Fourth dose, Garattini: “Good to expand but errors on masks and concerts”

“It is right to expand the audience of the fourth dose” of the anti-Covid vaccine to over 60 and frail people of all ages, as recommended by the European Medicines Agency EMA and the ECDC (European Center for Disease Prevention and Control) . “There is no doubt that it is very important to do” the second booster. “On the other hand, however, we must continue to exercise maximum prudence. We must be very careful. There was too much impression of a ‘break the lines’. People no longer wear masks. And there have been a few ‘of mistakes, for example in not keeping the mask in the workplace, in doing all these concerts with many tens of thousands of people all together. This is a way to invite the virus to the wedding “. It is the vision of Silvio Garattini, president and founder of the Mario Negri Irccs Institute of Pharmacological Research. “Above all people at risk – he comments to Adnkronos Salute – should get the fourth dose immediately, but first of all you need to evaluate the priorities, because there are also many people who have not yet taken the third dose. So it is a priority to make sure that And the fourth dose is especially important for those at risk and who have a lot of contacts. There is no doubt about that. I say you have to be very careful, because we still have a lot of deaths. It is better to have a situation-oriented attitude more negative that you could have, in order to make more prudent decisions. If it goes better than expected, so much the better. Rather than being optimistic and circulating the virus and then risking an increase in contagiousness and therefore an increase in dead and all. ” Also because, Garattini warns, “circulating the virus means increasing the possibilities of variants. It is not certain that these are formed only in Africa or India. They can also form in us if the virus circulates sufficiently. This is a virus that we still know very little and there are many surprises in store. Many thought that starting from April there would be a decrease in “cases,” many thought that the heat would solve the problems. forecasts “on Sars-CoV-2. “Better to say we don’t know what’s going to happen and be careful how the situation evolves.”