Overview
- Rodríguez told followers she spent three days in bed with 39°C fever and cough, then suggested people feel “a bit like this” after the vaccine without specifying which one.
- Bassetti responded in comments to Adnkronos Salute, saying entertainers should leave health claims to medical professionals.
- He argued that an influenza shot likely would have reduced her symptoms during the current respiratory-illness season.
- Calling any reference to the COVID vaccine an “unfortunate remark,” he affirmed evidence that COVID vaccination improved lives without increasing pathologies.
- Italian outlets highlighted the exchange as a public back-and-forth on vaccine messaging, with no clarification or retraction reported from Rodríguez.