A voice message on Whatsapp made her jump: “The revenge of Nuremberg will come for you. Be careful when you walk down the street, we have many things to tell you.” Samanta Grossi, 48 years old, since 1992 nurse of the Usll Company n. 2 Marca trevigiana di Treviso and since 2018 president of the order of nurses of the same city, rolled her eyes, incredulous. It was the latest in a series of attacks received by the no vax. He thought, “This is too much,” and called his lawyer.
“We wish you the worst of deaths: a tumor”; “The vaccine you want others to do must kill you”; “You with the vaccine bring death to others, if you walk down the street watch your back”; “I hope that something falls on your head”: these are just some of the messages received on social networks and via email from Luciano Clarizia, 59, a 33-year-old nurse who manages the emergency area, at the head of 118, in Pordenone, where he also presides over the trade association. “We are back to the Middle Ages – thought Clarizia when she read them -. These no vax claim that the plague, when it was there, made the dead it was supposed to. And that in the end, as it came, it did. gone. For them Covid is the same thing “.
“Guilty” of supporting vaccines
Both Grossi and Clarizia according to the no vax are “guilty” of having launched calls for vaccination from local TV channels or through newspaper articles. Both presidents of the Order of Nurses think that it is fanaticism, of dealing with increasingly dangerous conspiracy theorists. They have initiated disciplinary proceedings, supported no vax staff suspension measures, and are willing to move forward because, they explain, “We are on the right side”. To their rescue came the Fnopi (National Federation of Nursing Professions Orders), which, through the president Barbara Mangiacavalli he underlines: “It is an intolerable and dangerous attitude towards which our Federation, in addition to the obvious professional solidarity towards the presidents and the threatened nurses, is evaluating heavy legal actions for the protection of its representatives and the course of the profession”.
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Mangiacavalli continues: “The paradox is that it also happens that nurses are not threatened by other nurses towards whom the presidents act according to the law and ethics, but exponents of different activities, which despite having to do with the patients, are not vax and demonstrate intolerance and absolute lack of the principle and respect for health protection “.
“She threatened me, I know her well”
A television interview triggered the threat disguised as a voice message sent to Samantha Grossi. “They asked me what I thought of health personnel who do not want to get vaccinated – says the president -. And I explained that if there is a law it must be enforced, that there is a code of ethics, that scientific evidence suggests vaccination and that as health workers we have to spread science. In response, I received that message: the latest in a long series of attacks “.
“If I know who sent it to me? Of course, I had the number: she is a social health worker who works within the company – continues Grossi – before that, she had sent me other messages in which she reported newspaper articles with some my interventions, asking if the statements were mine. Which I confirmed. I was incredulous. I called my lawyer and I will denounce her, because now she is exaggerating “.
In Veneto 20,000 no vax, in the province of Treviso 3,846
In the province of Treviso, there are 3,846 no vaxes, of which 848 within the US health company, the rest are found in the RSA and among freelancers. In the whole of Veneto they rise to 20,000. As the author of the threatening voice message addressed to the president of Treviso nurses, who is in good company. “I reported two other people on Facebook who used my profile photo, photo taken on January 1st, when taking my first dose, to add offensive comments, including the fact that” the syringe was empty “. It is from that day that I have been targeted, even through outrageous emails sent to the Order. They wrote that both the councilors and I must be ashamed; that the vaccine is a criminal act. One nurse said he will fight with all his might for do not get vaccinated. They claim that vaccines cause genetic mutation and even that they are produced by dead insects. “
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And all this is happening to measures that have not yet started. “We have not suspended anyone yet, we are waiting for the names to arrive: according to the health company, 186 no vaxes are interested in the measure – concludes Grossi -. I am worried because this” hard core “is made up of conspiracy theorists, not only opposed to vaccines, but also to what is around, such as the Green pass. People who talk about “health dictatorship”. In the ward these colleagues have taken away my greeting, they avoid me. I tried to talk to them to iron out the doubts, but not they want to hear reasons. They even refuse to swab “.
The Pordenone case
Threats, attacks, accusations from no vaxes are also on the agenda for Luciano Clarizia, president of the Order of Nurses of Pordenone. Which tells of the suspension of 73 nurses who have not been vaccinated, who will be deprived of their salary. “We have taken note of the communication from the health care company, which has already done so. Maybe someone will think again, but for now this is the situation”. “If they threatened me? In reality it is a continuous attack – he continues -. I made some speeches on TV as president of the Order and insults and death threats were immediately triggered on social networks. Not to mention that I also received offensive emails from a declared no vax doctor. Already at the time he had made himself heard: a real stalker since he had sent me 30 emails in two days. He said that vaccines are experimental, deleterious, leading to the death of people. But he did not say it. in this way, he resorted to vulgarity. I wrote a note to the Medical Association and I hope it will provide “.
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Clarizia also did not escape the fact that no more than two weeks ago the center of Pordenone hosted 200 no vax in the event. “They didn’t go too far with me – he explains -. In their emails and messages they wish me the worst of deaths, a tumor, that the vaccine will make me die, that something will fall on my head. They say that by recommending vaccination I bring death to others. They warn me, if I walk down the street, to look over my shoulder “.
“We are back to the Middle Ages”
“It seems to me that we have returned to the Middle Ages – insists the president of the Order of Pordenone – we are faced with a retrograde mentality, which does not accept scientific evidence. A healthcare professional who does not get vaccinated must change jobs for me. And then, if we do not give the example ourselves, it is clear that people are required not to believe in the need to immunize themselves against Covid. I was vaccinated on December 27, 2020: I was among the first in Italy, I did it to give the ‘example to all. In our province out of 2,200 registered nurses, 75 are not vaccinated and suspended, while the doctors are about thirty and the Oss about a hundred “. Clarizia concludes: “In the ward I have had exchanges also heated with some colleagues, but with me they are careful because I send them back to the disciplinary council. Instead, some coordinators, who have imposed the vaccine on the personnel entering the wards, found themselves in difficulty : they were attacked with phrases like “You have to mind your own business“, “You must not allow yourself to enter into the merits of my decisions”; “It is not true that those who do not get vaccinated can infect others.” Some even refused to swab “
“It is our duty to intervene”
The perception of an increasingly tense climate also reached the president of the National Federation of the orders of the nursing professions. Barbara Mangiacavalli is resolute: “It is our duty to intervene – she warns – to protect our fellow presidents and professionals and as nurses to ensure citizens are always on the front line to ensure their health. We have invited all professionals to respect the law and on our part we will continue to raise awareness of the importance of vaccination “. “For a nurse – he continues – it is a duty towards citizens, towards colleagues and also towards the science we believe in. The nursing profession adheres to the principles of professional ethics that guide the science and conscience of nurses in choices that respond to the imperative principle for the protection of people’s health and recognizes the value of scientific evidence as the basis of its professional action “.
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“Precisely quantifying the nurses vaccinated against the pandemic is a complex operation, but it can be estimated that today more than 90% of all registered registers are more than 456 thousand – he concludes – this considering, however, that we are approaching 100 % of vaccinated among NHS dependent nurses, except for rare “waiting” exceptions or for verified causes that are in the order of a hundred. But the percentage is lower, no vax apart from the fact that among our professionals they are really in percentages below 0, 5%, for freelancers, who initially were not considered among the priorities in vaccination campaigns and therefore many are still in the vaccination phase “.
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