La scienza fa parte della nostra cultura? Qual è il futuro della ricerca nel nostro Paese? Intervenuto al Meet Me Tonight di Milano, Silvio Garattini, fondatore e direttore dell'Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri", in questa intervista al direttore di Scienza in Rete Luca Carra lancia un appello: bisogna credere nella ricerca e nel merito, per il bene del nostro paese.
Coexistence with Covid-19 cannot yet be said to be stable, especially due to the great variability of SARS-CoV-2. For this reason, as the number of cases in Italy is increasing, it is necessary to limit the impact of infections by acting on two fronts, which are not alternatives to each other: reduce the share of people who have become partially susceptible and limit the likelihood of the emergence of new variants.
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Several attempts have been made to archive Covid-19, trying to leave behind an experience worthy of the worst dystopian novel (about 770 million officially registered cases worldwide and an estimated 18 million deaths), but it seems that the anticipated "coexistence" with the family of viruses has not yet stabilized, and it will take several years to get there.
