Jacobins of the mask, Nicola has it with Zingaretti – Il Tempo

It will be that thirst for moralism that the left never lacks, today in a pandemic version. Or perhaps the breath on your neck from the particularly insidious regional outcome for your secretariat. The fact is that the leader of the Democratic Party, Nicola Zingaretti, stepped on the clutch yesterday. When inaugurating the “drive in” to carry out the Covid swabs in Fiumicino, he said thus: “When we press for the resumption of life, but with total security, I can only denounce the irresponsibility and madness of those who work against ‘Italy, the people and the opportunity to get back on our feet. What I allow myself to do here is to say that there is a popular revolt against those who still deny the existence of a huge problem. “

The reference, of course, is to Covid. And to the “deniers”, a category that for the dogmatists of the pandemic includes a little of everything, even those who dare (with the support of data) to point out the least clinical impact of the virus. But there is that term “popular revolt”, which has something tragicomic about it. In a dream race, the Jacobins of the mask and the Masanielli of the Amuchina materialize, touring our cities palm by hand, quick to hit those who do not cover their faces or forget to rub their hands with disinfectant. Or maybe even kick Metro riders in the back to force them onto a scooter.

But no, maybe the comic scene isn’t entirely unreal. Rather, that, very real, on February 27, the day on which Zingaretti himself, obviously without a mask, participated in an aperitif in Milan, openly minimizing the danger of the pandemic and giving a sign of confidence after the news of the first infections in Lombardy and in the capital. Milanese. “An aperitif in Milan – wrote the secretary of the Pd on Facebook along with a photo in which he appeared pleasant and in the company of some young people – I picked up the appeal launched by Mayor Sala and the Pd of Milan. Let’s not lose our habits, we cannot stop Milan and Italy.

After a few days and, unfortunately, he also ended up infected, with symptoms of some importance, which luckily they later overcame. And even the New York Times in March, speaking of the contagion situation in Italy, recalled the reckless initiative of the Democratic leader. That he actually got hooked on many other geniuses promoted by leftists, in those weeks more concerned with not raising anti-Chinese sentiment in Italy than with taking the necessary measures against the incoming tsunami (the study that reached the table of the government since the beginning of February, and then it was secreted that it avoided a risk for our country between 35,000 and 60,000 victims).

From the toast to the popular revolt to punish those who do not bow to pandemic fundamentalism, therefore, with the greatest ease. And more than Robespierre’s exploits, an old proverb is useful, easy easy: “silence is gold.” Already.