“Fake arm for vaccine, a protest”: speaks the dentist (vaccinated) from Biella

“I used the fake arm to vaccinate myself to create a small protest. And the next day I got the vaccine.” Doctor Guido Russo, a dentist from Biella, explains to Massimo Giletti in the Non è l’Arena office why he tried to vaccinate himself with a silicone arm. “I didn’t want to scam anyone. You could see from a distance that the arm was fake. I wanted to create a situation of confusion, to create a bit of audience to launch my little protest. It was a provocation for a personal protest, because the Italians now have the choice to get the vaccine. Some categories are obliged, it is no longer a free choice “, says Russo, dwelling on his” provocation “. A vaccinated healthcare professional can infect him “, says Russo, accompanied to his office by his lawyer. “I didn’t want to cheat anyone, you could see it was fake. I asked the nurse to pretend nothing happened and let me go? I didn’t say anything like that,” he says again. “I did not want to offend anyone, I did not want to offend my colleagues”, he says, repeating that the gesture represented “a protest”. “I realized that my initiative had not worked. I was sad, I realized that I should have vaccinated myself for continue to work. And the next day I got vaccinated “, says Russo, pressed by Giletti. “I didn’t want to get vaccinated, but I never said the vaccine is poison. The scene at the vaccination center didn’t help. The vaccine is the only weapon we have.”