2021 with Draghi: from the promise of normality to the “never ending emergency”
It was to be the year of the rebirth, of the return to normality, of the defeat of the China virus. Yet, 365 days later, despite a mass vaccination campaign and the ongoing change of the Conte executive, the same skeletons of 2020 remain: closures, limitations, spikes in infections, media communication and terrifying politics. The same minister of the interior, Luciana Lamorgese, has re-proposed the deployment of 70,000 policemen for the last day of the year, precisely to prevent – or rather, we add, flush out – parties in homes and places of private residence. It matters little if the domicile is inviolable pursuant to Article 14 of the Constitution, and that the police can violate it only in cases explicitly regulated by special laws – and this does not include the ascertainment of violations of the legislation on containment. of the China virus – but, for two years now, we have accepted the idea that the powers of the pro tempore ministers can extend beyond constitutional limits, as long as they are in the name of the much-proclaimed health emergency.
A year after the start of the vaccination campaign, a question arises spontaneously: are the choices that governments have applied, especially in the last twelve months, of a health nature or only the result of political logic? If the Conte II government was totally subordinate to the choices of the scientific community, in particular in the months of March and April 2020, with the Draghi government the positions seem overturned, it is science that chases – and justifies without ifs and buts – the choices of the Political power.
Let me explain better with an example. Originally, according to the technical-scientific opinion, the threshold of 80 percent of vaccinated was to be the goal to be achieved for a return to normal pre- Covid . To simplify, it had to correspond to a "free all" – which rang out in the UK on July 19th. Once we are close to the fateful threshold, the bar has been raised to 90 percent. Today, by labeling the unvaccinated as responsible for the fourth wave, the only alternative seems to be that of 100 percent of the vaccinable population.
Some social media users, not devoid of humor, stated that the next step will be to reach the percentage of the building super bonus: 110 percent of inoculated to eliminate all restrictions. Yet, taking the bull by the horns, it seems that, at any moment, there is indeed a valid and reasonable motivation, suitable for postponing the hoped-for return to normality. And then: what is scientific in continuing to raise the threshold of the so-called "herd immunity"? What's scientific about introducing a Green Pass , first for 9 months, then for 12, then again for 9, finally for 6 months and in the future, perhaps, even for a shorter period? What's scientific about preventing no-vaxes from participating in all social activities? And again: what is scientific about vaccinating children under the age of 12, if the risks, albeit minimal, and the unknowns of vaccines outweigh the risk of contracting the disease in a severe form?
Mind you: even with the possibility of introducing a vaccination obligation and the consequent achievement of 100 percent of the vaccinated population – which is all to be verified, given the fact that with a simple rule it is not certain that the problem – there will still be a valid reason to limit our freedoms. Probably, the policy, backed by mainstream bread spreading media, will in any case introduce new closures because the infections, especially in the colder months, will be constantly growing or because there will be new variants. A large part of the population will gladly accept them; under the illusion that this will be the last effort necessary for the return to normal pre-2020. And the narrative will continue to repeat itself cyclically …
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This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Atlantico Quotidiano at the URL https://www.atlanticoquotidiano.it/quotidiano/2021-con-draghi-dalla-promessa-di-normalita-al-fine-emergenza-mai/ on Fri, 31 Dec 2021 03:50:00 +0000.