Covid Italia, Crisanti: “Beginning of an exponential curve”

First signs of an ‘exponential’ curve of coronavirus infections in Italy, with the regions struggling with the Delta variant while the debate is dominated by the green pass. Photographing the curve, at Adnkronos Salute, is virologist Andrea Crisanti, director of the Department of Molecular Medicine at the University of Padua, on a day characterized by over 5000 new cases of covid. “What we are seeing in Italy these days is certainly the beginning of a curve that has the initial characteristics of an exponential trend. Then we will see if these numbers are confirmed”, rising at this constant pace. “Next week we will know if there will be an exponential curve or not. But we have to wait, no predictions can be made right now.” The expert is not unbalanced: “We cannot predict the numbers we will have in August”, he reiterates. And he explains, for example, that “in Great Britain”, one of the countries involved in a surge in infections driven by the Delta variant, “they seem to have stabilized and we will have to see. It may be that they have reached a balance between the spreading capacity of the virus and that to intercept infections “. The topic of the day is Matteo Salvini’s vaccination. Have you been vaccinated against covid? “If so, welcome. It seems to me a positive thing. It has accustomed us to everything and the opposite of everything. So it doesn’t surprise me” that after his critical statements on the urgency of vaccinating young people and on the extensive use of the did the shield injection and downloaded the certificate, almost becoming an involuntary testimonial. “I have to say one thing: I don’t think the Green pass has a very big impact on the transmission of the virus – Crisanti stressed – but it certainly has a big impact persuasion for vaccination and they are two different things “.