All across Europe, coronavirus vaccines are in scarce supply. But in France, they are also surprisingly unwanted: Recent polls suggest just 57% of the country intends to get vaccinated, whereas in the United Kingdom, 89% wants to get a shot for COVID-19. With persistent, world-leading rates of vaccine skepticism, France is adopting a new tactic to boost trust. A 35-member citizens' vaccine panel, built from a random but demographically representative slice of the country, met for the first time last month in an effort to steer government strategy on COVID-19 vaccinations. The panel is the latest in a surge of citizen assemblies that have been set up across Europe to grapple with thorny questions at the intersection of science and society.

在整个欧洲，冠状病毒疫苗供应稀缺。但是在法国，它们也令人意外地令人讨厌：最近的民意调查显示，该国只有57％的人打算接种疫苗，而在英国，有89％的人希望接种COVID-19。法国对疫苗的持怀疑态度一直居世界领先地位，法国正在采取一种新的策略来增强信任。由35个成员组成的公民疫苗小组由该国一个随机但具有人口代表性的地区组成，上个月首次开会，旨在指导政府实施COVID-19疫苗接种的策略。该小组是在欧洲各地建立的一系列公民大会中的最新一次，旨在解决科学与社会交汇处的棘手问题。