Genoa – “Not even an aperitif in peace”. The head physician of San Martino Matteo Bassetti wrote on his Facebook profile. The doctor went through on Friday night a violent verbal assault by a group of no vax /no greenpass while he was sitting at a table in via XX Settembre, with his wife.
“A vile, free attack – continues the virologist – in a context of my private life in which, my only fault was to enjoy a Friday night in the city center. These characters with a similar attack (to the cry of “Bassetti get out of Genoa”) for the umpteenth time show how little the vaccine, health, social well-being matters, as their purpose is only to foment hatred towards me and all health professionals and disturb the tranquility of citizens.
What I regret most is that, in the course of these two years in which I have often been brutally attacked with all kinds of insults, a part of Genoese city politics has never spent a word of solidarity.
We meditate. Personally, I will continue to fight for those values of freedom, also of expression, which have always animated me. Go ahead with your head very high. ”Digos investigates the episode.
The reactions in politics
Toti: “There’s never an end to ignorance with”
«There is never an end to ignorance and stupidity. Solidarity with Professor Matteo Bassetti, director of the Infectious Diseases Clinic of San Martino in Genoa, insulted while he was in the city center in a private moment with his family. Intimidations that are always unacceptable and even more so if addressed to those who have been working on the front line for two years to make science win against the virus. Come on Matteo, go ahead with your head held high! ” said the president of the Liguria Region Giovanni Toti.
Paita (Iv): “Serious episode”
“The insults addressed yesterday to Matteo Bassetti are a serious and at the same time inconceivable episode”. This was stated by Raffaella Paita, deputy of Italia Viva, about the offenses of which the infectious disease specialist was targeted during an aperitif in via XX Settembre in Genoa. “They are serious because they reveal how the phenomenon of intolerance and No Vax aggression is now so pervasive as to deny health professionals peace of mind in private life. Inconceivable, because those who, like Bassetti, were decisive in the battle against Covid should only be thanked. and certainly not insulted. For this reason we ask the investigators to identify as soon as possible those responsible for this very unpleasant page. All our solidarity goes to Bassetti and his wife “, he concludes.
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