Question 30460 — health

Summary

Mr. Guillaume Vuilletet draws the attention of the Minister of Solidarity and Health to the potential acceptability of vaccination in France. According to a study carried out for the British scientific journal The Lancet, if a vaccine is found, a quarter of French people would not resort to vaccination against covid-19. Even if it should be noted that this study was carried out via the internet in full confinement, from March 27 to 29, 2020, which may be double-edged, the figure is enormous and surprising, at a time when scientists around the world are mobilized to find a vaccine and end the pandemic. The Lancet also establishes the social profile of reluctant people. There are low-income people (37%), who are generally more exposed to infectious diseases, young women aged 18 to 35 (36%), who play a crucial role in vaccination of children and people aged over 75 (22%), whose risk of developing serious pathologies is high. This study also links political beliefs to attitudes toward vaccines. Those who voted for a far-left or far-right candidate and those who abstained in the 2017 presidential election would indeed be more inclined to refuse the vaccine. It is therefore clear that the political debate, with its public decision-makers and opinion leaders, plays a preponderant role in the acceptance of the vaccine, especially during a crisis like the one France is going through, where scientific uncertainty is considerable. It is necessary to establish efficient communication on public health interventions. The MP therefore wishes to know what is planned to assure the public that the recommendations reflect the state of scientific knowledge rather than political interests. Finally, he asks whether it is not necessary to communicate more transparently about the ongoing research processes on vaccines, in order to prevent them from becoming an integral part of political debates.

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