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April 17, 2020

A second wave of epidemic in the autumn, more than a hypothesis "is a certainty. Until we have a vaccine there will be new waves or, we hope, many small epidemic outbreaks that will be contained. The autumn and winter one, as in the case of flu, is the period in which a combination of climatic, behavioral, immunological events causes the virus to re-emerge. For this reason it is very important not to accelerate the reopening: otherwise the second wave instead of having it later we risk suffering it before 'summer." Walter Ricciardi, Professor of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, Italian representative on the executive board of the World Health Organization and government consultant for Covid-19 says it in an interview with ilcaffeonline.it

"We can without rhetoric say that" the risky choices of some world political leaders "are responsible for the effects on their peoples. If there have been more deaths than others it is because the decisions were made either late or wrongly. L The most striking example is that of Great Britain and the United States, where governments have not listened to scientific advisors and have reacted extremely late ". On the other hand, "in countries like South Korea, Finland and Germany, where there is a single command line and a direct relationship between sensitive politics and well-functioning institutions, things are better".

"Until we register a flock immunity caused favorably by the vaccine, we will have a long phase of coexistence with the virus. We hope it will be a coexistence of months and not of years, but we will face a new normal. The most important measure it will be physical distancing, the distance between people who are not sure of their immunological state. Of course this state can be better known and traced through more extensive and targeted diagnostics and thanks to the use of technologies. There is no doubt that the countries that have reacted best are those that have used the best weapons of diagnostics and technology. I have invited my colleagues and decision-makers to act more quickly than I have done so far for several days ".

Lombardy "at this moment has an epidemiological condition of particular gravity. Certainly improving but of particular seriousness. Among the European countries it is the region that has the greatest problems at the moment. Not Italy, but Lombardy. It seems to me not it is wise to imagine openings regardless of objective evaluations of epidemiological conditions ".