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If the snow has stopped the arrival of part of the vaccines and others are still waiting for the green light that will not be seen until January, and we are talking about 40 million doses reserved from Italy, the debate on the mandatory nature of the serum continues. Says the Minister of Infrastructure, Paola De Micheli: “We have a duty to make collective decisions and we will take them in light of how this information campaign will go. In the end, I do not rule out the obligation.”
It somehow divided the bioethicists who debate over the priority order in vaccinating the population. If until now the most considered line saw the elderly in the front row, the weakest and most fragile categories and then lowering the age until the very young, there are those who now propose another vision, another priority: not before the weakest but most contagious and with a longer life expectancy
‘It’s okay to offer the Covid vaccine first to healthcare professionals, but I have concerns about other categories. For example about people older than 80-90 years, because we must also think that people of 50-60 years have a greater life expectancy, and I say it myself as an older person and without any intention of discrimination. It seems to me that we should better discuss who has the first right to be vaccinated, “says the president of the Bioethics Council of Onlus, Maurizio Mori, who added:” It is clear that among those who will be vaccinated later there will be deaths from Covid. From my point of view, although it seems like a joke, among the first to be vaccinated there should be parliamentarians, because they govern public affairs, they have greater social responsibility and if an outbreak were to put Parliament in a position to function in fits and starts, it would damage the whole community. Even high school students should be among the first to be vaccinated – he added – because they have a long life expectancy and not just because they have the right to go back to school ”,
And about the obligation to get vaccinated he says. “It would make the anti-Covid vaccine mandatory only when it is clear that the vaccinated person no longer infects others, that is, that the vaccine guarantees both those vaccinated and those who have not yet received the dose. At this stage you have to be flexible, insist. “The obligation would end up causing only shields. This is a time when more clarity is needed, so that people understand that if the vaccine is safe, doing so is in the interest of both the individual and the community.”
Along the same lines of caution regarding the obligation to vaccinate Lorenzo D’Avack, president of the National Bioethics Committee, “in this first phase it is essential to promote propaganda in favor of vaccination. The obligation must be considered as a last resort.” I think only in extreme cases if
It should foresee an obligation for the anti-Covid vaccine, a position that also reflects the opinion of the National Bioethics Committee of the Cnb last December: a possible obligation, moreover, should mainly involve only some categories, such as doctors and teachers ” .
As Minister De Micheli emphasizes: “I do not exclude it, but at this time we must report.” Concepts that are expressed in another way by the president of Emilia Romagna Bonaccini: “At this moment the obligation could become a problem with regard to the desire to vaccinate as many people as possible. With forgiveness I am comforted 95% of operators who have answered yes immediately. “
Who thinks that it would be useful to make the vaccine mandatory is Carlo Calenda, action leader: it would be for those who work with fragile categories. A personal choice cannot put the most vulnerable at risk. Therefore, mandatory for all doctors, so to speak. “
Compulsory vaccines in companies asks Confindustria del Veneto: “Just as the use of personal protective equipment and distancing has become mandatory, the same could be done when effective vaccines are available, that is, subject to responsible evaluation. of the competent health authorities on the medical-scientific reliability of its administration. Clearly in the queue with respect to the weakest sectors of the population, medical-health personnel and operators of essential services, we can establish a preferential lane also for those who, in our exporting companies are called traveling and meeting customers and suppliers. Getting the export champion companies to restart in a timely and safe manner would undoubtedly be an important lever to relaunch our economy “
