Do not underestimate the Covid thinking that it is a disease that has disappeared and paying particular attention to 'fragile' people by focusing on a new vaccination campaign. This is the warning and the proposal that come from doctors Neapolitan in view of the autumn season on the occasion of the meeting 'The covid-19 vaccination in the post-pandemic era for the fragile and at-risk patient'.
“This focus on Covid vaccination, especially for vulnerable subjects, is more necessary than ever at this time when the role of the variants is making its voice heard and there is a resurgence of infections. - he claims Maria Triassi, president of the Federico II School of Medicine and scientific director of the conference – Fortunately, there is no load on intensive care units but it is essential to protect the most fragile and at-risk subjects such as the immunosuppressed who must be at the centre of our vaccination activity in the autumn months".
“These patients with an already compromised health situation are experiencing a Covid disease that can be very serious and lead to death. - Explains Ivan Gentile, director of the Infectious Diseases Unit of the Federico II University Hospital of Naples – immunosuppressed people in particular have a very long form of Covid disease, which can last for many months, and therefore Covid must not be underestimated and indeed the vaccination campaign for those at risk must be resumed but by changing the paradigm, thinking about at least an annual vaccination against Covid as happens for the flu”.
To date in Italy the penetration of the flu vaccination is around 70 percent in the over 65s and according to doctors it would be important to be able to reach these same percentages in the anti-Covid vaccination for fragile and at-risk people. “For over a year we have had the protein vaccine available to fight Covid – Gentile highlights – a vaccine that is therefore made like the flu vaccine and that can be a valid alternative for those who are still wary of mRNA vaccines, albeit unjustifiably so”.
Article published on 9 September 2023 - 19:05
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