Covid Italia, Rasi: “There will be other variants, yes to the green pass”

The use of the Green pass, as a constraint for access to a range of activities, “is a must, because the 25-30 million Italians who finally decided to get vaccinated have every right to fully enjoy the benefits of this choice. And therefore to have the possibility of accessing any activity for themselves and the guarantee that those who cannot be vaccinated for valid reasons or are waiting for their turn are protected from environments in which there is certainty not to get infected “. To reiterate this to Adnkronos Salute is Guido Rasi, former executive director of the European Medicines Agency Ema and consultant to the extraordinary commissioner for the coronavirus emergency, General Francesco Paolo Figliuolo, speaking on the ongoing debate regarding the Green pass and the ways in which will be used concretely, which should be defined by the government in days.

“For teachers, first of all an ethical problem arises: a teacher who does not get vaccinated also worries me about what teaching he will be able to give to his students. The other concern is to guarantee safety in the classrooms with respect to variants” of Sars-CoV- 2 “that will turn. Because we will get to the Omega, and the alphabet is long. So even if it should be taken for granted that a person who does this job has the cultural means to understand that he has to get the vaccine, if he really does not do it that is It is mandatory. Hoping that he will come to his senses and provide a valid education and example to his students “, Rasi remarks.” From the age of 12 we will not have time to vaccinate everyone – he observes – assuming that the children of 50-60 years old who do not they are vaccinated they will have their children do it. In fact, we expect that adults who did not want the vaccine for themselves will not immunize their children either. And therefore, faced with this, it is the teacher himself who is exposed to possible variants they will continue to be there. Really, it should be taken for granted to want to get vaccinated “.” It was a written destiny “that Covid outbreaks would arrive linked to the ‘blue nights’, to the crowds that gathered to watch the European football matches and celebrate the victory of Italy.” Not surprisingly, the range of infected is from 10 to 29 years. Let’s see what happens. In the next 10 days we will know if this will translate into hospitalizations and of what severity, or not “, explains Rasi. Speaking of the first outbreaks that have been traced back to events related to the European football championships – one for example in Rome – Rasi expects on the in the face of the trend of the epidemic in the coming days “that there is an increase” also in hospitalizations. “But if the infected are only unvaccinated young people, hospitalization may not be massive – he points out – We know that for every age group of 7 years of age you go up a step in terms of hospitalization and severity of the disease. Hopefully, the fact that mostly the low-end is involved only means more infections but no more hospitalizations. Young people, however, it must be remembered, are less vulnerable, not invulnerable “.