‘I get my groceries in France, so why not my monkeypox vaccine too?’

Belgians go to France for a shot against the monkey pox virus. Vaccines are less scarce and conditions are more flexible. ‘More and more people in my area are getting infected. I don’t want to wait any longer.’

The hospital car park in Tourcoing is a maze. Big yellow arrows point the way: ‘Monkeypox – Monkeypox.’ A row is formed in front of a small brick building. About twenty men…