Covid vaccination obligation: Suspended caregivers still see red in Guadeloupe

All you have to do is call a few doctors at random to find an injection resistant person immediately. In Fort-de-France, Martinique, General Practitioner Fernand Doba-Cholo is delighted with the decision to reinstate his sacked colleagues. He avoided eviction thanks to a certificate of contraindications for the Covid vaccine, without giving details.

“I asked, I understood that this does not protect against transmission, that the messenger RNA is dangerous because of the nanoparticles. What’s the point of making it mandatory when we have very effective treatments like ivermectin,” he says, picking up on the conspiracy theories.

According to him, the return of the suspended will allow responding to the shortage of personnel. “Pharmacists, liberal nurses, there are not enough weapons everywhere. Yesterday the ChS ChU went on strike again. »

69 caregivers still suspended

A year and a half ago, the vaccination obligation caused great tension in the West Indies, which escalated into riots in Guadeloupe. Barricades, closed schools, looting… The island was set on fire. So much so that in the West Indies the government set up mediation for unvaccinated medical workers and barred those who wanted it from being vaccinated.

How many people don’t work there anymore? “To date, 96 agents, including 69 caregivers,” the Pointe-à-Pitre hospital responds. We are awaiting the publication of the decree in order to find out the exact conditions for the restoration.”

For months, the anger of the “anti” has not dissipated. Ten barnums, set up by hanging white coats, still stand in the parking lot of the Central Command. For a year and a half, “Bik à rézistans”, named after the picket line, did not budge.