Despite the announcement of a vaccine that is 90% effective against the coronavirus, the French remain suspicious.
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The French are wary of a vaccine against the coronavirus.
According to a survey carried out by Odoxa for franceinfo and
Le Figaro,
published on Thursday, 50% of French people say they intend to be inoculated with the vaccine if it is soon widely deployed in the territory.
60% of those questioned oppose its being made compulsory.
Recently, the companies Pfizer (United States) and BioNTech (Germany) declared that their vaccine in the phase 3 trial was 90% "effective" in preventing Covid-19 infections.
An announcement received with great caution, even skepticism.
Indeed, only 17% of French people think it means that we can beat the virus in the next 6 or 9 months, the study reports.
Moreover, 49% consider that this information is still “too recent and fragile” to deduce anything from it.
A more global mistrust
According to Odoxa, mistrust of the future anti-Covid vaccine in particular can be explained at least in part by growing mistrust of vaccines in general.
Only 53% of French people today trust their doctor when prescribing a vaccine, while 31% first get information from another source before accepting the injection.
15% systematically refuse any type of vaccine.
One in six French people is an “anti-vaccine”.
Odoxa also notes that the concern of the French about the coronavirus has risen sharply since last September.
85% say they are worried about the country's health situation, ie 6 points more.
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This survey was carried out on a sample of 1005 French people representative of the population, aged 18 and over. They were questioned online on November 10 and 11, 2020.
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