The presidential campaign in France continues in the midst of a pandemic … While the executive is on the front of the stage facing the meteoric rise of the Omicron variant in the country, Valérie Pécresse is also trying to exist on the health front. The right-wing candidate visited a vaccination center in La Baule.
With our special correspondent in La Baule, Lucile Gimberg
To pay tribute to the work of caregivers and administrators who are on the bridge to vaccinate against the clock during the Christmas holidays, that was Valérie Pécresse’s first objective. In this gymnasium, they give five hundred injections a day.
Accompanied by the local mayor, the sarkozyste Franck Louvrier, and by her former rival, Eric Ciotti, the candidate also takes the opportunity to respond to the majority who accused her of being passive in the face of the progression of the Covid in her region of Ile-de-France.
Call for vaccination
“ It’s quite the opposite. The majority may have a short memory: I was the one who brought the tests, I was the one who brought the masks to my region. », Answers Valérie Pécresse. And she calls for responsibility: ” You have to get vaccinated. Too many beds in our hospitals are occupied by unvaccinated people who are in critical care. We are forced to deprogram extremely important operations for other patients. “
In terms of logistics, the deputy mayor in charge of health in La Baule, Annabelle Garand, is worried about what will happen next: “ If we shorten the booster interval between the two injections and add a fourth dose, how do we logistically manage it? ? “
While under one of the tents, Dr Moron, a reservist, shows himself to be more of a philosopher: “ We all try to do the best we can, politicians and doctors alike. We adapt, we learn, we progress slowly, but surely. “