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V-DAY – Antonella Menco, from Appignano, worked in Surgery in Macerata and this morning she was among the 20 operators who started the campaign in San Severino: “We must have faith in science for ourselves and for our loved ones. There is no danger of getting sick with Covid. I did it so that we can lead a normal life again, we should all do the same ”
Antonella Menco
of Francesca Marsili
“I’m doing great and I’m delighted I did.” These are the first words of Antonella Menco, a 61-year-old nurse who was vaccinated today in the Macerata area, at the Hospicio San Severino. “We need to have faith in science for ourselves and for our loved ones,” he added. On the symbolic day of the fight against Covid-19 called Vaccine Day, 20 doses destined for health personnel in the province of Macerata, 200 throughout the Marche. Menco, a nurse at the Macerata Hospital Surgery Service, had voluntarily agreed to undergo the vaccine in response to the request for membership promoted by Asur. On December 23, the email in which she was informed that she was among those who would receive the antidote and to which she had to give her consent precisely because voluntarily, on Christmas Eve it was confirmed that she was also among the first doctors who would receive it. there. “I immediately answered yes because I felt like one of the lucky ones and a great opportunity – says the professional to Cronache Maceratesi – The closer the day approached, the more the emotion rose, I was not at all afraid, certainly agitated but without any fear “. This morning the first step towards what we can define as the largest mass vaccination in history also for our province. At approximately 9 o’clock this morning, the vials containing the Pfizer vaccine from the center of Ancona in Ancona and destined for the health personnel of Macerata, arrived escorted by the police to the Hospicio de San Severino. Shortly after 10 o’clock, as planned, Appignano’s nurse received the dose of the antidote in an outpatient clinic on the first floor of the hospital.
Operations at the Hospicio San Severino
«After the injection they gave me in the left arm, I remained under observation for 15 minutes – Menco explains – in twenty days they will inject me with the second dose, the so-called booster ». When asked if he is afraid of the manifestation of symptoms, he answers with the conscience of those who have practiced the health profession for more than twenty years: “Like all vaccines, it might cause some pain in the arm or perhaps a slight fever or no effect, but these are possible situations for all vaccines.The “. A symbolic day today that marks the beginning of a phase in which the protagonist will not only be the virus but also its vaccine, its effects and its entire distribution process. But there is a message that more than any other Antonella Menco has I really want to launch and this warning comes from those like Covid who tried to fight it on the front line, addressed to all those who have an incorrect view of this vaccine, to the most skeptical.It is safe, no virus is injected through the vaccine and there is no danger of getting sick with Covid. I did it so that we can lead a normal life again – concludes the woman – the same as we should all do “.
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