Threats no vax, Ricciardi: “They don’t make me hot or cold”

“In fact, a criminal association has been created, aimed at terrifying”. Walter Ricciardi, advisor to the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, is also the object of threats from the no vax. “All of us are receiving them a bit, more exposed to the media in the fight against the pandemic. The chat created on Telegram, which published our contact details, has now started a process of criminal interest, which the judiciary and the Forces will have to deal with. In fact, a criminal association has been created, aimed at terrifying, “he told Adnkronos Salute. Ricciardi, however, is not intimidated. “Since the beginning of the pandemic – he explains – we have received threats of all kinds. This does not remove us from the responsibility we have to protect public health and the vast majority of Italians who are good people”. These no vax ‘contraindications’, according to Ricciardi, were predictable “compared to the public exposure that took place in such a complex situation and a minority of subjects that has always been hostile. All of us have always been subjected to threats and pressures. Lately, however, they have intensified as a result of an ‘organization’, given that the Telegram chat has added 41 thousand people in which there is a real appeal to crime “, he reiterates. These initiatives, however,” do not make me neither hot nor cold “, underlines the councilor of Speranza. “Over the years I have seen all the colors. I am unfortunately the result of an aggressive and noisy minority that as long as it remains in the field of the expression of opinions is not a problem: it is better to have an imperfect democracy than a perfect dictatorship”. “But, when we enter the sphere of associations created to terrorize, we are talking about a form of crime that must be prosecuted by the competent bodies, otherwise it means that the country does not protect people who work for the public good”, concludes Ricciardi who confesses : “I have seen many, starting from my training, I am Neapolitan and I have operated in difficult situations also from the point of view of physical risk, the threats do not affect me. However, I am sorry that the country is exposed to these ugliness”.