The war in Ukraine “is rightfully taking the headlines and the pandemic has come out of the media spotlight, this sudden drop in information on Covid is causing a slowdown in third doses of the vaccine because people think it’s all over and wait or postpone until September. This is a mistake. ”Matteo Bassetti, director of the Infectious Diseases Clinic of the San Martino Polyclinic in Genoa, said this to time.news Salute, taking stock of the epidemiological situation.
“I pulled my ears to the information when it was alarming, but suddenly switching from newspapers and television news that only talk about Covid to zero news on the epidemic is too much,” says Bassetti.
“The Covid situation in Italy today sees an important increase in infections, but not hospitalizations, except yesterday that there were a few more numbers in the ICU. I am not saying that we must get used to 40-50 thousand infections a day, but I am saying that we must get used to no longer looking at these numbers, but only at those of hospitalizations – he stresses – Today the disease with three doses of vaccine is completely different, who is positive stays home with the flu and a cold. And those who go to the hospital do not go there for Covid, but for something else and then they test positive for the Covid swab. I think that the situation does not give rise to any kind of problem from an epidemiological point of view “.
Bassetti observes that in Italy “there are still too many inappropriate tampons for those who have no symptoms”, while “the mantra for the next few months – he says – must be to test only for those with symptoms“.