Vaccine 5-11 years, Sileri: “I expect resistance”

“The immunity given by vaccines must be strengthened. The further recall is not strange, indeed it is common to all vaccines. The extension to the whole population will be progressive and based on scientific assessments: there is no reason to be wary”. To say this, in an interview with Corriere della Sera, Undersecretary of Health Pierpaolo Sileri talking about the third dose of anticovid vaccine and convinced that everyone will have to do it. “It is not imminent but I believe it will be indispensable – he explains – The audience will expand between December and January, that is, at the end of six months from the start of the mass vaccination campaign”. As for the parents’ choice to vaccinate their children between the ages of 5 and 11, he underlines: “I expect resistance. Even between the ages of 12 and 15, after all, the percentage of vaccinated people is lower. But, as a doctor, I am I hope that at least half of the 3.2 million Italians between 5 and 11 years old will get vaccinated. Even before blocking the circulation of the virus, in the interest of children. The effects of the disease, in the long run, are subtle and they do not spare young people. Covid is better not to take it, at any age “. In the meantime, what Christmas should we expect? “Peaceful – Sileri replies – I expect the numbers of the infection to increase, but not those of the hospitalized. The unvaccinated will end up in the hospital. Of course, unless there are variants that are not yet known to us and with unpredictable outcomes. And as long as the citizens they are given the third dose “.