Covid vaccine, “without we would have had the dead on the street”

What would have been this year without the Covid vaccine? A very strong image is the one chosen by the Lazio health councilor, Alessio D’Amato, to answer the question: “We would have had the dead on the street”, underlines D’Amato who, today at Spallanzani for Christmas greetings of employees of the Inmi, takes stock of a year of anti-Covid vaccinations, which began at Spallanzani on December 27, 2020. “The question that citizens must ask is how this year would have been without vaccinations. It would have been tragic, we would have had deaths in the streets. Vaccines have given and are giving an extraordinary boost, “D’Amato said. “We are approaching 10 and a half million administrations performed in our region – he highlighted – 90% of over 12 vaccinated with double dose is an extraordinary result. Today our task is to run on the calls. The vaccine is the fundamental weapon, alongside weapons of cure such as monoclonal antibodies. But without the vaccine, the river would have swept us away. It all started here from Spallanzani – he commented – with the first vaccinations on December 27 a year ago, to a nurse, and on December 15 the pediatric vaccinations started, first in Italy “.