Covid vaccines, Vaia: “It’s not the time to talk about the third dose”

“This is not the time to talk about the third dose. It is not what we need now. First we have to push hard on the vaccination campaign. We have achieved good coverage nationwide, 67.25%. But, in my opinion, the threshold. we have to reach is 85% “. This was stated in an interview with ‘Il Tempo’ by the health director of the Spallanzani National Infectious Diseases Institute, Francesco Vaia. “It is quite physiological that with the passing of months we observe a decline in antibodies. But it is important to explain one thing. When evaluating vaccines we must not only consider the antibody response. There are also the neutralizing capacity, the cellular memory, the lymphocytes. T. In short, we have an immunological memory capable of responding to a virus attack “, explains Vaia.” The lowering of antibodies – he notes – does not mean that my immunological response is inferior. Then, when we come to introduce another recall, this must be done for scientific reasons, not for industrial interests or related to the price of vaccines “.