The dossier that nails the government. Criticisms of Italy’s vaccine plan

Apparently, a heavier than usual snowfall was enough to delay the arrival in Italy of 470,000 doses of the Covid vaccine. And it does not matter if there is also a discrepancy in the place of origin of the precious antidotes destined for Rome, since for some they would come from Belgium and for Pfizer, the manufacturing company, from Germany. This would be enough to define the vaccine plan Approximate and inefficient Italy. Especially if we decide to compare it with the strategy implemented by Germany.

Berlin, in fact, despite a thousand criticisms, has already managed to immunize more than 40 thousand people, making all the data related to the vaccination campaign public and transparent. All in all, a good slap in the face to the screeching organizing machine created by Domenico Arcuri and mediated by the Giallorossi government. However, there are voices much more authoritative than ours that, in terms of logistics, have highlighted a series of critical points in the vaccination plan followed by Italy. We talk about the experts ofInterdisciplinary Observatory for Food and Drug Transportation (Oitaf), which, according to the newspaper The truth, they would have presented to Super Commissioner Arcuri a dossier with all the issues to be resolved and the possible solutions.

The importance of logistics

The basic assumption is one: now that we have the vaccine weapon at our disposal, it is necessary to find a way to distribute the doses of the antidote to the citizens of each country in the shortest possible time. That is why it is essential to organize a valid vaccination plan. That, within it, it must include not only a part related to trade agreements to ensure the correct amounts of whey. But also a second part, in which the methods of transport and distribution of the vaccines must be explained in detail, preferably without wasting means.

In order to obtain a useful and functional vaccination plan, it would be advisable to contact experts in the sector, listen to their advice and put them into practice. However, the Giallorossi government seemed attracted by something else, such as the creation of the “spring“, The Renaissance symbol pavilions in which to administer vaccines to patients. In any case, Oitaf sent a rich man to Commissioner Arcuri dossier in which, point by point, the critical issues present in the Italian plan. The stakes are huge: If the executive doesn’t solve those problems, there’s a chance that the much-desired herd immunity for next fall will turn into a mirage.

The critical points of the Italian plan

The aforementioned dossier was edited by experts in transport cybersecurity, geography of services, engineers specialized in refrigerated transport and university students. They shed light on several critical issues in the vaccine plan established by Italy. What are they? Meanwhile, a database complete vaccination goal. Next we find: the sizing of resources, the guarantee of the integrity of the vaccine, the management of special waste and the security of Information system. Let’s proceed in order.

The government has included a table regarding the temporary availability of sera. It is a pity that it is not up-to-date, given that – and here we quote the dossier – there are “well-founded doubts that the Astrazeneca preparation, net of unpredictable scientific and authorization accelerations, can really be available in quantity and on time”. The same table shows, among other things, the availability of the German vaccine in the first trimester Curevac. However, a vaccine that is only now beginning phase 2b.

Regarding administration, given the procedure required by the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, one or more centralized laboratories nationwide to simulate each required phase. Transportation chapter: one account is the vehicles used for the delivery of doses in the different national hubs, another the mobile units in charge of delivering the sera to the rest of the country (including RSA and peripheral locations). Another relevant issue: data collection. To date, there is still no single database with all health information of the case (that exist but are scattered). Of all this, Italy’s vaccine plan is missing. And time is running out.