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The governor of Liguria, Giovanni Toti, has been in the storm, since the early hours of today, for a tweet about the health emergency. “As much as each one of the Covid victims hurts, we must take this fact into account: – we read on the Twitter profile of the newly re-elected President of the Region – just yesterday among the 25 deaths in Liguria, 22 were very elderly patients . more retired, not indispensable for the productive effort of the country that nevertheless must be protected “. A thought that has outraged the network, causing a wave of criticism and requests for explanations from thousands of people. After a few minutes there was also a partial setback, still communicated socially by Toti’s staff, but it did little to appease the indignation of the many who commented on the more than questionable departure of the governor.
“Should you be ashamed of what you write? How long have you heard of ‘non-essential’ people?” Many point out. “Better and better, the other day you were happy for the RT, today” people … it is not fundamental for the productive effort of the country “, but are you out? Please cancel if you do not want to be remembered for these words of the to be ashamed, “attacks another Twitter user. Still. “Non-indispensable people? Did you really write it? Did he say? Did he think?” “But the shame! If it had been their mother, their father! People who have already given the productive effort do not deserve to die with dignity! And what counts is to produce to be justified in living! Shame! Shame! Shame! ” still among the replies to the Ligurian president’s tweet.
“The meaning of this tweet, which belongs to a broader reasoning, has been misunderstood – it was an attempt to remedy the social slippage signed by the president’s staff – Our elders are the most affected by the virus, they are often retired people they can stay home longer and be more protected. ” A career to cover that little, so far, has served. “You have reinforced the other tweet in case it was not understood, but it was misinterpreted,” reads again among the reactions on Toti’s profile.
“It is one of the most chilling phrases that I have heard for many years, with tones that we think are given over to history, distinguishing between” useful “and not useful people: we are social Darwinism – it is the very hard attack of Luca Garibaldi, leader of the Democratic Party group in the Regional Council – Shameful and unworthy phrase of a representative of the institutions, who must guarantee everyone, regardless of age and productive capacity, the right not to be left alone, to feel protected and part of society. he cannot guarantee the health of the people, of his citizens, of all, he resigns ”.
“We reject the image of a governor who should have all citizens at heart and instead, obviously a victim of delusions of omnipotence, gave voice to such a deplorable concept,” commented the M5 group in the Liguria Region. “The words of the president of the Toti Liguria Region leave us petrified – also read the press release issued by Sardinas – Referring to people as if they were economic resources before human beings, women and men who treasure memories, cultivate affections, who they are mothers, fathers, grandparents, brothers, it is simply immoral ”.
From the Region, however, it is observed that the thought expressed by the tweet of the governor of Liguria, in fact, was part of a broader comment released on the sidelines of the morning of confrontation between the Government and the Regions on new measures to contain to Covid. “Our elderly are the most affected by the virus and they are the ones who must protect themselves the most: they are often retired people, who are not essential for the country’s productive effort but being more fragile, they must be protected in every way – read full story de Toti – Why are no measures taken in this category? By protecting our elderly more and truly, the pressure on hospitals and the number of deaths would be infinitely less. It would be crazy to close so many Italians in their homes for whom Covid normally has mild results, stop the country’s production, stop the school and the future of our young people and not consider any intervention on those who really risk it.
After so much controversy, another clarification came from Toti himself. You are filming a tweet of mine about which I would like to clarify two concepts and first of all apologize if you have offended someone as it does not represent my thoughts in the least. The phrase was extrapolated from a broader concept and misinterpreted by the wrong cut on Twitter. from one of my posts. It is no coincidence that on Facebook, where the text was published in its entirety, the same phrases did not create the same sensation. The concept is: we must protect the elderly. The cynic is the one who doesn’t. protection for these categories if we want to beat the virus. Frankly, it seems more immoral to me a country that prohibits school and sports for young people to whom Covid has recently, while we do not protect those who are at risk of dying from the virus. Enough demagoguery and let’s go where it serves without destroying the country ”
