“The obligation requires a law so it is a political choice, but if you ask a technician, he will reply that the only way to truly control a highly diffusive infectious disease is mass vaccination and this, it is indisputable, can be achieved with the ‘vaccination obligation “. This was underlined in an interview with Agorà Estate on Rai Tre by Sergio Abrignani, member of the CTS (Technical-Scientific Committee) and immunologist of the State University of Milan, with reference to the issue of compulsory vaccination for teachers and staff of the school. Commenting on the progress of the national anti-Covid vaccination campaign, the immunologist then explained that Italy will “certainly arrive at the end of September with 80% of vaccinated people vaccinated, but 18 million Italians will still be missing. it’s not cheap “. (COVID VACCINE: DATA AND GRAPHICS ON ADMINISTRATIONS IN ITALY, REGION BY REGION)
Abrignani: “Salivary test is not an alternative to the vaccine”
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In reference to salivary tests, the immunologist then pointed out that they serve but cannot be an alternative to the vaccine. “Salivary tests – explained Abrignani – certainly have their own indication for situations in which in a short time, in a few minutes, you have to allow a large number of people to enter the classroom, by plane or train, so they have their validity. . They have a very limited sensitivity but just know it, they mitigate the risk but there is nothing that eliminates the risk “. As for the anti-Covid vaccine, “it is done three times at most and 98% of cases are protected from death, 95% from severe disease and 80% from infection”, explained the immunologist for then reiterate: “The salivary swab occasionally makes sense for screening, but not for the daily. To say that the swab or salivary test replaces the vaccine is wrong, it cannot be an alternative.”
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