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Renzi Salviniano, circus capital M5s-Pd, the pirouettes of Caltagirone, the whipping of Zambon (former WHO) at the WHO

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Renzi Salviniano, circus capital M5s-Pd, the pirouettes of Caltagirone, the whipping of Zambon (former WHO) at the WHO

Not only Renzi, Salvini, Raggi, Conte, Letta, Zingaretti, Caltagirone and Zambon (ex WHO). Facts, names, numbers, curiosities and controversies. Bits of press review in the tweets of Michele Arnese, Start director

EFFECTS OF PD-M5S TUNES

DO YOU SPEAK RENZI OR SALVINI? …

MIGRANT DOSSIER

MYSTERIES AND PIROETTES OF CALTAGIRONE

COMMUNIST ANTI FEDEZ

THE WORKS OF THE SWISS

FORMER WHO ZAMBON SHIELDS WHO

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EXTRACT FROM THE INTERVIEW OF THE REPUBLIC IN ZAMBON:

"Covid was reported in China on December 31, 2019 when the WHO office in Beijing became aware of about 27 cases of pneumonia of unknown etiology. We were told, however, that there was no evidence of human-to-human transmission. ' And again: «Italy was not entirely unprepared for an epidemic when the first news from China arrived. In 2006, after the first Sars epidemic, the Ministry of Health and the regions approved a national preparation against the pandemic flu. Planning, however, has remained more theoretical than practical ”.

Start from here. From these paragraphs on page 2 of the World Health Organization report «An unprecedented challenge, Italy's first response to Covid». A complete report. Which, however, no longer exists. It was withdrawn a few hours after publication because the policy, in China and perhaps also in Italy, had not been appreciated. The Bergamo prosecutor has a delicate investigation on this, which sees the WHO deputy director general, Ranieri Guerra , under investigation for false statements to the prosecutor.

But Francesco Zambon, the WHO Venetian doctor who had coordinated the writing of the report, and who resigned after his retirement, is raising broader questions: how independent is the organization really? This is the question he poses in his book, Il Pesce piccolo, to be released on May 13 with Feltrinelli, one year after the report's withdrawal. Let's talk about Italy. When did you realize what was going to happen? «On February 21st. WHO filed documents every day and only nine cases had been reported so far. Suddenly they became 76: Vo ', Codogno, the outbreaks were too far from each other. The situation was irrepressible, we were already doomed ». Was it inevitable or was some mistake made? “Dates are an important trace. On January 21, the WHO announced that there was a virus that was transmitted from human to human. Italy had a national pandemic plan, albeit dated to 2006 and never updated. But there was. Here, I think that from January to February 21, many things could be done that have not been done. Rather than donating the masks, it was necessary to store them, check the Italian warehouse, train health personnel. Italy would not have been saved from the pandemic, but we could have greatly reduced the damage. But it wasn't just an Italian problem. The most important front is the international one ».

Why? «On December 31, Taiwan picked up on its own, because it had not been notified by China, that there was an infection with a new virus. Taiwan is not a WHO member state. The same day he alerted the WHO of a possible transmission between man and man. The WHO officially said it only on January 21, twenty days have passed. This is because the WHO does not listen to Taiwan for political reasons. And Taiwan is one of the states that has had a better reaction to the virus: to date 12 dead ». You had reported both delays – the Italian and the WHO – in the report. «They were a few lines on page 2 of a collective work. Every word was verified. But no one questioned the scientific qualities of the work, the problem was political: as emerges from the acts of the Bergamo prosecutor's office, chats, emails, the report was withdrawn mainly due to Chinese pressure. And also because it was considered too critical with the Italian approach. The WHO was an unforgivable mistake. And also a very important alarm bell. The question I try to ask is simple: WHO does politics or does it deal with health? I know that China is allergic to discussions, but we have a duty to understand for ourselves what has happened, because in the face of the next pandemic we will have to give better answers. Our duty is to protect all citizens of the world. Here, I believe that Covid has offered us the opportunity to address these crucial issues. Which do not concern WHO, but our life, our future. They concern us ».

This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/renzi-m5s-pd-zambon-caltagirone/ on Mon, 10 May 2021 06:39:00 +0000.