Is the project to eradicate infectious diseases a response to inequalities in the face of microbial risk ?

Doctor, historian and philosopher Anne-Marie Moulin has taken a historical, sociological, anthropological and, at times, politico-religious step back to analyze the evolution of ideas and customs concerning the prevention of infectious diseases, particularly through vaccination. In the ^20th century, the discovery of vaccines gave rise to the concept of mass vaccination, which has proved its worth in eliminating certain diseases from our regions (diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, poliomyelitis, measles), or even eradicating them (smallpox). This success has made it a pillar of our public health system, and even a factor in the construction of our citizenship. The growing emergence of mistrust and even rejection of the concept of mass vaccination, whose basis varies according to region, economic development, and philosophical and religious beliefs, calls for renewed collective reflection.