Andrea Crisanti tough against Giorgio Palù, president of the Italian Medicines Agency (Aifa): “Manifestation of public health illiteracy. You cannot say something like that”
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Andrew Crisantiwell-known professor of microbiology at the University of Padua, guest of ‘The Breakfast Club’, broadcast on Radio Capital, spoke on the statements of Giorgio Palù, his colleague and president of the Italian Medicines Agency (Aifa). “The president of the Italian Medicines Agency (Aifa) Giorgio Palù says that Covid is no longer a pandemic but has it become endemic? He has discovered hot water, but what does it mean? It is clear that a new virus after three years and with the vaccine, its transmissibility changes, but this does not mean that it is no longer dangerous. Tuberculosis is also endemic, but in developing countries it is one of the most serious diseases there are”.
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Crisanti speaks of ‘misinformation’ referring to the words of Palù, who attacks harshly: “Palù says that the Covid is it less deadly than the flu? This is the first time I have argued against someone, this is a manifestation of public health illiteracy. You can’t say something like that, just look at what’s happening in China without the vaccine. This is disinformation and I also think a bit of bad faith “, concludes the virologist. Crisanti also intervenes on investments for the Health Fund, which he considers insufficient. “Two billion more for health care is nothing. Healthcare has had cuts of 8/9 billion a year since 2008. So it has a structural investment deficit which is crazy. Added to this is inflation. It means that healthcare is underfunded by 8% compared to the previous year,” he adds.
The comment on Mattarella and Schillaci
According to Crisanti, the first moves of Health Minister Schillaci are in line with the political orientation of the government “which works for the social elimination of the problem”. The virologist once again underlines the importance of the mask, which “protects very well both against Covid than against the flu. The flu virus hasn’t circulated for two years, making us all more vulnerable. Our immune system has not been stimulated. What is happening in Italy was seen in Australia 4 or 5 months ago, where there was a particularly violent flu epidemic. The lowering of attention to vaccination has influenced the spread of the flu, because you can get vaccinated against the flu”. Finally, recalling the importance of these in indoor places and in public, Crisanti also seems to criticize President Mattarella , positive result at Covid-19 after the inauguration of the theater season of the La Scala Theater in Milan: “Mattarella without a mask at La Scala? Exposed people must set a good example. The elderly are more vulnerable even if vaccinated, so I believe that an elderly politician must use a mask in a public place. But this has nothing to do with Mattarella or anyone else. In the Senate, I do not use the mask because I am not a person at risk and I am vaccinated “, he concluded.
