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“Twenty-five thousand more? I am sweet water. Or a warm patch if you prefer. I suggested 3-400 thousand per day“. Andrea Crisanti comments on the record of swabs made yesterday, which reached 125 thousand. A figure never seen before in Italy that, however, should bring everyone back to earth, given that at the end of August the microbiologist had presented a piano quadruple them: the strategy was handed over to Federico D’Incà, Minister of Relations with Parliament, and Pierpaolo Sileri, Deputy Minister of Health, who later referred it to the Technical-Scientific Committee. And how did it turn out? “I haven’t heard anything else …“.
The director of the Department of Molecular Medicine at the University of Padua had suggested a investment the logistics to be carried out in 2-3 months, the creation of mobile support areas in the territory and low-cost 2-euro platforms such as those used in Padua. All because he had predicted that the resumption of schools and productive activities would lead to a significant increase in requests for tampons. His bitterness is so great: “Maybe in August we are already late and now we are paying for it Consequences. We lost 4 precious months“. It was a real illusion to think that everything was over. Hence the harsh criticism against the Giallorossi government:”We have spent billions on bike voucher and schools, instead of investing them to create a health surveillance system that puts us in safety“.
“You have to use the Month”
Now, despite culpable delays by the executive, what could be done? “It depends on the objective“explained the expert. Tampons can be used for three main activities: put on screen community (to understand if there is transmission in the community “and first of all the quick swab is fine too“) Prevention or active surveillance (with the aim of isolating from the community all those people who may have been infected, from friends to co-workers to relatives).
“We focus on contact tracing, which is an investigative activity.“he explained in the interview with The Republic. After the resumption of school and work activities, the coronavirus inevitably had more opportunities to transmit; The cases of contagion have increased like this and now we are saturated with requests for tracking: “But there is no health system in Europe capable of handling between 4 and 5 thousand requests a day for contact tracingCrisanti then spoke about the outlook for the next few months, saying he was quite concerned about the rapid increase in cases: “Little by little, the government will introduce adjustments that will affect the quality of life.“He finally appealed to Prime Minister Conte regarding the rescue fund: “Funds of the Month are now available – use them. The virus fights only in this way, in the field, with screening and territorial research“.
