Immune: we hoped better and we still hope so
On this last aspect, the consensus of the institutions seems unanimous. Commissioner Domenico Arcuri spoke first, according to whom the Immuni app has not yet produced the expected results: "I think the app is a very important tool. But for it to be effective, a relationship of mutual collaboration between the app and the downloader is needed. The message we conveyed was not powerful enough for this to happen. I am not sure that the downloads correspond to an equal number of the correct functioning of the app ".Minister for Technological Innovation and Digitization, Paola Pisano, of the same opinion, explained to Sky how around a novelty, an organization capable of absorbing the impact of the novelty itself is first of all needed, on pain of the ineffectiveness of the intervention: this is perhaps the clearest photograph of what happened, with Immuni which in itself has proven to be able , but which fell into reality was unable to find collaboration, interaction and virtuous dynamics.
For Immuni, therefore, a supplement of patience and trust is required. Once the epidemic curve has been lowered and once the call center for assistance and positivity reporting has been introduced, it is hoped that the major problems that have gripped the contact tracing system via Bluetooth have been resolved. Immuni perhaps still has a chance to prove how much and if it is worth. After this attempt, the hope is that the app is no longer needed and that vaccines will take care of the root of the problem. When and if it will happen, because at the moment there are no certainties.