Julio Algañaraz
06/14/2021 13:09
Clarín.com
World
Updated 06/14/2021 1:09 PM
The controversies surrounding the Oxford University AstraZeneca vaccine were renewed loudly after a young woman died and the government changed its provisions again.
The
use of AstraZeneca in those under 60 years of age was again
banned
and the second dose was ordered to be supplied with Pfizer or Moderna, which use the MRNA type.
It is the fifth time that
the British-Swedish vaccine
has been going back and forth
, to which the European Union canceled future contracts for
non-compliance with deliveries
.
He also banned it for two weeks.
The anger among young people is great because to download the AstraZeneca reserves,
rejected by some of the users
, in the massive campaign that hopes in September to have vaccinated 54.3 million Italians, the health authorities and the regions established
Open Days Specials for young people.
AstraZeneca vaccine vials.
Photo: EFE
It should be remembered that the European and Italian health entities first authorized to vaccinate with the Oxford laboratory
only those under 50 years of age
.
Then they went backwards: only for those over 60 years old.
There was a decline from 60 to 50 years and then
the liberation of all!
Meanwhile there were cases
of thrombotic reactions
, several deaths in Germany and Denmark.
Some countries banned AstraZeneca, others restricted the ages.
Fatal or serious cases
have been few in relation to the millions
of vaccines inoculated in the world, but a curse spread over AztraZéneca's.
The only sure thing is that it
works very well
in those over 50 or 60 years old, with high levels of protection.
And that fatal or serious reactions are very rare.
The case of Camilla Canepa
The Italian scandal broke out with the death a few days ago of
Camilla Canepa,
an 18-year-old girl from Liguria (capital: Genoa), who died of cavernous sinus thrombosis
ten days
after having participated in an Open Day and vaccinated with AstraZenea.
Camilla Canepa, 18 years old and her death after the Astrazeneca COVID vaccine
Now the results of the autopsy are awaited, but the authorities want to establish the role in the tragedy of
hormonal cures
that the
ragazza
assumed four days after being vaccinated.
Camilla
had other problems
that were not reported if she wrote them down in the written interrogation in which everyone who gets vaccinated must refer their problems to the doctor who interviews them before vaccination.
"They use us like guinea pigs"
In the famous Termini stazione in Rome, this weekend and this Monday the protests continued.
It's a huge center that specializes in AstraZeneca vaccines.
Thousands of young people affirm that
"they use us as experimental guinea pigs",
and are furious with the "cocktail" or "mixed fritanga" of vaccines.
Many who were due to take the second dose this Monday demanded that
they be given the AstraZeneca
.
One in twenty withdrew without wearing it due to the refusal of the vaccinators because the government has prohibited giving them the Anglo-Swedish substance.
Others accepted under protest because they need certification that they have completed the vaccination
to travel
or go to vacation spots.
Tests in Termini, Rome.
Photo: dpa
The teachers and professors summoned for the second dose also protest.
"Those under 60
can only be vaccinated with Pfizer
and Moderna," was the reply.
"I am extremely angry," Naomi, 34, told reporters who populate the railway station at the magnitude of the mess.
Scared people
Naomi had to accept the
heterologous vaccination in
the same way
, that is, with two products from different laboratories.
Dr. Carlotta Marrangone, coordinator of the center, is shocked.
"There are people very angry and others very scared."
Federica, a 28-year-old lawyer, yells at the press.
"I'm fed up!
"Nothing is understood here!"
Some specialists believe that the climate of distrust, if it continues to increase,
may partially block the vaccine campaign.
The president of the Campania region (capital: Naples), Vincenzo De Luca, announced that he would
not respect the national order
and that the second dose to those who were vaccinated with AstraZeneca will be given with the same product.
It is an open rebellion.
The Minister of Public Health, Roberto Speranza, said that scientific tests carried out in recent months showed that using heterologous vaccination with two different vaccines
has given very good results
.
Several scientists replied that
there are no in-depth studies
on the argument.
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Meanwhile, data shows that the third wave of the pandemic continues to decline
faster and faster
.
This Saturday the infected were 1,723 and on Sunday 1390, while the deaths, which were counted by hundreds a day for several months, were 52 and 26 at the weekend.
Intensive therapies and normal coronavirus rooms are already 60-70% empty.
From this Monday they have reached thirteen regions, including since Monday Lombardia (Milan) and Lazio (Rome) that
have risen to white
, the one with the lowest risk.
In Lazio and Veneto, for the first time yesterday there were no deaths from the virus.
More than 40 million Italians are already in the white zone and it is expected that by the end of the month another seven regions, including Campania and Sicily, will also abandon the color yellow, putting the rest of 20 million inhabitants at the best level.
End of curfew
Being colored in white means
the abolition of the curfew
(from midnight to five for the yellow sector), the immediate reopening of full services in bars and restaurants, the opening of stadiums, gyms and fitness centers. diversions in the spas, which already live a climate of euphoria with the massive arrival of tourists.
More than 40 million Italians are already in the white zone.
Photo: EFE
But an alarm continues to grow: the spread of the so-called Delta variant, thus baptized by the World Health Organization, after deciding to change the name of the
Indian variant
to avoid national references.
The British government decided to postpone the fourth step out of the pandemic for a month on Monday.
The reason is the growth that doubles every week of those infected by the virus, already dominated by the Indian variant.
On Saturday
a case
was discovered
in Milan
in a collective contagion that occurred in a gym with ten infected.
The other nine have the English variant.
The government announced the arrival of
55 million doses of Pfizer and Moderna
, and its willingness to continue with a rate of 500-600 thousand vaccinations per day, which would ensure victory over the pandemic at the end of September with "herd immunity" , with 53.4 million fully vaccinated out of the 60 million Italians.
Rome, correspondent
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