The population’s distrust of vaccines in general thus rose from 10% in 2005 to 40% in 2010, according to the National Institute for Prevention and Health Education, which estimates that between 3 and 5% of children did not receive injections against tetanus, diphtheria and polio, which are compulsory.
In the childhood vaccination schedule, some vaccines are mandatorywhile others are simply recommended. Compulsory vaccinations are those against diphtheria and tetanus and against poliomyelitis. And the “compulsory” concept was confirmed on March 20, 2015. Indeed, the Constitutional Council rendered its verdict on the case of the Larère couple who refused to vaccinate their children. Compulsory vaccination of children is not unconstitutional. This obligation is in accordance with “the constitutional requirement of health protection” and “that by imposing these vaccination obligations, the legislator intended to fight against three very serious and contagious diseases or ones that cannot be eradicated”.
Combination vaccines and aluminum
“In France there is a rather worrying drop in the vaccination, in particular against pathologies which are likely to be serious, such as hepatitis B and measles”, declared the president of the high authority of health, Professor Roger Salamon. “It is associated with a mistrust of vaccination, which is responsible for so-called whistleblowers,” explained the professor.
The causes most often mentioned by opponents of vaccines are the existence of combined vaccines and the presence of aluminium. “These combined vaccines are a big step forward since they meet official vaccination recommendations from the Ministry of Health for all infants,” explains Daniel Floret, head of the Technical Committee for Vaccinations within the HCSP. “And, why multiply the injections when only one can do everything without risk?”.
And the manager’s point of view on aluminum in many vaccines is clear: “We have been vaccinating with aluminum for sixty years; no studies in the world have proven side effects”.
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