Under the tent in front of a pharmacy in the rue Montorgueil, in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, the patients parade, this Tuesday afternoon, to carry out an antigen test and thus find out, after fifteen minutes, if they are positive. or negative for Covid-19.
Everyone is afraid of having contracted the virus.
But when it comes to being able to protect yourself from it in the future by being vaccinated, opinions are very divided.
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Covid-19: a compulsory vaccine?
Four questions on a hot topic
Henri, in his fifties, will accept the injection as soon as possible “if the vaccine has been validated according to the rules of the art” by the various authorities.
Claude, 51, who accompanies his daughter Louve, 14, who has come to be tested, is also ready to reach out, even if "the subject is super-divisive".
“If it was available to everyone today, I would because it is a collective responsibility.
The more we are vaccinated, the more we can break the chain of contamination.
The collective benefit must outweigh the individual risk, ”defends the person who works in human resources.
Priority to caregivers and vulnerable people
On the other hand, Claude considers that he does not have a priority to receive any injections that would be put on the market by the American laboratory Pfizer.
"We must first leave the doses to caregivers, vulnerable people ...", he identifies.
Louve, she has "no opinion" on the question.
“I'll ask my parents what to do,” she says.
"We would then convene a family council," smiles his father.
Antoine, 25, stock broker and "contact case of a positive colleague", does not imagine him to carry out a vaccination in the coming months.
“I'm not afraid more than that.
And then, it would be a very recent vaccine.
But later, if we are certain that it is really effective in reducing contamination, I may do it, ”he adds.
Michaël, 32, sales director, is on the same page.
He says he is in great shape and "not overweight", so he is not convinced that "it is worth it" because "a vaccine is not trivial".
“I tell myself that we can develop a form of severe flu as much as severe Covid, even in very good health.
However, I am not vaccinated against the flu… ”
Mélanie, 26, medical secretary, has been vaccinated against the flu in the past.
And precisely, this is what dissuades her from a future anti-Covid bite.
“Every time I have been vaccinated, I have caught the flu, bedridden.
I have had a bad experience with vaccines, ”she regrets.
"I don't have the courage to be a guinea pig"
Francesca, 58, a shopkeeper with red glasses, hesitates.
“At the beginning, we must have the impression of being in the experiment.
Me, I don't have the courage to be a guinea pig.
But hey, I will do it anyway, ”she breathes.
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Margaux, 28, is also "not against".
“But there won't be something for everyone.
In the immediate term, we must give priority to the elderly, ”she suggests.
In his eyes, it doesn't matter where the product comes from, whether the vaccine is
made in the USA
,
made in China
or
made in Russia
.
“From the moment it is approved in France and there is transparency…”, she testifies.
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"The fact that it is Pfizer is a guarantee of confidence," said Eric, 50, for his part.
This deputy director of a company restaurant does not believe in a “compulsory” vaccination in France.
“The French are reluctant to anything the government says.
Look at how complicated it is with wearing a mask, ”he observes.
On this point, all the witnesses we met are unanimous.
“We are a country of disputes,” recalls Michaël.
"Anti-vaccines, there will always be," says Margaux.
In principle, the pharmacist Alain Hababou, who believes "a lot" in the advances of Pfizer, judges that the obligation "would not be a bad idea".
“But that won't work here.
We are in a democracy, we cannot force people to take care of themselves.
And when a vaccine is produced at high speed, we cannot prevent people from having doubts about the side effects, ”he analyzes.