Scientists say vaccines are our way out of this pandemic. But with trust in vaccination at an all-time low, the role of the messengers - politicians, pharmaceutical companies and the news media - is as important as ever.

Contributors:

Kai Kupferschmidt - Contributing correspondent, Science Magazine

Hristio Boytchev - Germany correspondent, Research Europe

Deborah Fuller - Professor, University of Washington School of Medicine

Mun-Keat Looi - International features editor, The BMJ

On our radar:

The US government has launched a new vaccine campaign - producer Johanna Hoes talks to Richard Gizbert about the White House’s use of Christian broadcasters, sports stars and a country music legend to convince conservative Americans that vaccination is in their best interests.

From COVID conspiracism to vaccine hesitancy: France’s other epidemic

France is where lab vaccines were invented - so how did the French grow so sceptical, so reluctant to get the COVID jab?

Contributors:

Lucie Delaporte - Journalist, Médiapart

Richard Sénéjoux - Senior reporter, Télérama

Antoine Bristielle - Sociologist, Sciences Po & Researcher, Fondation Jean-Jaurès

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