Deniers and no vax take advantage of the lack of clarity on the pandemic and swabs

2 February 20213 years ago babelfish

The intervention of Gianluigi Magri, doctor, former undersecretary and acting director for Research and Innovation of the University Hospital of Bologna

By definition, science presents verifiable data and reproducible experiences. Much has been said about the health difficulties created by the pandemic (obviously SARS, MERS and Ebola have not taught much).

The initial dialogues between WHO and China are embarrassing and the first steps of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità are questionable, but the confusion created in the collection and management of data on the infection in our country is unjustifiable. Among the inexplicable secrets are the collection and management of data and the famous algorithms, always described but little discussed publicly .

With the use of the first swabs initially many doubts arose, from those on specificity and sensitivity to the training of operators, but the inexplicable is linked to the initial methods of data collection. On this there is no problem of novelty, if anything, of correct application of the scientific method. For months the rumor has circulated that the data of the swabs added those of subjects to the first test with those of control and this without practically having intelligible percentage data.

More chaos was added with the detection of tests from a private facility from which, it is said for a long time, only the positive data would be transmitted. Now everything or almost everything seems to work, but if such news on the first months of the pandemic were officially denied we would all be happy given the translation into chromatic effects with significant repercussions on social and economic solidity.

We need clarity because if the situation were better than feared we would be happily reassured while we are sorry to hear allegations and accusations towards the management of the pandemic when greater transparency would have long ago dispelled doubts and uncertainties without leaving any holds for the deniers on duty or the more novax. or not camouflaged.

Respecting the transparency of science.

This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/sanita/negazionisti-e-no-vax-approfittano-della-mancanza-di-chiarezza-su-pandemia-e-tamponi/ on Tue, 02 Feb 2021 14:01:21 +0000.