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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