Immunized? - A New Look at Vaccines, Lise Barneoud, Stanislas Gros

In France, more than 40% of the population considers vaccines unreliable or even dangerous. Ineffective, enhanced with toxic adjuvants, they are seen primarily as a hunting ground for pharmaceutical laboratories. Because it involves inoculating oneself with evil to protect against it, vaccination has always been perceived as a risk, from the first smallpox inoculation techniques in the 17th century to today's HPV vaccine, designed to protect against cervical cancer. A science journalist who questioned the choices she had to make for her family, Lise Barnéoud conducted a completely independent investigation, keeping at bay both the aficionados of an outdated grand Pasteurian narrative and the fundamentalists of anti-vaccination. She sought to shed light on the scientific, medical, ethical, societal, and economic stakes of each vaccine. Because it is not possible to speak of vaccination as a monolithic entity. Each vaccine has a different history, distinct advantages, and disadvantages. Whom do we protect when we get vaccinated? Why get vaccinated against a disease that has been almost entirely eradicated? What are the interests and operating rules of laboratories? Immunisés answers these questions with precision and a great sense of narrative. A new vaccine narrative, resolutely modern and in touch with society, which offers the reader the keys to forming an informed opinion on a case-by-case basis. A journey into the world of vaccines that opens our eyes to how we form a society.