Covid vaccines without messenger RNA for caregivers in Guadeloupe – The HuffPost

NurPhoto via Getty Images

CORONAVIRUS – Government pledged to deliver Covid-19 vaccines without messenger RNA to caregivers in Guadeloupe who wish, responding to one of the requests made by those contesting the vaccination obligation, indicated this Tuesday, November 23 the Minister of Overseas Sébastien Lecornu.

The protest against the vaccination obligation for caregivers and firefighters started on November 15 has turned to the social crisis punctuated by violence in Guadeloupe, where a third of the population lives below the poverty line according to INSEE.

With the caregivers, “we are also in a social dialogue between the employer, the Ministry of Health and Solidarity, and its employees to find solutions”, so “we committed last night to find other types. de vaccines ”for those who refuse messenger RNA vaccines, said Sébastien Lecornu on France2.

Vaccines without messenger RNA, but less effective

The vaccines available so far in Guadeloupe were “mainly vaccines” Pfizer / BioNtech, said the Ministry of Overseas AFP. The effectiveness of so-called traditional vaccines has been proven: that of AstraZeneca is estimated at 63.09% according to WHO data, and 66.09% for Janssen. However, according to a study by the American University of New York, published in July 2021, both lose in efficiency against the Delta variant. Conversely, RNAMessager vaccines retain high efficacy even in the face of variants. And despite rare side effects, they maintain a favorable benefit-risk assessment.

This lower efficacy and a less favorable risk-benefit balance means that these RNA-free vaccines are practically no longer administered in metropolitan France.

A “forum for dialogue” with caregivers

“For those who refuse to be vaccinated and prefer to abandon their quality of caregivers and are already asking for professional retraining, we will support them and there we will need the regional council, so Ary Chalus (president of the regional council of Guadeloupe, Editor’s note) will be mobilized on these subjects ”, added Sébastien Lecornu.

On Monday, Prime Minister Jean Castex announced the creation of a “forum for dialogue” in order to “convince and accompany individually, humanely”, the professionals concerned by the vaccination obligation, in an attempt to calm the conflagration.

For the Minister of Overseas, “there would be something scandalous in not applying the law of the Republic on the vaccination obligation of caregivers and firefighters in Guadeloupe”. According to him, 87% of caregivers and 43% of firefighters are vaccinated.

See also on The HuffPost: Macron warns about “the dramatic situation” in the Antilles