“Now politics has to decide, otherwise we would be a dictatorship of science” – Libero Quotidiano

It is time to make difficult decisions, which cannot be delegated to science but belong exclusively to politics: it is the concept expressed by Roberto Burioni in Medical facts. the coronavirus it reversed everything, but it also restored dignity and centrality to the scientific community, which in the past had to swallow many toads: “In the debate on the obligation of vaccination that took place some time ago, recalls the Marche virologist, they heard in the classroom. ” from the Senate of bestialities that make your hair stand on end with minimal respect for science. “

Suddenly, the situation has changed: “Science is not only the only way to overcome the coronavirus, but Scientists and doctors suddenly became those who have to decide whether to reopen bars and restaurants., whether to resume the lessons at school, if to allow the movement of citizens and the restart of productive activities. “It is absolutely incorrect to put this weight on the shoulders of the scientific community, which can only say what it knows: how the disease is transmitted , what behaviors can be dangerous and what can be the consequences of infection. “How to translate this information into concrete measures, Burioni explains, is not the work of science, otherwise we would find ourselves in a dictatorship (of science, but still dictatorship), and instead the Italian Republic is a democracy “.