tougher measures but no blocking

Published on: 12/15/2020 9:33 PM

“Finally we agreed on an indication, the pandemic control measures should be strengthened. Total blockage? It is an indication that nobody has listened to give ”. Agostino MiozzoThe coordinator of the Scientific Technical Committee, in Cartabianca, spoke about the position of the body in relation to the measures that will be taken at Christmas to stop the spread of the coronavirus. “If I were a politician,

“Today was a particularly complex and difficult day, with a delicate dossier to discuss. We have lively discussions between 26 people who must give relevant information, it is normal that there are different opinions and contradictions. In the end we came to an agreement on an indication. , pandemic control measures must be strengthened. Total blockage? It is an indication that no one has ever heardWe have come out of 2 months of very important restrictions that in some parts of the country have given results, “he says.” It is not the doctor or the epimiologist who decides how to carry out a confinement, it is a complex political decision. If I look at what is happening across borders, I see that most EU countries are moving in that direction. What should I do? I’m a technician, not a politician … Don’t ask me …“.

“This damn curve has somehow stopped and is declining quietly, the indicators are paradoxically favorable and positive despite the death toll. We are going through an extremely delicate period, typical of the opposite conditions to those necessary. you have to be very careful with the movements, which are going to take place throughout the country. Today we have the problem throughout the country and the movements complicate the situation ”, he adds. “They find relatives who are actually strangers, they meet again after many months coming from different places and they are potentially dangerous,” he explains.

Will there be a crackdown on stores and restaurants? “The indications that we feel we can give are derived from the experience lived in the last weekend, dramatic for many points of view, with meetings on shopping streets: we have to restrict a lot, unfortunately we have to do it in one of the best moments. I think we will have to make a decision to close ranks, we are projecting towards the beginning of the year: on January 7, people will go back to work and the children must go back to school, where they haven’t been in months, ”he continues.

“The reopening of schools for the mobility of 10 million people and they are a potential risk, given the dangers associated with travel. But we can’t imagine having the kids at home with dad for the next 6 months, ”he says again. “The government is working, the prefectures are working: security conditions must be guaranteed, children return if there are security conditions.” “If we misbehave during the Christmas holidays, we run the risk of having problems when the vaccination campaign begins. We cannot arrive weak and with full hospitals,” he says, thinking about the imminent departure of the vaccination campaign. When will herd immunity be achieved? “I hope you get a 70-75% vaccine before the summer.”