“there may not be something for everyone”

Does the shortage exist? “Completely, answers unequivocally Franck Blandamour, regional president of the Council of the Order of Pharmacists and who himself runs a pharmacy in Mortain, in the English Channel. We did a study to find out how many pharmacies went out of business after two weeks. As a result, 80% of them had finished their flu shots. “ This observation, made in late October, has only gotten worse since then.

In fact, pharmacies order in January, usually expecting slightly higher demand than the previous year. Forecasts established before the pandemic and which are now clearly insufficient, both the oldest and the most fragile, priority rushed to the vaccine. Usually one in two of this public is vaccinated (when the World Health Organization would like to reach 75%), this year we will be well above. Unfortunately, it was impossible for the laboratories to relaunch production that would only arrive at the end of winter at best and therefore too late

Most pharmacies create waiting lists … without guaranteeing they can serve everyone

According to Franck Blandamour, “The state would have a stock of one and a half to two and a half million vaccines – for caregivers in particular – and should part with them this month or December.” But how many and when exactly? Impossible to say. This could only represent 20 to 30 other doses per pharmacy… Meanwhile, most pharmacies have waiting lists, but “Maybe that means there won’t be something for everyone” grants the regional president of the Order of Pharmacists. Waiting for another vaccine, the one against Covid19, which is also eagerly awaited.