From March 31, stop at the Green Pass , “it makes no sense to keep this instrument after the end of the state of emergency, there are no health reasons. If the green certificate remains in force it will only be due to a political decision “. Supported by Matteo Bassetti , infectious disease specialist and head physician of the San Martino Hospital in Genoa.
For Bassetti, the Green pass played a fundamental role in promoting vaccination . A result that has been widely achieved, since “since its introduction we have gained 30% of vaccinated in 5 months. At the end of March, therefore, we will have 95% of the population vaccinatedand, if we add the slice of the population cured of the virus, we can probably say that we have achieved herd immunity. ”
Bassetti also insists on the mandatory nature of vaccines :” The scientific community had clamored for the introduction of ‘vaccination obligation for the over 40s in September, a request not accepted by politics, scientists are taken into consideration when it suits them otherwise they are ignored. Today we are asking to relax this measure also by looking at what is happening in other countries “
. Ministry of Healthwho from March 1 will equate arrivals from outside the EU to EU arrivals, comments: “One cannot think that for a foreigner in Italy a basic certificate is enough and Italians over 50 must have a different one to work, it obviously seems an anomaly.” only the basic Green pass will be sufficient to enter the national territory: vaccination certificate, recovery certificate or negative test.
Bassetti therefore underlines the differences between Italy and the rest of the continent: “The other European and non-European countries are progressively lifting the restrictions or thinking of lifting them. The management of a pandemic must also permeate what others do, and it is wrong that there is no exchange “. In short, for the infectious disease specialist we are back to the discussions of a year ago,” it is a pity that today we have 95% of Italians protected thanks vaccines and the super circulation of the virus “he added. Meanwhile, the first anti Covid protein vaccine from Novavax
arrives in Italy . The doses of Nuvaxovid, this is the official name, can be booked from today, February 23. Based on the more traditional technique of recombinant proteins, it is thought that it can convince the most refractory Italians to get vaccinated. According to Matteo Bassetti, this is not the case: “No one or very few will be vaccinated even if it is not an mRna vaccine, but a protein one. Because the problem is ideological, of prejudice towards vaccination in general “.
Bassetti therefore calls for a decisive relaxation of the restrictions , underlining the importance of the third dose as a completion of the vaccination cycle: “the data combined with daily experience tell us that the vaccine is the main instrument of individual protection. In the hospital we see almost exclusively patients who have not been vaccinated or who have not taken the booster dose, which is essential for strengthening the immune response “.
And to those who are already wondering about the fourth doseof vaccine the infectious specialist replies: “It makes no sense at this stage to question whether or not the fourth dose is needed. At the moment, the data suggest that we recommend it only to the fragile population. We do not know what will happen in the autumn , whether or not we will see a dangerous resurgence of the virus and whether new vaccines updated to the variants will be available. For now it’s all premature “.
