Samia and Marc Larère, from Auxerre in the Burgundy region in central France, are accused of deliberately mistreating their two children, aged three and 15 months as they are refusing to vaccinate them against diphtheria, tetanus and polio.
The Larère parents’ gripe is not the vaccines themselves, but the additives in the jabs that improve their stability and performance, such as aluminium salts.
All French children are obliged to be inoculated against diphtheria, tetanus and polio (DTP). Until 2007, they were also required to be vaccinated against tuberculosis (BCG).
Beyond simply breaking the law, the Larères also risk their children being barred from education in France.
While BCG is no longer a legal requirement, many schools and nurseries will not accept children who have not had the jab.
Mumps, measles and rubella (MMR) jabs are not compulsory either, although doctors will strongly recommend parents to have their children inoculated.
France and Italy are the only western European countries that oblige parents to vaccinate their children for DTP.
Professor Daniel Floret, who heads France’s Technical Council for Vaccination (which reports to the health ministry), warned that failure to inoculate children could lead to the return of diseases once believed to be eradicated.
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