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“In a normal country they should thank me for what I’ve done.” Andrea Scanzi, with a video and a post on Facebook, reaffirms the legitimacy of the vaccination against the coronavirus received 2 days ago. The story has monopolized the debate on social media, with an avalanche of comments. “The vaccination was lawful, authorized, legal from all points of view. I would do it again now, tomorrow, always. A large part of Italians should have thanked me because I was vaccinated at a time when no one would have wanted to get the AstraZeneca vaccine. I accepted it precisely because I wanted to give a signal to the Italians “, says the journalist in a video on Facebook, retracing the steps of the story and explaining the process followed.
“I have faced a lot of controversies, almost all of them having fun. Sometimes I was right, sometimes I was wrong. This controversy about my vaccination does not amuse me. Not at all. It offends me, it hurts me, it pisses me off. It goes beyond any form of intellectual dishonesty. “, he writes in a post.
“Last Monday I gave my doctor the willingness, in full compliance with the rules, to take any dose of vaccine that would otherwise end up in the sewers if I hadn’t taken it. I did it all the more after hearing last Sunday General Figliuolo da Fazio. The issue of wasted doses is a topic dear to him, to the point of having dedicated an ad hoc ordinance to us the next day “, he affirms.
“I said I would accept that vaccine (without stealing anyone’s place and only if it was thrown away) Tuesday at RaiTre, Wednesday on Nove, Thursday on La7. I have never hidden anything, I have always been crystal clear. There are recordings video, there are posts. Friday, after three days of national blockade because “Astrazeneca gives thrombosis” (unfortunately that was the past message), they called me to tell me that there was a dose available at the end of the day. I repeated that I would not have stolen anyone’s place. They reiterated (I have chats on whatsapp) that everything was in order “, he continues.
“All the people around me, except my partner Sara, said to me: ‘But no, it’s dangerous, wait Johnson, who makes you do it!’. The climate in the country that day was pure terror or down. That vaccine was not exactly a ‘gluttonous bite’, in fact the night before Formigli had shown a survey that spoke of an abundant 60% of Italians ready to reject Astrazeneca “, he says again.
“Instead I went there: because I trust science and because I wanted to give a message to the Italians. I wanted to tell them:” Don’t be afraid, get vaccinated. It’s all right. “It seemed right, indeed right, to use my popularity for one thing I was not very calm when I got the vaccine, because you always have a retro-thought of fear, but I did. Not that you had to be heroes to do it, mind you: the heroes are others. I really don’t! sure, after three days off, there weren’t many people willing to get vaccinated with Astrazeneca. And there were not a few vacancies on Friday, “Scanzi says.
“After being vaccinated, surrounded by an extraordinary staff, I immediately posted the post on this page: to give a message. If I had wanted to be smart I would have had the vaccine two months ago, in a more secluded clinic (certainly not at the Centro Affari ). Something that repels me even just thinking about it. And above all, I would not have reported it myself on my page, in front of more than 2 million people. How can I define myself as a “vaccine crafty” if it was ME, with pride and after having respected the rules, to give the news of my vaccine? Do you realize that everything is upside down in this story? “, the words of the journalist.
“I told everyone that I got the vaccine because it was right and because I wanted to give a message. In fact, I gave it. It helped. The vast majority of comments after my gesture were, and remain, positive. After my post the ASL in my area has finally put online (it was about time!) The list of “vaccine benches”. And reservations have exploded. All this has happened thanks to me. I’m not saying that for this I would like a commendation, for heaven’s sake: a “thank you” would be enough for me (and many have arrived). Or just not be treated like a serial killer “, he adds.
“Instead, after two days of quiet, here comes the pillory today. The unprecedented violence. The insults, the threats, the” let’s hope you get a thrombus. “A hallucinating level of virulence. Luckily I’m in a clinic and I’m reading little, because otherwise we would have to be depressed (if I were the type to be depressed) for three years. That the insults come from those who hate me regardless, there is. They live for it. the fascists, the Renzini and the professionals of paraculism disguised as masters of journalism, that’s it. It’s part of the game. But that some fake friends are also joining the choir, or people who until the day before asked me to take a picture together for picking up a few more votes or likes makes me throw up the right one “, he says again.
“It really seems excessive to me. Sadistic. Carognesco. The total reversal of reality: you make a gesture (totally lawful and that day not very easy emotionally) to help your country’s vaccination campaign in a pandemic, and what you get in response is ferocity pure, foolish hatred and wishes for death. I repeat: polemics (sometimes) amuse me, but not this one. It hurts me. It pisses me off. And it also scares me a little. What can I say? you never stop learning. It will mean that tomorrow we will start again as before, even more in shape. A hug to those who love me, and all in all also to those who are telling me all kinds of things: I’m not like you, and I’m proud of it “, he concludes.
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