“I got vaccinated.” And it’s storm

Published on: 12/27/2020 6:37 PM

“I got vaccinated.” Vincenzo De Luca announces that he has received the vaccine against the coronavirus and the storm breaks. With a post on Facebook, the governor of Campania presents himself as a ‘patient’ on v-day, the opening day of the vaccination campaign. “We all have to do it in the coming weeks. It is important to win the battle against Covid19 and return to normal life. Without lowering our guard and respecting the rules,” De Luca writes, also publishing the photo that portrays him while receiving the dose in the Cotugno Hospital. De Luca thus becomes one of the 9,750 Italians to receive the Pfizer-Biontech vaccine: the only politician among doctors, nurses and elderly guests of the RSA.

A presence that obviously does not go unnoticed. The first to attack is Luigi de Magistris, mayor of Naples. “I find the abuse of power by President De Luca really unspeakable and unworthy, who takes advantage of his institutional role to get vaccinated when the vaccine, in the first weeks, must be destined exclusively, considering the very few quantities available, to doctors, nurses, health workers and the elderly, ”says the mayor, a frequent target of De Luca in recent weeks. Nearby, Matteo Salvini also suffers the blow: “Governor De Luca took the vaccine from someone who needed it more than he. Doctors, nurses, health personnel, security forces and fragile people deserve respect and seriousness.” , not politicians in the style of the Marquis del Grillo ”, says the leader of the League.

“It can be decided that those in important public office are included in the categories to be vaccinated immediately. However, it seems to me that the decision was made another. So, in what capacity will De Luca be vaccinated on the first day? ”Asks the national spokesperson for The Italian Left Nicola Fratoianni. “What is completely unacceptable is that those who hold public office – concludes the representative of Leu – do not care about the rules. So it is just a display of unacceptable pride. “

Giorgia Meloni, leader of the Brothers of Italy, questions the government. “Conte, Speranza and Arcuri repeated to us every day that the first doses of the vaccine would be reserved for health workers and the elderly of the RSA. A just and sacrosanct principle. The Brothers of Italy, however, make the government a simple question and they demand an equally simple answer: why was the Governor of Campania De Luca vaccinated today? “says Meloni.

“Because we don’t know that De Luca is a health worker or is housed in a retirement home. Is there something we don’t know? Is there a privileged lane for leftist politicians? Italians demand immediate clarity ”, he adds.

The position taken by the 5 Star Movement is also clear. “The president of the Campania region went today to the Cotugno hospital in Naples and was vaccinated with one of the first doses to arrive in Campania. The vaccine is a responsible act that cannot be the subject of propaganda or a race to see who is the first politician to be vaccinated “, declared the Campania deputies of the 5 Star Movement in the House Committee on Social Affairs. “We stigmatize this bad exploitation: the vaccines, in this first phase, are intended exclusively for RSA doctors, nurses, health workers and elders. De Luca’s unacceptable behavior follows another threat not to reopen schools in Campania on 7 from January”. , contrary to the indications of the scientists, “they say.

Among the local administrators, the mayor of Verona, Federico Sboarina, is heard. “The vaccine must be given to those who really need it, it should not be a privilege for those who skip the line. Now it is essential to give protection to doctors and the elderly,” he told Adnkronos.

De Luca, at least, can count on the solidarity of his colleague Donato Toma. “A symbolic act, I do not find anything scandalous,” says the president of the Molise Region to Adnkronos. “It is not a gesture to be criticized, on the other hand in the United States Biden was the first to be vaccinated precisely because the president is considered the symbol of American unity, thus setting an example at a time of uncertainty about the outcome of the vaccine,” added. about possible contraindications ”, emphasizes Toma. “I am not going to go into the diatribes about vaccines to politicians. However, it must be taken into account that in an emergency – Toma explains – the president of the Region is the highest civil protection authority. Personally, I was not among the identified subjects as vaccinated and I did not vaccinate. If they had identified me, then I would have done so “, adds Toma, specifying that when his time comes he will be vaccinated.” I have no particular reason to say no. “