Researchers from the University of Southern California and Johns Hopkins argue that “the spread by asymptomatics is closing schools and universities and threatening communities”
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The race to the vaccine against the coronavirus it is entering its crucial phases and, pending mass production, in the most optimistic forecasts to be expected not before the beginning of next year, the experts are thinking about how to distribute the first doses, which will not be enough for everyone. The most common orientation, adopted for example by the US CDC, is to start administering doses of vaccine to health workers and the most fragile categories. But there are those who lean towards another thesis, such as some researchers at the University of Southern California and Johns Hopkins that the most effective approach in limiting the virus it is exactly the opposite.
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A different model of choices
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Coronavirus, vaccine rush: where are we?
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“After seeing the risk of a rapid spread of Covid-19 among young adults, we do not agree with the” most accredited “recommendation, they explain from the portal pages”The Conversation”Dana Goldman, David Conti and Matthew E. Kahn. “The spread by asymptomatic people is closing schools and universities, and threatening communities. In our opinion this pandemic requires a different model for choices ”, say the experts. “After protecting health workers i vaccines they should be given to the largest spreaders of the virus, mostly young people, and only afterwards to the most vulnerable “, is their thesis. This hypothesis, among other things, is reinforced, according to the researchers’ opinions, also by some studies carried out conducted during the flu pandemic of 2009, from which it emerged that the best way to limit the spread of the virus, and thus protect the most vulnerable people, is precisely to immunize the youngest.
The role of Italy and Trump’s promise
However, this is a particularly important scientific discussion, given that times are tightening and as confirmed by the British Minister of Health Hancock, if everything goes according to plan, there will not be a large-scale production before the first months of 2021. Meanwhile in the race to vaccine, as the Health Minister Roberto Speranza recalled again, Italy exists and is “at the forefront”. “I want to express a feeling of pride because Italy is at the forefront of its researchers,” said Speranza. “Science and research will put us in a position to win this challenge and Italy is there, with its head held high, with its own strength, with its own research, intelligence and ability to invest”, underlined the minister. Our country, explained Speranza, is very active, in particular, in the search for a therapy, especially thanks to the work on monoclonal antibodies. Finally, from the US, Donald Trump’s latest promise: “We will produce a vaccine safe and effective in record time “against Covid-19, claimed the tycoon during a press conference held at the White House, describing as” not competent “Joe Biden’s deputy, Kamala Harris, who had said he did not believe to Trump’s own promises on the vaccine issue.
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