The AIFA CTS has given the green light to the fourth dose of the anti-Covid vaccine for severely immunosuppressed patients who have obviously completed the primary course of immunization, for this category consisting of three doses but closer together. In fact, for these people the fourth dose would be equivalent to the booster dose offered to the general population: a first reminder to follow the reinforced primary cycle “2 + 1”. The details should be defined by the AIFA this week, in the wake of what other countries have decided, from Israel to Germany passing through Denmark, the United States, Hungary and Spain, with respect to the more fragile categories.
The debate on fourth dose for the general population, instead, it continues. The Ema, for example, explained in the words of Marco Cavaleriresponsible for vaccines and Covid-19 therapeutic products of the European Agency, who “there is not enough evidence yet to recommend a second booster»Vaccinal. Adding that before reaching a conclusion on whether or not to recommend him at a general level, “we need to evaluate the effectiveness of current vaccines over time and understand how the Omicron wave will continue.” Too soon, in short, even considering the high level of protection conferred by a wave like that linked to the BA.1 variant, as fast as it is wide. New elements are also needed on the BA.2 sub-variant, a not-so-reassuring Japanese study recently arrived.
Walter Ricciardiconsultant to the Minister of Health Roberto Speranza, instead explained to the Press his predictions: he believes the fourth dose will be needed for everyone in the fall. To then become, as in the case of the various flu strains, an annual vaccine to be taken just before the start of the cold season: “It is likely that in the fall it will be useful to everyoneHe said about the fourth dose. “Antibody immunity drops, but cellular immunity may last longer. We will see”.
Ricciardi then added, with respect to what awaits us in the coming months, that “the state of emergency can cease, but with the foresight to maintain the pillars that govern our current freedom”. Explaining that «now a loosening of the ruleseven though keeping vaccination facilities upright, revaccination, the green pass and masks for closed places. Certain extraordinary structures and practices may end, not the mass vaccination organization“. Which therefore could come in handy in the fall. “The pandemic will end when it ceases around the world – concluded the ordinary of Hygiene at the Catholic University of Rome – good news is the new vaccination hub in South Africa to produce doses for the whole African continent, in agreement with Europe. The will of governments is to induce the pharmaceutical companies to transfer technology or to temporarily suspend patents ».
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