Older Persons “Lost” to the COVID-19 Vaccination: Where Are They?

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has substantially changed our lives. It has also acted as a sort of stress test for care systems, letting emerge all the inconsistencies, weaknesses, and contradictions of them. In particular, frail persons have shown to be those paying the most severe consequences of the general disservices (1). To date, in the absence of specific drugs against the SARS-CoV-2, preventive measures against infection and vaccination represent the only available weapons. Social distancing, hand hygiene, and protective personal equipment have been immediately put in place since the very first phases of the pandemic. Starting in December 2020, vaccines against the SARS-CoV2 infection have been made available and mass campaigns of vaccinations have started worldwide.