Wednesday April 13 on Sud Radio, the centrist senator Loïc Hervé returned to his letter to Emmanuel Macron, which had for object the reinstatement of suspended caregivers. “It is absolutely necessary to lift this ban which no longer makes any sense”he claims, explaining that our Swiss neighbors have allowed unvaccinated health professionals to resume their activity.
“In France, there is still this ban for caregivers #nonvaccines, around 15,000, to exercise their professional activities. I ask @EmmanuelMacron to lift it, it no longer has any meaning today. » @SudRadio https://t.co/Pdh5aA160F
— Loïc Hervé, Senator of Haute-Savoie (@loichervepublic) April 13, 2022
Around 15,000 caregivers suspended in France
If the figure is difficult to estimate, it is high enough to have worried some public opinion, certain personalities, and even presidential candidates. Without underlining the irony, note that the government discreetly launched a communication campaign at the end of March to stimulate recruitment in the care professions…
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On this subject, Emmanuel Macron has been taken to task several times during his travels. “We are not going to remove the vaccination obligation. […] You have to put yourself in the shoes of the caregivers who have made the effort”, he replied. The formula questions, especially when we know that the effectiveness of vaccines continues to be called into question. In the current state of things, the vaccine remains the only way to show credentials; a vaccinated caregiver can exercise even if they test positive, while an unvaccinated caregiver who tests negative cannot.
“It is better to address the good God than to his Saints”
Loïc Hervé, if he called for a vote for Emmanuel Macron following the results of the first round, defended himself by granting him a blank slate. On the contrary, he was anxious to secure his “obsession with defending freedom”. And it’s because “we are in an extremely important political period” that he addressed himself directly to the president-candidate, deploring the indifference of his fellow senators on the subject.
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He also took the opportunity to put the subject of the vaccine pass back on the table, asking Emmanuel Macron if he planned to extend the sesame beyond July 2022 (the current deadline for the state of emergency). At the time of its suspension, the most skeptical did not budge: the vaccine pass will return after the election. Friday, April 8, during an interview with the Brut media, Emmanuel Macron more or less confirmed it: “We must not refrain from reusing the vaccination pass”. Little hope, then. For her part, her opponent in the second round, Marine Le Pen, had written on Twitter: “Instead of restricting freedoms, let’s take common sense measures: recall suspended caregivers, reopen closed beds in the midst of a crisis, give doctors freedom to prescribe and above all… rehabilitate the public hospital that has been ransacked for years. “
To close his interview, Loïc Hervé recalls that “the presidential election is a contractual commitment”. Reason why he wants the outgoing president to make commitments “on the background”car “we have to learn to live with the virus”as do neighboring countries.