Stones thrown in the square in Barletta against Fabrizio Pregliasco . The virologist was being interviewed by Manila Gorio and was talking about a resurgence of Covid when someone threw a stone on the stage .
"I find what happened extremely serious. That stone - says the journalist and TV host, Manila Gorio - could have caused worse consequences . It is also absurd that there were no members of the police force to guard the area". The episode occurred during the Oscar del libro. "I was interviewing the virologist Fabrizio Pregliasco - she adds - when we were grazed by the stone". According to Gorio, the appointment, "financed and sponsored by the Municipality", was interrupted by the throwing of the stone. " The Councilor for Culture of the Municipality of Barletta, Oronzo Cilli - continues the host - told me that it would have been the work of some minors, as if it were less serious ".
The demonstration was attended, he emphasizes, by "many illustrious names such as the former magistrate Luca Palamara, the vice president of the 5 Star Movement, Mario Turco, the former senator Antonio Razzi, the psychiatrist Leonardo Mendolicchio, Francesco Giubilei". " There was no public safety nor did we receive support from anyone ", he adds. "Feeling safe is a sacrosanct right of every citizen of Barletta and what happened is not worthy of a civilized country", the conclusion.
The vice president of the Democratic Party group in the Senate, Beatrice Lorenzin, also intervened on the episode, specifying: «The throwing of stones at the virologist Fabrizio Pregliasco while he was talking about the resurgence of Covid is unspeakable. A vile and unacceptable act, which did not have very serious consequences only by pure chance. An act to be condemned with great firmness and resolution ».
"Violence - Lorenzin adds - can never be justified, especially when it strikes those who, like Pregliasco, are committed to public health. For this reason I express all my closeness and esteem to him. Know that he is not alone in defending the scientific method and facing the intimidation of anti-vax, deniers and conspiracy theorists".
