because they are better than those who accused them – Libero Quotidiano

“President, they owe you an apology. It seems to me an act of cruelty to attribute the responsibility of 16 thousand deaths to one person. Renziana Patrizia Baffi, originally from Codogno, had not yet finished pronouncing this sentence, but a real ovation was already rising from the benches of the center right. Yesterday, the Regional Council of Lombardy discussed the long-awaited motion of censure to the governor Attilio Fontana. Motion rejected, with abstention of the only exponent of Italia Viva. A first crack in the center-left, showing how the climate around the joint is changing. For several reasons. In the months of the pandemic we have read many unfounded attacks (notably Councilor Giulio Gallera). Everyone remembers the Trivulzio “scandal” and the massacre of the elderly in nursing homes, which some blamed on Lombard abandonment. Then, in summary, it emerged that the death rate for this and many other retirement facilities was substantially the same, if not lower, than the average hospice located in all areas affected by the coronavirus.

Another fact: many newspapers have long insisted on board delays in the establishment of the red zone in the province of Bergamo. After months, cornered by prosecutors, Giuseppe Conte himself admitted that the decision was made by the Prime Minister. In recent days another surprise has arrived. Media attention has focused on the early stages of the epidemic and, in particular, on the alarms raised by experts working for the Ministry of Health. Alarms that the government has hidden. “In the end, the truth triumphs,” Attilio Fontana wrote yesterday afternoon on Facebook. “Little by little, hidden truths are emerging and it turns out that the government has not shared any information with the Regions that would have allowed them to better organize their defense against the killer virus.” At the center of the discussion are two files. The first was presented at a meeting of the Technical-Scientific Committee on February 12, whose minutes were inexplicably classified. The second study concluded about ten days later (as the Corriere reported yesterday, Hope denied it even existence). In both cases, the experts attending Palazzo Chigi have expressed concern about the lack of intensive care units and tools for individual protection, essential for dealing with Covid.

The exponents of the majority, however, did not react. At that time, those of the Democratic Party they still organized appetizers. “What happened on February 12 is serious,” Fontana said yesterday, “we could have spent those ten days preparing.” The Ministry of Health responded to the fire in the usual way, trying to discharge all responsibility. “The Lombardy Region could not help but know: they had the person who commissioned this study at their home,” said Undersecretary Zampa, “that is, Dr. Zoli. It is also one of the many studies discussed during the meetings of the Scientific Technical Committee and I am amazed that Lombardy claims not to know its content. In fact, Zoli is part of both Minister Speranza’s and Fontana’s teams and has participated in all CTS meetings. Just yesterday, however, he explained to the Post that he had only followed government orders, which had forced him to keep the information confidential. In practice, Palazzo Chigi has imposed secrecy on an act and now the ministers complain because someone heard it. A masterpiece.