Le problème

• Autores: Laura Spinney
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3157-3158, 2017, págs. 24-25
• Idioma: inglés
• Texto completo no disponible (Saber más ...)
• Resumen

  • A new law takes force on Jan 1 to increase the number of mandatory childhood vaccines in France to 11 from 3. It has provoked a polemic, but the law is sound. If there is a problem, it is officials neglecting the main drivers of vaccine hesitancy. France isn't the first nation to introduce such a law, as anti-vaccination views rose widely after the Wakefield scandal in the UK. However, it has the world's worst anti-vax attitudes: a 2016 survey showed that 41 per cent of people say vaccines are unsafe. Here, Spinney determines whether France's bold vaccine law could overcome anti-vax sentiment.