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“I never believed in flu vaccination and I had 35 years of unharmed pulmonology in which I saw more elderly patients arrive among those vaccinated than those who were not vaccinated, evidently due to the great circulation of parainfluenza viruses and other coronaviruses. This new type of RNA vaccine against SarsCov2 puzzles me, and the fact that monoclonal antibodies can be used as an alternative makes me even more indecisive. Carmine cavaliereA 68-year-old pulmonologist, medical director for 35 years at Cardarelli’s pulmonology department, retired since 2012, explains why he has reservations about the RNA vaccine.
Will you be vaccinated against Covid?
“It does not matter if I am going to get vaccinated or not, the important thing is that it is not mandatory, because otherwise I sure would not do it and I am not a non-vax.”
What doesn’t convince you?
“A part of the genome of the virus is injected in the form of a messenger that induces our cells to synthesize proteins identical to Spikes, which the virus has on the surface and allows it to enter cells. Our immune system recognizes Spikes as foreign agents and produces antibodies. If real viruses arrive, our antibodies attack them. Why not inject the spikes directly? What are the cells that produce RNA in vitro: human or animal? What happens to the injected RNAs? What does the vaccine contain besides RNA? Given the high number of asymptomatic people, did the 40,000 volunteers undergo serology first? About 200 people out of 40,000 were infected, but 20,000 people received a placebo, and since the world average 1 in 25 is infected, there must have been around 800. So the numbers don’t add up. Mine is an attitude of study and wait.
Who are the no vax then?
“Those who do not want to have a vaccine injected even at gunpoint for various reasons, but above all because of the mistrust of those who produce or sponsor it. On the other hand, there are those who always have their arms ready. Finally, there are those like me who believe in vaccines, but above all they question the legality of the obligation. Given the freedom to choose, I am confident in the ability to understand its validity, danger, and necessity. Vaccine by vaccine. In the first two cases we are faced with choices based both on fear.
Meanwhile, the virus is running.
“I have always been cautious when using drugs of all kinds. I always have doubts. At the time of cholera I was young and I was injected with the vaccine in Piazza Plebiscito. The NATO Americans set up a station and were vaccinated with a compressed air pistol. After a year I learned that in some cases they pretended, after the few doses they had run out. In another case, on a Cardarelli avenue, I hit my head against an indicative sign placed at eye level. Colleagues told me it was wise to go to the emergency room for tetanus. He had worked in intensive care: thinking of the tetanic patients he had seen die in unbearable suffering, he was convinced. After six months, they took that serum off the market because it was easily infected with the AIDS virus. Fortunately, I did not get infected. I was disappointed and now I am cautious.
Then what?
“The monocolonal antibodies that I think are useful and proven, the only true therapy for coronavirus, are coming and are now available. Vaccines are part of the field of prevention.”
Are you not suspicious of antibodies?
“Today with current equipment systems no”
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