Rome, March 20, 2021 – Those who refuse the vaccine risks waiting for Godot. Since the injections started again with the serum of AstraZeneca – and a good ten per cent of the people booked have given up or didn’t even show up – many are wondering what happens if you give up the injection. Let’s try to clarify and see what the guidelines are.
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The vaccine cannot be chosen
When making an appointment to get vaccinated, you cannot express a preference for serum. No one can call saying: “I am coming, but only if you give me Pfizer The Modern“. The compound available at the moment is injected. The recipient of the injection is informed about which vaccine they will receive and of course, since the injection is not mandatory, they can always reserve the right to opt out.
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The Italian strategy
From the vaccination plan, Italy has decided to proceed by drawing up a list of categories considered most at risk and at the same time to proceed by age group. To understand, after nurses and doctors the over 80s were vaccinated. Together with the latter, it was decided to immunize teachers and law enforcement. So what if a 45-year-old teacher refuses the AstraZeneca vaccine? Or if a 75-year-old decides to give up?
Vaccinated Figliuolo and Curcio with AstraZeneca
The anti-renunciation plan
To avoid wasting doses of vaccine, whoever does not show up for the appointment or renounces will end up at the end of the list. This means that if a professor summoned for today does not want to receive AstraZeneca (or even any other vaccine), he will end up at the bottom of the list of teachers. In practice, he risks being able to vaccinate himself again (and always not being able to choose the serum) only after several months. The same mechanism is provided for the age groups. If I’m over 70 and I don’t show up for my appointment, I’ll end up at the bottom of my class list.
The opening of Locatelli
On Friday, the coordinator of the Scientific technical committee, however, made an important opening: “Who will reject AstraZeneca – he said Franco Locatelli – will be considered for another vaccine “. But this means that those who continue to give up, because they absolutely do not want to receive the Oxford serum, will be able to vaccinate themselves with another of the compounds approved by the EMA only when the availability of the vaccines is high and the categories considered most at risk and the ranges of ‘ more fragile ages will be immunized. A wait that could be much longer than you think.
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