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A few days before the start of the school year, while the technical-scientific committee is expected to express itself with unequivocal and definitive guidelines to ensure greater safety and prevention of Covid infections, the opinions of experts and scientists continue to overlap. Among the many statements, those of the teacher still have a wide space Andrea Crisanti, from the University of Padua and proponent of the mass swab strategy. On this occasion, the microbiologist again measured the temperature of the students to perform it at the entrance of the school.
Temperature is measured at school.
“In my opinion – said Crisanti – the temperature of children should be taken at school, not at home, and it should be lowered, I would say to 37.1, to enter the classroom.”
Already in recent days, Andrea Crisanti had always said: “it is clear that 37.5 is a totally inappropriate threshold for young people, it should rise to 37.1 – 37.2 since young people are usually asymptomatic”.
In addition, to counteract the spread of the coronavirus “fever must be measured at school with the same tools for all schools. I do not believe that measurements in 8 million families can give a unambiguous result with measurements in the mouth, in the armpit … ”.
Mask yes, but not for the little ones
On August 31, the expert wanted to specify about the masks to wear at school that “are undoubtedly necessary for the elderly. For the little ones we know that it is not possible… ”.
The news is breaking news that the masks could become compulsory during the entire schooling time of secondary school students: in this case too, the last word belongs to the Scientific Technical Committee.
Children over six years old – he said the secretary of the Sip, Italian Society of Pediatrics, Elena Bozzola – they must wear face protection indoors and if they will be taken to school. “It is important that the child does not feel scared, scared or in danger while using it. First it is good that parents return to the subject several times to reassure him. “
Vaccine also for students
Finally, for the students, Crisanti specified that the intake of the flu vaccine should be encouraged.
Overall, the microbiologist added that “in back-to-school measures we must avoid making two mistakes. The measures have been chosen, now they must be applied rigorously ”.
