Third dose of covid vaccine for everyone and 6 months green pass. These are the indications of the professor Andrea Crisanti, director of the Department of Molecular Medicine of the University of Padua, at beraking latest news Salute. The third dose, he says, “has to involve pretty much everyone. It has to be a third dose that goes over everything we did with the first and second. Otherwise we won’t have the coverage we need.” And if the booster dose is administered starting from 6 months after completing the primary vaccination cycle, “it is unthinkable to wait for the 12 months of the Green pass expiration – the virologist reasons – The Green pass from the point of view of public health makes sense. If we want to make it a public health tool, the Green pass must last 6 months“and therefore be renewed after the recall.
“In Italy the covid situation is positive right now. We have to ask ourselves: why are we different from England? Why did we get vaccinated later. If this is probably the most plausible reason, then it is clear that a systematic program of vaccination that also includes the third dose. Otherwise, “with all activities restarting,”we would be in a worse situation than England in 4 months“, he adds, reiterating the importance of maintaining constant vaccination coverage.
And when the meshes are widened for the resumption of the various activities, he warns, “one thing must be kept in mind: that to reach a balance like that of England, which has 30-40 thousand cases a day and 150 deaths daily, socially and ethically I don’t think is acceptable for a long time. ” It means, “that every year we would have about 55 thousand Covid deaths, that is a number equal to 9% of all annual deaths in a country. And I do not think that it is acceptable to have such a high burden. Because then in the end there are problems of this type, ethical and social acceptability “.
In these hours we are discussing the reopening of discos and increasing the capineza in the stadiums. “The reopening of discos, as well as increasing the capacity of the stadiums, are actions that cannot be separated from a systematic anti-Covid vaccination program that also includes the third dose”, he says, insisting on the same trend. “All the measures – he underlines – must be taken on the basis of two factors: the current epidemiological situation and its evolutionary perspective. The current situation is certainly positive because we have few deaths a day, around 30-40, which certainly reflect low transmission levels. “
But looking at the possible future evolution, for the expert it is necessary to avoid increasing the numbers by keeping vaccination coverage constant “If measures such as the opening of discos and the increase in capacity” compared to those currently envisaged “are accompanied by a plan vaccination of the third dose for the frail, the elderly, and for all those who make sense.