“Green pass is not enough, travel after two doses of vaccine”, the expert’s appeal

” I believe that the Green pass is important, it was right to introduce it and it will guarantee us a more peaceful summer. All this being said, so that it is clear that it is a useful but not infallible tool, I have a wish ” and ” I definitely hope that those who travel, especially children, do so only after completing the vaccination process first and second dose, as we have understood that complete coverage is more effective with the Delta variant ”. Fabio Ciciliano, member of the technical-scientific committee since the beginning of the pandemic, says this in an interview with ‘Il Messaggero’. ” The young Italians who will travel in half of Europe, after the limitations of these months, will tend to socialize, to frequent places of entertainment, to meet peers from other countries – he adds – Let me be clear, it is right that this is the case, we cannot condemn the children to remain closed in the house forever. But my hope is that before leaving, they get vaccinated. Relying on the simple antigen test could be a pitfall. ” ” Let’s try to think about what could happen in July and August to many young people who perhaps decide to spend their holidays in Spain, Greece, Malta, and have not been vaccinated – he continues – On the eve of departure, a young man to obtain the Green pass undergoes the antigen test at least 48 hours before; for the following movements he will have to perform the swab again. Let’s say that, during the two weeks on vacation in Ibiza or Corfu, he unfortunately came into contact with a positive peer. From the test necessary to have a green light with the Green pass, before getting on the plane that must take him back to Italy, he too is infected. At that point, he must remain in the place of the vacation, for who knows how many days, waiting to become negativized. We soon run the risk of finding ourselves with hundreds of Italian children stranded in Spain, Greece, Malta, because they are positive and cannot return. If, on the other hand, a boy gets vaccinated before leaving, all this can be forgotten ”.