Covid vaccine, Abrignani: “Third dose between the end of the year and 2022”

“Third dose of” anti covid “vaccine between the end of this year and the beginning of the next. Validity of the green pass extended from 9 to 12 months”. This is the strategy to defend against the coronavirus outlined in the Corriere della Sera by Sergio Abrignani, immunologist and member of the Technical Scientific Committee (Cts). According to Abrignani, “the people vaccinated first in January, the doctors, in September October will be 9 months after the double dose and technically their green pass would no longer be valid. It is reasonable to foresee an extension to 12 months. The protection of the vaccine decreases. but it is still high “. “In Israel – reports Abrignani – we begin to observe that vaccinated people become infected after 6-10 months more than after three months, when the effectiveness of anti Covid compounds is 95%. Subsequently it is lowered to 80-85% in the ability to avoid severe forms of disease and infection “. However, it is not a contradiction to extend the validity of the green pass and admit that after two doses the effectiveness is lowered “because – he explains – after two doses the majority is still protected. In the meantime, however, we finish immunizing 80 of the vaccinables by October, then yes he will think about the third at the end of the year or at the beginning of the next “. Alternatives “there are none” according to Abrignani. “Abolish the green pass, then go back to closures? Or, another madness, abolish the green passport and proclaim everyone free? Both solutions are in fact impracticable”. Who will receive the third dose in priority? “In my opinion, we will follow more or less the same timing – explains Abrignani -: health professionals should be the first and I use the conditional. Together with the frail, patients with immune system deficiencies or chemotherapy. Then we will move on to over 60s. which in Italy are 18 million “.