Covid Italia, Vaia: “Numbers shouldn’t scare you, get vaccinated for a Merry Christmas”

The numbers of Covid-19 in Italy “should not scare us, these are expected numbers, let’s not forget that we are in the winter period, favorable to respiratory diseases, and all activities are open”. Rather, “let’s all go get vaccinated, so it will be a Merry Christmas”. To make the point is Francesco Vaia, medical director of the Spallanzani Institute in Rome, guest on Tg4. “We must all do the third dose, in the shortest possible time – Vaia remarks – because we have seen that unfortunately, due to the Delta and Delta plus variant, the vaccine’s effectiveness drops a lot between 5 and 6 months” from the completion of the cycle. vaccinal. According to Vaia, therefore, “it is wise to start as early as the fifth month and get vaccinated. This is the way”, he underlines, adding that “in resuscitation at Spallanzani, two thirds of unvaccinated people are hospitalized, one third is vaccinated but they are very elderly or with multiple pathologies. These are data, the rest is chatter “. According to Vaia, moreover, “the range of compulsory vaccination must be extended to all people who have relations with the public, starting with health personnel, the police, school teaching and non-teaching staff, employees of large retailers . We must go ahead with courage and extend the vaccination obligation to these categories “.