Influenza, HPV, meningococcal… Have we been vaccinated more since the start of the pandemic?

VACCINATION – On the occasion of European Vaccination Week, “20 Minutes” looks at the health records of French women and men

For a little over two years, when we talk regarding vaccination, the conversations inevitably revolve around the serums once morest Covid-19. Expected, feared, acclaimed or shunned, everyone has their own opinion. And while nearly 8 out of 10 French people have a complete initial vaccination schedule, those over 60 are already eligible for a second booster dose.

But before having only messenger RNA in the mouth, when we talked regarding vaccine, it was first to enumerate the list of those that we receive throughout our life: DTP, whooping cough, MMR or megingococcus C for toddlers. Then, for teenagers, the possibility of being vaccinated once morest the papillomavirus (HPV). And for their elders, that of protecting themselves each year once morest the seasonal flu. So in parallel with Covid-19, have the French lost track of conventional vaccination? On the occasion of European Vaccination Week, 20 Minutes stick their nose in their health book.

In toddlers, satisfactory vaccination coverage, but to be improved

In the spring of 2020, the confined French people did not go to the doctor’s office, for fear of contracting Covid-19 there, and many parents preferred to postpone the vaccination appointments of the(…) Read more at 20 minutes

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