Covid, Crisanti, the vaccine and media unconsciousness. Bar Virus | Gramellini coffee

Only a fool would think that the virologist Andrea Crisanti has become a No Vax by saying that, in the absence of consolidated data on the side effects of the Covid vaccine, he will not inject it in January. But only a naive person would not understand that the legitimate perplexities of Crisanti will be stirred up by the No Vax and by a brood of conspiracy theorists as the authoritative confirmation of his suspicions, with destabilizing consequences for everyone, because the vaccine can stop the pandemic forever. and when it is taken over by the government. most contagious. Unlike Crisanti, I do not understand anything about viruses, so I do not allow myself to discuss your doubts, although their own colleagues have dismissed them as formal scruples. But I’m afraid she understands little about communication, although she is now the protagonist. Anyone who goes to television for months to embody science should weigh the effects of their words. Not at the bar. And even if there were, you wouldn’t be just any diner.

We had hailed the emergence of scientists into public debate as a return to competition after the years of toninellanti in danger. Instead, the virus of ignorance seems to have infected them as well. To think it badly, among the side effects of an early vaccine is the end of the emergency and the role of virologists. But I exclude that Crisanti acted maliciously: his is more a case of media unconsciousness, against which unfortunately there is no vaccine.