“There must be a strong recommendation, at the moment, for all children between the ages of 12 and 18 to be vaccinated” against Covid-19. Matteo Bassetti, director of the infectious diseases clinic of the San Martino hospital in Genoa, says this to Adnkronos Salute. “It is absolutely not true, as some like to say – he says – that abroad they do not: I understand that a land, one of the most important in Germany, went against the national provision and therefore decided to put the recommendation for vaccination. So even abroad there are many who have spent themselves on pediatric vaccinations, so to speak “, underlines the infectious disease specialist while the United Kingdom is also preparing to offer anti-Covid injection to 16-17 year olds. Bassetti invites us to keep in mind that “a 12-year-old is a small adult, we are not talking about children”. Vaccination is important in that age group, according to the infectious disease specialist, especially to safeguard the school. “What will happen – the doctor wonders – when there will be an infected person at school? It is clear that the principal will continue to send the vaccinated in attendance and maybe the unvaccinated will go there at a distance. I believe – underlines Bassetti – that this is a something that must not be verified. We cannot discriminate within the school the vaccinated or the unvaccinated. This is why we need a strong recommendation to the vaccine “. According to Bassetti” paradoxically less was done for the school in 2021 than was done in 2020, we are regretting the Azzolina “. “In the end there was a lot of criticism of Azzolina, and I was the first – admits the infectious disease specialist – but at least there was a philosophy, an idea to get the children back to school safely. I see many words but very few facts . What have we done this summer to ensure that the children go to school safely in September? Nothing has been done from a legislative point of view: the teachers – Bassetti attacks – can not get vaccinated “. “Last year – recalls the doctor – there were big investments to hire professors, to avoid having chicken coop classes and I believe that all this has been totally forgotten, plus not using the funds that were available”. I am really very critical about school. You will see – predicts the infectious disease specialist – that on September 15 we will find ourselves in a very, very difficult situation, and we will again have some regions that will find themselves in the same situation as in 2020. And this is obviously unacceptable ” he concludes.
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