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The vaccine microbiologist had said: in January “I can’t do it without the data.” The Technical Scientific Committee underlines how “very strict controls” are carried out in Italy and in the world. And he adds that these statements should be “censored” both for “incorrect” content and for “superficiality.”
After the controversy over the words of Andrea Crisanti – who had said about the Covid vaccine: in January “I can’t do it without the data” – comes the reaction of the Scientific Technical Committee, which at the meeting on Friday called “unacceptable” . “the sentences of the director of microbiology and virology of the University of Padua (COVID: LIVE UPDATES – THE SPECIAL).
Cts: statements to “censor”
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In the report of the meeting, the CTS underlines how all actions related to vaccines, in Italy and in the world, are “carried out under very strict controls” by international regulatory agencies and AIFA. And he adds that Crisanti’s statements should be “censored” both for their “incorrect” content and for the “superficiality” with which they were delivered. “It would be appropriate – concludes the Committee – to avoid personal positions that have nothing to do with the scientific nature of the issue.”
The words of Crisanti
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The controversy arose after Crisanti, during the “Focus” Science Diffusion Festival, talking about the possible first vaccine, said: “Without data, I will not do it, because I want to be sure that it has been tested and complies with all the criteria”. safety and efficacy. As a citizen I have the right to do so, I am not willing to accept shortcuts. “And then he added:” Vaccines work, I am very much in favor of that, but these vaccines were developed by skipping the sequence of phases 1, 2 and 3. By doing the Phases 1, 2 and 3 in parallel, in fact, we carry out all the problems of the different phases. It is true that we arrived first, but then we need a whole review process behind, which is not very easy to do. “Later, Crisanti he had stated that his words were exploited: “Today I would not do the vaccine because there is only data related to the advertisements of the companies and because today there is not enough knowledge. When the scientific community has evaluated it, I’m doing it. “
Controversy
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Crisanti’s statements provoked various reactions. Franco Locatelli, president of the Higher Health Council, said: “If there were the first vaccine in Italy today, I would do it without the slightest hesitation.” The anti-Covid vaccines “that will be commercially available will follow, even in an emergency situation, a series of unavoidable steps guaranteed by regulatory agencies. That is why it is good to always remember the responsibility of statements that may later have media repercussions”, added. . From the outside, Anthony Fauci, America’s leading infectious disease expert and a member of the White House anti-Covid task force, also noted that the data on the two Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are “reliable” and the speed with which it is developed states “has not compromised its safety and scientific integrity.” Nicola Magrini, general director of the Italian Medicines Agency (Aifa), spoke of “serious and unfounded” statements. For the Deputy Minister of Health, Pierpaolo Sileri, “Crisanti is wrong. The anti-Covid vaccine will be safe.” Covid vaccines “will have the same safety as all the vaccines approved since the EMA exists,” also stressed Guido Rasi, former executive director of the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
