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Mps, Biot, Copasir, Baviera pro Sputnik and the roundabouts of Crisanti, Fauci, Garattini and Palù on Astrazeneca

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Mps, Biot, Copasir, Baviera pro Sputnik and the roundabouts of Crisanti, Fauci, Garattini and Palù on Astrazeneca

What is said about Ema, Astrazeneca, Sputnik, Copasir, Mps and not only in the newspapers. Facts, names, numbers, curiosities and controversies. The tweets of Michele Arnese, director of Start

THE POINT ON ASTRAZENECA

ASTRAZENECA, EUROPEAN MAP

THE JUDGMENT OF GARATTINI

FAUCI SNOBBA ASTRAZENECA

PALU 'ON THE ASTRAZENECA VACCINE

CHRISANTS IN A NUTSHELL

ITALIA VIVA: LONG LIVE THE LEGHIST VOLPI AT COPASIR

BAVARIA BOOK SPUTNIK

ISS NUMBERS

CASINI DEM

HOW TO INCENTIVE INCENTIVES?

BIDENATE

BIOT ACCORDING TO GUERINI

DOSSIER MPS

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EXCERPT ARTICLE FROM CORRIERE DELLA SERA ON MPS:

The reasons for the six-year sentence and 2.5 million fine for the former president of MPS, Alessandro Profumo and the former ceo Fabrizio Viola for manipulation and false communications for accounting "on open balances" are heavy (in the half-year 2015 ) of the Alexandria (with Nomura bank) and Santorini (with Deutsche Bank) operations. The Milan court (rapporteur Sandro Saba and president Flores Tanga) considered those operations as derivatives, similarly to what was decided in the convictions of the previous leaders Giuseppe Mussari and Antonio Vigni. For the judges, "misrepresentation" in the financial statements avoided bringing out more than 1 billion in losses; the two defendants allegedly did so not only to create an "unfair profit" for MPS but also to fulfill the "aspiration to see their personal prestige increased (illegitimately), as supporters of the bank's rebirth". For the judges Profumo – now CEO of Leonardo – and Viola showed "a marked ability to commit crime". "We will ask for a radical revision of the sentence," said the two bankers in a statement. «The rotten one» in MPS «we brought to light us, not others».

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INTERVIEW SUMMARY OF THE SUN 24 ORE IN VIOLA (EX MPS):

Alessandro Profumo and I avoided the bankruptcy of Mps and the systemic crisis that would have involved thousands of depositors. I believe that the insiders know this, the Supervisory Authorities certainly know it, starting with the Bank of Italy which asked us to go to Siena and which in November 2011 had intervened with an emergency loan without which the branches they would not reopen. I'm not saying we would have expected a thank you. Of course we would never have thought of being sentenced to a penalty similar to that of those who had done damage before us and brought the bank into a situation of default ”. The former CEO of MPS Fabrizio Viola, who arrived in Siena with President Profumo at the request of the Bank of Italy, waited 5 years of investigations and debates before speaking and he does so today on Sole 24 Ore, after the filing of the reasons for the sentence of the Court of Milan.

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EXTRACT FROM THE INTERVIEW OF THE AIFA PRESIDENT, PALU ' , TO CORRIERE DELLA SERA ON ASTRAZENECA:

On what basis did the EMA update the information?

“The agency's safety committee reported that there is a direct relationship between this vaccine and an adverse effect. It is a cerebral deep vein thrombosis that is accompanied by a decrease in blood platelets. They are very rare forms, one in a million in the normal population. Now they have been observed more frequently, about 1-2 per 100,000 vaccinated. 86 cases were analyzed, 19 of which were fatal, compared to 20 million vaccinated ».

Why does this association only emerge now?

“Such a rare event could not be detected in the clinical trial but only when mass vaccination was initiated, in large numbers. There was no lack of foresight on the part of the regulatory authorities. The American FDA and European EMA agencies have issued authorization for large-scale use on the premise that careful monitoring of the relationship between risks and benefits is exercised ”.

Explain this technical concept that is hard to understand by those who are very afraid to get vaccinated.

"Over the age of 60, if you take Covid you have a 3 in 100 chance of dying from it, a risk that increases with age. Vaccinated with AstraZeneca based on the reported data would have a one in 100 thousand chance of developing a rare thrombosis with a severe prognosis. In practice, the benefit of the protection given by prophylaxis is infinitely greater than the danger ».

Explanations?

“We still don't know if the cases of cerebral venous thrombosis are linked to genetics. The hypothesis remains that it is an autoimmune reaction. But we are in the field of hypotheses ».

Is the pill in the dock?

“No connection. There is no reason to affirm that pregnancy and contraceptives with estrogen-progestins are predisposing factors ».

The EMA left the national authorities free to choose. Italy indicated preferential use of the vaccine over the age of 60. Right choice?

"I completely agree"

Can anyone who has already taken the first dose have a booster with a different preparation?

“We will have time to evaluate it. The vaccination has just started and we can wait three months for the booster. In the meantime, the studies on these events will have been deepened ».

After so many counter-orders, how can we convince people of all ages, young and old, not to lose faith in AstraZeneca given that, among other things, at first Italy had given the indication to restrict the administration of the vaccine to the under 55?

«Never as in this case has science raced to provide us with an essential protection for health without violating any biological, ethical and medical rules. And further proof of having confidence in science, bodies and agencies that carry out surveillance on the safety of medicines. Let us recall how many banal drugs, including aspirin itself, have suffered first a reduction and then a limitation of use. A transparent, direct communication from EMA to civil society must make it clear that there is no need to fear. Medicine is aimed at biological entities, the human species, where every single individual is different. Therefore, the existence of an individual predisposition cannot be excluded ”.

How come cerebral venous thrombosis has not been reported in association with RNA vaccines which also target the same viral protein as AstraZeneca?

"There have been some rare reports, but not of this type."

This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/mps-copasir-baviera-pro-sputnik-e-i-girotondi-di-crisanti-garattini-e-palu-su-astrazeneca/ on Thu, 08 Apr 2021 07:06:57 +0000.