2020 closes, choose the “Person of the year” / VOTE – Chronicle

Florence, December 31, 2020 – Choose “Person of the year 2020”. Person, not character, because what can well be defined as the annus horribilis of our life has brought to the fore (also) ordinary people who have made exceptional gestures with the naturalness dictated by impending needs. Inspired by the covid emergency or otherwise connected to it. But not only.

THE FACES AND STORIES OF THE CHOSEN TEN

For this reason, the showcase that we propose to readers to indicate the figure that has most impressed them today in 2020 is full of “people” whose gestures may come to mind after so many months but not the name. In the emergency of the covid, we will remember the emotion that the young nurse who at the beginning of the pandemic published the selfie of the face marked by the mask, used without rest during the too many hours of shift in the room. And the retired doctor He went to the Bergamo hospital as a volunteer, the heart of the pandemic. Or is it scientific who has deepened research on monoclonal antibodies, from whose results very important results could be derived for the treatment of patients with covid. Indirectly linked to the emergency, the figures for the teacher that returned “normality” to children, accompanying them with the covid. in a flowery meadow listening to stories. And me restoration brothers who anticipated the layoffs of employees receiving the approval of Mattarella. The head of state himself received the knighthood company owner that produces technologies for music and these declared to share the recognition with the world of entertainment, affected more than any other by the pandemic. Then there is the strong and sporty young man that meningitis has paralyzed him terribly, but not enough to prevent him from challenging the disease with feats to the limit, even for the healthy. And the old woman from Italy that invites young people to get vaccinated, to wear a mask, to respect life. Then the gesture of a Lifeguard who rescued a child and a father. When exiting an emergency, the story of a singer professional, who at sixty finds success on television.