Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, all hopes are turned towards science. In this article, we put forward a qualitative analysis of how the French national press covered the issue of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine during the first months, with a focus on the descriptions of the scientific world. We show that during epidemic outbreaks the various tensions existing within the scientific world are more likely to be presented to the public. In their coverage of hydroxychloroquine, journalists shed light on a variety of aspects of contemporary medical research, ranging from the way scientists approach a given drug, the stages of research on medical treatments, the types of proofs used and the institutional make-up of biomedical research. But in doing so they also presented a series of tensions and disagreements which devolved into public accusations of scientific misconduct and anti-science behaviours.

自从Covid-19大流行开始以来，所有的希望都转向了科学。在本文中，我们对法国国家新闻界在头几个月中如何报道氯喹和羟氯喹的问题进行了定性分析，重点是对科学界的描述。我们表明，在流行病暴发期间，更可能向公众展示科学界内存在的各种紧张局势。在对羟氯喹的报道中，记者阐明了当代医学研究的各个方面，从科学家研究特定药物的方式，医学研究的阶段，所用证据的类型以及生物医学的机构构成等方面研究。