2024-01-11 06:13:00
Rome/Vicenza – People no longer want to remember the dark times of the pandemic, but that does not mean that the viruses no longer pose a danger.
The Italian Association of Oncologists, Cardiologists and Hematologists MOUTH warns against underestimating the risks of infection and their consequences and points out that the H1N1 flu, Covid-19 and the Bronchiolitis hospitals are coming under pressure again. “The health system is under pressure,” the doctors criticize harshly. “The vaccination campaign was a catastrophe and these are the consequences,” said the visibly angry immunologist Matteo Bassetti.
So far largely ignored by the public, hospitals are coming under pressure again. The simultaneous coincidence of several waves of infection, of which H1N1 flu, Covid-19 and bronchiolitis are just the most important, means that emergency rooms and infectious disease departments in particular are exposed to a higher burden. After the death of two patients in the hospital San Bortolo of Vicenza died of an H1N1 flu infection within a few hours, the alert level was raised, not least due to the increasing number of bronchiolitis cases in children.
The head of the intensive care unit at the Vicenza hospital, Vinicio Danzi, is surprised. “The situation is difficult and complex. For me personally, it is the first time that so many critical H1N1 cases require intensive care. “That’s worrying,” explains Danzi. Vinicio Danzi emphasizes that the only way to protect yourself against “swine flu” is vaccination. “Anyone who gets vaccinated against the flu is also protected against the so-called swine flu,” said the head of the intensive care unit at the Vicenza hospital.
It was originally thought that the deaths were caused by the Swine flu were caused, but it is rather the seasonal virus that has characterized many flu waves since 2009, and not its variant. “This year’s seasonal flu is characterized by the spread of the H1N1 pdm09 virus (Mexico 2009 pandemic). It is a flu virus that has been known since 2009 and has been widespread ever since. During their period of circulation, respiratory viruses cause an increase in hospitalizations and mortality every year, with the current wave of infections similar in magnitude to those seen before the pandemic. In any case, the monitoring by general practitioners, pediatricians and medical professionals working in hospitals remains of great importance,” affirms the Regional Department of Preventive Medicine of the Veneto Region in its press release.
“The vaccination campaign was a catastrophe and these are the consequences,” said the visibly angry immunologist Matteo Bassetti. The head of the infectious diseases department at the San Martino Hospital in Genoa joins his colleagues in the Italian Association of Oncologists, Cardiologists and Hematologists in denouncing the failure of this year’s vaccination campaign. According to the association, the vaccination rates are far too low, particularly among the various groups of people at risk.
Matteo Bassetti and the Association of Oncologists, Cardiologists and Hematologists are taking the low vaccination rates as an opportunity to critically question the preparation and planning of the flu vaccination campaign. “It’s annoying because it’s a form of flu that we know well. “Unfortunately, too few people have been vaccinated,” emphasizes Bassetti.
Facebook/Prof. Matteo Bassetti – Infectious disease specialist
According to Foce, the strain on the health system in recent weeks should not be underestimated. The association says that some hospitals are under great pressure. In order to cope with the increase in admissions and treatment requests, doctors in some regions have reportedly already been recalled from their planned vacation. According to the Italian Association of Oncologists, Cardiologists and Hematologists, the consequences of the unsuccessful vaccination campaigns against both influenza and Covid-19 have been underestimated, which is now leaving the healthcare system struggling with shortages.
According to Foce, this is due to the “lack of any planning and organization of an already difficult vaccination campaign. The waste of public resources due to the non-use of large quantities of vaccine doses already purchased by the state should also be highlighted.” To the annoyance of health workers, hospitals now have to bear the consequences of the less successful vaccination campaigns.
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