I’ve written a short piece on Italy’s decision to introduce a vaccine mandate for over-50s, in which I claim that the measure has little to do with public health. Rather, the motive is political: to further alienate the small minority of vaccine hesitant Italians (which will continue to be blamed for all the government’s failures), exacerbate social …
Toby Green and I have written a new essay looking at the question of the “collective good” in the pandemic, whether the latter has been served by lockdowns, and whether alternative approaches – such as that of the Great Barrington Declaration – would have proven more effective in safeguarding the collective good, and even saving lives.
I’ve written an article (along with Paolo Cornetti) on the upcoming election (by parliament) of the Italian president (probably Draghi), the growing power of the latter, the role of the EU and what it means for Italian democracy.
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