Italy’s Deputy Health Minister Marcello Gemmato sparked controversy after wondering if the covid vaccines actually worked.
During a television interview on the state broadcaster Rai On Tuesday November 15, Marcello Gemmato, Italy’s deputy health minister, sparked controversy by asking whether the covid vaccines really work.
Gemmato is a pharmacist by trade and was appointed deputy minister of health in the new Italian government by the country’s new prime minister, Giorgia Meloni. The interviewer asked him if he thought there would have been more deaths in the country if it hadn’t been for the introduction of vaccines.
His answer was: we do not have the reverse burden of proof”. However, he hastened to underline: “But I do not fall into the trap of taking sides for or against vaccines”. previous government of Mario Draghi towards the pandemic.
The minister of the Italian Brothers insisted on opposing the so-called green passes for the coronavirus which are becoming mandatory for a while to access public spaces. In early 2020, as the pandemic hit Europe, Italy introduced some of the toughest restrictions of any European nation.
About 180,000 people have died with Covid in Italy as of November 10. Following his television appearance, Gemmato was quickly prompted by calls for his resignation. Among those calling for his resignation was Enrico Letta, leader of the centre-left Democratic Party.
Carlo Calenda, the leader of Accion, the centrist party, tweeted: “An undersecretary of health who does not distance himself from those who do not get vaccinated certainly has the wrong job”.
“How is it possible to say that there is no scientific evidence that vaccines have helped save the lives of millions of people? Just read the scientific literature,” tweeted Matteo Bassetti, the infectious disease specialist at the San Martino clinic in Genoa, reportedly insiderpaper. com.
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