Vaccine, Rasi: 'Mandatory for workers in contact with the public'

Rasi: "Vaccine mandatory for workers in contact with the public."

"I have always been against mandatory vaccination but I have come to the decision that at this particular moment it must be there, by a certain date, for some categories. In my opinion it must start on August 31 because some activities must restart: I am talking about teaching staff, healthcare personnel, law enforcement and all those people exposed to the public“. Guido Rasi, microbiologist and consultant to the Covid emergency commissioner Figliuolo, said this on Agorà Estate on Rai 3.

“While conceptually in favor of the idea of ​​trying to persuade - He continued - Unfortunately, the virus dictates the pace and does not leave us the choice of how much time to give it”.

So, is vaccination mandatory?

“It's the Delta variant that asks us for it – explained Rasi – we acknowledge that the virus decides and we must necessarily follow. We must play all the cards we have. The Delta variant infects at an enormous speed, in 10-15 minutes, the first one in 30-45. This must lead to measures being taken. It is not an ideological fact”.

With the Delta variant, he warned, “unfortunately, we will once again have wards full of unvaccinated, serious patients and once again we will have to convert normal wards into Covid wards and postpone treatment for patients who have been waiting for 2 years for serious pathologies. This, in my opinion, is truly intolerable”.