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Rome, November 21, 2020 – Doctor, 67 years old, a life in Civil Protection and between disasters, an experience in the most tormented countries in the world. Agostino Miozzo, is the coordinator of the Scientific Technical Committee for the emergency Coronavirus.
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Coronavirus, the bulletin for November 21
After Easter behind closed doors, is Christmas Mass safe?
“If there is no catastrophic worsening of conditions, yes. In this period we have never interrupted what was agreed with the Episcopal Conference, with the Church and with all other religions ”.
The safety rules remain.
“Of course that is the usual condition. Christmas Mass doesn’t have to be a shipment. We have to forget the big aggregations. This is imperative. It is valid for the secular community, for the religious community … For everyone ”.
It has been said: it will be a Christmas of sobriety.
“Let’s define it however we want, it will surely be different. We must live it with the awareness that we are in the middle of the pandemic. For the Christmas Mass, I think we will ask the CEI for a lot of attention and a lot of prudence, recommending that the majority of the faithful, especially the elderly, to follow the rite on television. On the other hand, the Holy Father also gave this indication ”.
Of course it will be a celebration without singing.
“Absolutely, this is taken for granted. Much better a cassette, a good record. But in the vast majority of cases there has always been a very strict respect ”.
Instead: how many will we be at Christmas lunch?
“The ideal is to limit ourselves only to close relatives.”
In other words?
“The family, with which you usually live. This is the least of the risks. Although we know that 80% -90% of current infections occur at home ”.
Party? The parties in the square?
“Not of course. If we want to be in the middle of the third wave at the end of January, then let’s have a party, a party, a fireworks show … We must realize that we are on the brink of disaster, another disaster. We cannot afford it ”.
From December 4 softer rules, purchases allowed, shops and restaurants open. Then a new stiffness before the holidays. Is this a correct hypothesis?
“This is a political decision, I am not expressing myself. And it’s too early to tell. To reach the expiration of the current Dpcm we still have almost two weeks ahead. Which are essential to see the evolution of infections. If indeed there is a significant reduction, some freedom of movement will be allowed, we will have some space to breathe ”.
Will it be possible to travel between regions?
“Let’s wait to say it, two weeks is a long time for this miserable virus. The ideal for an epidemiologist would be the closure until the end of January. But we have to reconcile those indications with the needs of the community. Who should be able to live, not starve, have a health system that also works for other diseases, not just for the Coronavirus.
For Italians, you on the scientific-technical committee are the punishers.
“Someone has to be bad at life. But it is painful to say that no one can go to a funeral more than many people. We are not Martians. There are already enough, I hear them speak every day ”.
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