The Academy of Medicine revived the debate on Tuesday by calling for vaccination against the coronavirus to be compulsory.

The authority fears that reluctance will ultimately prevent collective immunity.

But the government does not seem ready to take this line.

To convince the least motivated of Americans to be vaccinated, the United States has recourse to lotteries and rewards of all kinds.

Incitement on the other side of the Atlantic then, and coercion on our side?

In any case, the Academy of Medicine put the cover back on Wednesday to make anti-Covid vaccination an obligation.

The debate is relaunched, even if the government's position remains firm on the matter.

 >> LIVE

 -

Coronavirus: follow the evolution of the situation Wednesday, May 26

"Compulsory vaccination is not a bad word," argues Europe 1 Yves Buisson, epidemiologist and member of the Academy of Medicine.

"We have compulsory vaccines already. We had plenty of them in the past, we still have them now. This will be the only way to achieve the level of collective immunity which, alone, will allow us to control the epidemic. What to do? Either we sit idly by with our vaccines piling up in the refrigerators, or we vaccinate by making vaccination compulsory. "

No more scarcity and fear of reluctance

The Academy of Medicine essentially puts forward two reasons: first, there is no longer a shortage of vaccine.

We now have the necessary doses to offer vaccination to all adults.

And we expect delivery of 32 million doses in total in June.

And then because according to the Academy, the dynamism of the vaccination campaign is likely to come up against the reluctance of some, who hesitate to be vaccinated, in the weeks to come.

The body fears that we will cap well below the 90% of adults or 80% of French people vaccinated, which would be the level necessary to achieve collective immunity.

Not at all the government line

However, the chances that the Academy of Medicine will be heard are slim.

Because to force the French to be vaccinated, it is not at all the position of the government so far.

From the start, the vaccination campaign has been based on the principle of voluntary service, even for nursing staff.

>> Find the morning show of the day in replay and podcast here

Especially since at this stage, interest in the vaccine is quite good.

Unlike the Academy of Medicine, Professor Alain Fischer, who advises the government, estimates that nearly 80% of French people are ready to receive a vaccine, which is higher than last year's membership.

Finally, we can add that, in the world, no country has so far forced its citizens to be vaccinated.