Professor Alberto Zangrillo, head of the Anesthesia and General and Cardio-Thoraco-Vascular Resuscitation Unit of the IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, has returned to talk about positivity to the coronavirus. Speaking in the broadcast In Onda de La7, he explained that being infected does not mean being sick. In the last three days, we have touched 1,147 cases. Zangrillo recalled that what is happening today in Italy is exactly what he himself had predicted last April 28, or that we should have cohabit with the virus.
Zangrillo: “Being infected does not mean being sick”
Zangrillo further added that “The government is right to adopt all the rules with the regions to try to identify the infected early. However, we must not confuse the infected with the sick. The infected person has serological evidence for which he has come into contact with a virus and in 99% of cases he does not show clinical symptoms. There are events that could create discomfort and concern, such as the reopening of schools, but we must not create confusion: being infected does not mean being sick people, it has no significance from a clinical-health point of view “. Obviously these words were not lacking in controversy later. But the professor, in the past accused of Holocaust denial, is now used to.
Everyone will remember when at the end of May he dared to say that Covid clinically no longer existed. Immediate complaints from other experts, such as the infectious disease specialist Massimo Galli, the virologist Andrea Crisanti and practically the whole Technical Scientific Committee. And if there are those who still create alarmism and it is almost certain that soon we will have to expect others lockdown, Zangrillo tries instead to appeal to common sense of the Italians, who up to now have behaved very well, and who will be able to continue to maintain safety standards. As long as people are responsible, they can safely live with the virus.
The reopening of schools
Some appointments could cause concern in the near future. The reopening of schools, for example, without creating confusion. “It must be said very clearly that being infected with Sars-Cov-2 does not mean being sick. It has no meaning from a clinical-health point of view ”, the professor reiterated. Not everyone on Twitter agreed with the professor’s statements. Nino Cartabellotta, doctor and president of the Gimbe Foundation, wasted no time and immediately criticized the intervention: “This statement from a public health perspective is a great blasphemy, dear Zangrillo”. Zangrillo’s response was not long in coming and he dismissed the controversy with a simple one “Studies”.
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