of scientific research, a very bad signal for the vast majority of health professionals who have been vaccinated to protect their patients”.

Parliament’s control

An analysis shared by the socialist mayor of Rouen Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, who denounced a ” dead votee “opposite” lights “that should be in his eyes the left. In a press release, the French Hospital Federation (FHF) also condemned this repeal. ” This vote poses a major ethical and public health problem. The hospital community calls on senators to reject this text during its next review “, indicates the FHF.

” The credence given by some parliamentarians to the idea that vaccination is not necessary, and this against the opinion of almost all scientists and healthcare workers, is worrying and a real lack of consideration for all healthcare workers. already vaccinated, who has worked tirelessly since the health crisis”still regrets the association chaired by the mayor of Reims, Arnaud Robinet.

Criticisms swept aside by the defenders of the repeal. “I reiterate the respect we have for scientists, for vaccination”, had notably declared the national secretary of the PCF Fabien Roussel. For supporters of the text, this repeal only reflects Parliament’s desire to exercise its power of control over government action.

“Legislating before Parliament when it comes to taking measures to restrict freedoms is healthy and even constitutional”underlined the PS deputy Arthur Delaporte, during his speech in the hemicycle.

After an opinion from the High Authority for Health, the government announced that non-vaccinated caregivers would be considered reinstated ” the day after “ of the publication of a decree scheduled for May 14.

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