Covid, Brusaferro: “Over 2 million over 60 unvaccinated, the category most at risk”

“Today 90% of those in need of health care following a Covid infection are unvaccinated, but the real problem is the more than two million people over the age of sixty who have not yet been vaccinated. This is the highest category. risk and it is necessary to adhere to vaccination as soon as possible “. This was stated by the president of the Higher Institute of Health, Silvio Brusaferro, in an interview with ‘Il Mattino’. “The two guidelines with which we must face the epidemic are on the one hand the vaccination campaign, on the other hand prudence in behavior”, added Brusaferro, “I believe – underlined the president of the ISS – that there is an important majority of our fellow citizens who are prudent and attentive and are living their holidays to the fullest, taking every precaution. Then there are also situations in which we are less cautious: when this happens in very crowded places, where unvaccinated people access, in these cases the circulation of the virus certainly increases also considering the high contagiousness of the Delta variant “.” The first bet we have as a country is to reach anti Covid vaccination coverage – said Brusaferro – The safest school is the one where students, teachers and technical staff -administrative are vaccinated. In the weeks that will elapse between now and the start of school, it will certainly be necessary to achieve the widest vaccination coverage “. eritated to a possible vaccination obligation for vaccinable teachers and students Brusaferro stresses that “compulsoriness is one of the strategies to achieve optimal coverage but I hope that in the school, where generations are studied and trained with respect to culture and scientific method, there is no need to impose anything and choose the vaccine thanks to the daughter awareness of the scientific method. The vaccine is a very powerful tool that protects ourselves but also the community “. Finally, as regards the possibility of vaccinating children under the age of 12, Brusaferro recalls that” there are studies underway to verify the safety and validity of vaccination in the age groups. of younger age. When these vaccines are authorized by international and national agencies, we will have a very powerful tool that must absolutely be used “.