All the school scazzi on compulsory vaccination
Vaccination obligation for school staff yes or no? Here's what the ministries of education and health, the national association of principals and Spallanzani think
The school year will begin shortly, around mid-September, yet many issues are still unclear. One of the few certainties is the absence of distance learning: lessons will be held in person, therefore, in all regions, regardless of their color. The Green Pass will be mandatory for teachers and administrative, technical and auxiliary (ATA) staff, under penalty of penalties: from fines to suspension from work without salary. However, it does not seem that the vaccination obligation will be imposed.
WHAT THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION SAID
The undersecretary of the Ministry of Education, Rossano Sasso (Lega), said he was "opposed" to the obligation to vaccinate "because it is useless".
Undersecretary Sasso – as reported by the LaPresse agency – says that 87 percent of school staff are vaccinated, although the numbers differ from region to region. “In almost all of them we are over 90-92 percent”, he assures, “but there are teachers, especially from the South, who were away from home and could not get vaccinated”.
Sasso guarantees that "there are many bookings" and that "surely the teaching staff will once again demonstrate a sense of responsibility".
WHAT THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR HEALTH SAID
The undersecretary of the Ministry of Health, Pierpaolo Sileri (5 Star Movement), is more cautious in his declarations.
“Let's evaluate the numbers we will have at the beginning of autumn”, says Sileri, as LaPresse still reports. Then, if necessary, we will take countermeasures ”.
Sileri seems to want to evaluate the impact of the Delta variant of the coronavirus, more contagious. To achieve so-called herd immunity, the undersecretary argues that “we will have to rise to 80 percent of the population. Maybe something more ”.
THE INTERVENTION OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION PRESIDI
"School workers should all be vaccinated". Antonello Giannelli, president of the National Presidia Association, takes a clearer position, although he admits that he was "softer in the past, but now I believe that vaccination is mandatory for this category".
According to Giannelli, “170,000 school workers not yet vaccinated are too many. We must evaluate the obligation but it is something that must be done immediately ".
WHAT DOES VAIA THINK (SPALLANZANI)
For Francesco Vaia, health director of the National Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani, "anyone who works in contact with the public, such as school staff, the police and those who work in large retailers, must get the vaccine".
"I am horrified," he added, "when I see children forced to wear masks in class." Vaia refers to the obligation for teachers and students (except those under the age of six and those suffering from particular diseases) to wear a mask in the classroom.
FFP2 MASKS TO STUDENTS?
Last week the Tuscany Region announced that General Francesco Paolo Figliuolo, extraordinary commissioner for the coronavirus emergency, is evaluating the possibility of distributing FFP2 masks for free to students who take public transport to go to school.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/scuola-obbligo-vaccinale-scontro/ on Mon, 23 Aug 2021 14:07:44 +0000.