Discs in Sardinia, Vella’s version: “The CTS always opposes the opening. My email? Reducing the damage of a political choice already made”



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ROME – In an attempt to remove political responsibility for an act that bears his signature – ordinance number 38 that allowed Sardinian nightclubs to remain open until they became sources of contagion – the governor Christian solinas and its supporters cling to an email, posing as the “opinion of the Sardinian technical-scientific committee”, to construct a narrative that, as we will see, does not stand the test of facts for a day.

Professor Vella’s email

The mail, which was circulated last night with a lot of stamp from the Cabinet Office of the regional presidency, coincidentally just before the Solinas press conference scheduled for this morning, is the one sent by the infectious diseases specialist. Stefano Vella, one of the four members of the Sardinian Cts, to the regional health director general Marcello tidore at 8:28 p.m. on August 11. That is, an hour before Solinas signed Ordinance 38, which ended up at the center of a culprit epidemic investigation opened by the Cagliari prosecutor. There are four lines of text. These: “Dear Marcello, I felt lonely for the moment Giovanni Sotgiu (Professor at the University of Sassari and member of the Cts, ed), but he and I are fine. Because they are alone in the open air, and it is inevitable and necessary that they reopen. In addition to the police controls, which will be reinforced. A cordial greeting “. Vella had received the draft ordinance around 7 p.m., an hour and a half before writing the email. Republic she simply called him on the phone to ask for an explanation.

The investigation

That is why the CTS was not heard in Sardinia

by Fabio Tonacci


“It wasn’t CTS’s opinion, it was harm reduction.”

“Look, I can’t talk much because there is an investigation underway,” begins the famous Roman infectious disease specialist (he was also president of Aifa, the Italian pharmaceutical agency). But I want to say one thing: that email is not, and cannot be considered, an opinion of the Cts. Not a positive opinion on the idea of ​​keeping nightclubs open in the summer, which, as a Committee, we have always officially opposed. , considering it dangerous and wrong, given the large influx of tourists on the island. He was speaking only in a personal capacity ”. And yet there is a kind of approval in the email, albeit in a personal capacity. “I only gave the go-ahead to the text of the ordinance that was sent to me at the last minute, without the CTS ever being summoned. The Region was in a great hurry to remove it. I did so because, without prejudice to our opposition to reopening, the The draft recognized our indications, such as the prohibition of dancing in closed places. I tried to reduce the damage of a political option that had already been taken. ”However, there is that controversial passage, which says:“ it is inevitable and necessary that they reopen ” Vella responds: “I wanted to say that for them, as they explicitly made me understand, it was inevitable and necessary to reopen them. For them, certainly not for us. “

The 10 emails with negative opinions

The infection specialist, before closing the conversation, adds another detail. “In the email I write that I had spoken with Professor Sotgiu, but in reality he had not even been able to read the draft of the ordinance. However, some of the indications inserted to reduce the harm were taken from his previous observations.”

Sardinia, Solinas and the case of the discos: “Respect all the rules, the left convinced me to reopen them”

by Carmelo Lopapa


Already thus, the narration of a Solinas fully respectful of the opinions of the Sardinian CTS and mere executor of the unanimous will of the Regional Council (in the interview with our newspaper two days ago he declared that he was convinced to keep alive the nightlife of the Costa Esmeralda for a speech heated by Massimo zedda of the opposition Progresistas party) falters. He completely collapses before a dozen emails from the Sardinian CTS, acquired by the Cagliari Mobile Team, in which the negative orientation of the four teachers towards the reopening of the discos is clear and unequivocal. Of that correspondence, as the opinion of August 6 revealed by the Republic attests, the leaders of the regional health authority had been informed. They all knew it. Except, obviously, Governor Christian Solinas. Who, in the interview two days ago, explains that he learned about the content of the Republic.

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