17/12/2021
💊 The latest NEWS in pills, quick to read and digest!
1. On 13 December, the bill on assisted su***de arrived at the Chamber of Deputies, after the Court of Cassation also announced the validity of more than 1.2 million signatures collected for the Referendum for Legal Euthanasia, which could take place in the spring of 2022 and which would represent a step forward in terms of civil rights for our country. But let's be clear: with euthanasia it is the doctor who administers the lethal drug to the consenting patient, while with assisted su***de the doctor prescribes the drug which the patient will take himself. In any case, the requirements must first be checked and alternatives sought.
2. The study coordinated by the National Institutes for Food and Drug Control (NIFDC) in Beijing and published in Emerging microbes & infection, tested in 28 patients previously infected with the original strain of SARS-CoV-2 the ability of antibodies to neutralise Omicron and other variants that had emerged in recent months. The loss of efficacy against the new variant was found to be 8.4-fold and against Delta 1.6-fold.
3. From the latest OECD Mental Health Report, the mental health of the population deteriorated at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. To date, it has not returned to pre-crisis levels in most OECD countries by 2021, although with significant variations. Care, assistance and the impact on work cost 4% of GDP.
4. In a scenario where digital health is growing also thanks to the 15 billion of Recovery and Resilience Plan’s funds, only 4% of health professionals have adequate eHealth skills. Microsoft presents an experiential path to allow the players in the healthcare sector to train, share experiences and live scenarios of innovation.
5. In a TV interview to "diMartedì", the academic Walter Ricciardi looking at the results of Censis, in which 10.9 percent of the Italian population thinks the vaccine is useless, says with confidence that the green pass will convince a portion of “no vax” to get vaccinated. Adding further that the cost of treating unvaccinated people is about 50 million per year.
