“Right now, Aifa, the Italian drug agency, has given the green light to the third dose of the anti Covid vaccine for some categories, we will start with the most fragile and immunosuppressed, cancer patients and transplant recipients, then we will continue with those who are been vaccinated first “.
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by Gabriele Beccaria
So the Minister of Health Roberto Speranza guest at the inauguration of the second edition of the Festival of Salute, yesterday at Villa Medici in Rome, interviewed by the director de The print Massimo Giannini, announced a long-awaited news.
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“More than the third dose, I prefer to talk about completing the vaccination cycle, because for fragile patients the immune response is very weak and the third completes it. However, the Ministry’s circular for the administration of the third dose will start in the next few hours”. And on the recall for everyone he replied “It is a hypothesis in the field, but it must be investigated with the scientific community. I also believe that the vaccine will be perfected, adapted to the new variants and improved”.
The last goal that the government had set itself was that of vaccination coverage of Italians at 80% by the end of September, ie 10 million vaccines between now and the end of the month. How do you plan to bridge the gap?
“We are not late. It is a goal within our reach and the response of the Italians has been robust, especially among the children and this is something we did not expect: between the ages of 20 and 29 they exceeded the vaccination rate of 35 -55 years old. Between the ages of 12 and 19, then thinking that the vaccination campaign started on May 31 we are even at 60%. The campaign is going well “.
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However, the share of the resisters is quite substantial and obstinate in various sectors, even among doctors. What do you think of the 300 signatories of that manifesto, among them Massimo Cacciari and Giorgio Agamben who speak of violated rights?
“It must be said clearly: the alternative to vaccines are new restrictive measures. We can choose a totally liberal plant and at that point the risk, with a low percentage of vaccines, is to go back to restrictive measures. In the no-vax world there is a lot of it. diversity and if on the one hand I am for the hard fist against the violent, I have a lot of respect for those who have doubts. These people must be listened to and it must be tried to bring out the scientific evidence with them. doubts is the right way. There is extremism also on the pro vax side “.
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Let’s talk about the green pass. The decree you passed appeared to be reduced compared to expectations. Will the obligation of the green pass be extended to restaurateurs? It is curious that I have to show the green pass and those who work in the restaurant may not be vaccinated. Have you succumbed to Salvini’s pressure?
“The government goes on. We do not let ourselves be conditioned and our reference is the scientific community. The government line starts from the interest of the country and we want to make the places of our daily life as safe as possible. There is no politics on vaccines to take a few more votes “.
So will the obligation of the green pass to be extended to restaurants and bars?
“It will be the next step. Today’s decree is fine, but let’s move on.”
Giorgia Meloni has said several times that the green pass is a disguised vaccination obligation. But if these decrees do not reach the goal of vaccination coverage, will the further step be mandatory?
“It is a hypothesis in the field and we are evaluating the need for it. The constitution in article 32 puts this possibility in the hands of Parliament. We will always have an idea with our scientific community, but we have not excluded it. In the beginning they did not have sufficient doses of vaccine. Now that phase has passed. We will decide in the coming months based on the progress of the vaccination campaign “.
Some scientists have advanced the hypothesis: if you don’t want to get vaccinated and you get sick, you pay for the treatment, what do you think?
“I am absolutely against it, I also know that what I say may be unpopular. But I think that the most beautiful aspect of our national health system is guaranteeing the right to treatment for all. It does not matter if you have or did not vaccinate, you have to be I also think that those who do not get vaccinated harm themselves and produce a cost, but this does not question the structure of our national system “.
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