"If it is no longer possible to consider microbes as systematic enemies, if we are responsible for diseases that afflict us, it becomes urgent to consider the consequences of this never-ending war that we wage using antibiotics and vaccines, against countless and indestructible beings that are the builders of our environment and the constituents of our cells. In many aspects, it is a fratricide war, that can only lead to self-destruction. The seniority, the omnipresence, the complexity of the relationships and the invulnerability of microorganisms, force us to reconsider the causes and the meaning of their pathogenecity, therefore of "infectious diseases", as well as the nature and function of the numerous phenomena grouped together under the term "immunity". We have noticed "the tenuousness of the line that separates rivalry from cooperation in the evolution". What is essential is thus to fully grasp the difference between a microbe that apparently "kills" and a microbe that perpetuates life, therefore between destruction and mutual aid."

Dr. Éric Ancelet, En finir avec Pasteur