The "vaxx-free" (sounds better than unvaxxed, I believe) solitary path I understand very well. I live in Italy where the government made a determined push against those over-50s who had not yet taken the shots by January this year. As a person recovered from C19 since March 2020, whatever remote possibility (and it was…
The "vaxx-free" (sounds better than unvaxxed, I believe) solitary path I understand very well. I live in Italy where the government made a determined push against those over-50s who had not yet taken the shots by January this year. As a person recovered from C19 since March 2020, whatever remote possibility (and it was remote, I assure you) that I might have been persuaded onboard got flushed down the toilet at that moment. I've had the first polite letter from the State asking me why not and I've replied, equally politely, that I don't need it. We will see now where the process takes us.
Last winter, despite the losses in Bergamo in March/April 2020, the percentage of older people without the shots in Italy remained significantly higher than elsewhere. By April this year, despite the penalties, 80% of those targetted had not changed their mind, a significant embarrassment for the government.
There was a period in spring when I couldn't go in a bar or restaurant or couldn't sit outside a bar. I couldn't go in a gardware store or anywhere, in fact, except a grocery store and a pharmacy. 6 of us drove around 600kms each way to a protest in Rome one Sunday knowing that any kind of breakdown or accident would leave us stranded because we couldn't stay in a hotel or take public transport.
On a brighter note, I sat outside a local bar one evening in February, wrapped up against the cold while waiting to pick a couple of pizzas to take home. The barman spotted me waiting and came out with a glass of wine. With a wink and a large smile, he said it's my gift to you, it's free, so we're not breaking the rules!
Well, said, Rachel!
The "vaxx-free" (sounds better than unvaxxed, I believe) solitary path I understand very well. I live in Italy where the government made a determined push against those over-50s who had not yet taken the shots by January this year. As a person recovered from C19 since March 2020, whatever remote possibility (and it was remote, I assure you) that I might have been persuaded onboard got flushed down the toilet at that moment. I've had the first polite letter from the State asking me why not and I've replied, equally politely, that I don't need it. We will see now where the process takes us.
Last winter, despite the losses in Bergamo in March/April 2020, the percentage of older people without the shots in Italy remained significantly higher than elsewhere. By April this year, despite the penalties, 80% of those targetted had not changed their mind, a significant embarrassment for the government.
There was a period in spring when I couldn't go in a bar or restaurant or couldn't sit outside a bar. I couldn't go in a gardware store or anywhere, in fact, except a grocery store and a pharmacy. 6 of us drove around 600kms each way to a protest in Rome one Sunday knowing that any kind of breakdown or accident would leave us stranded because we couldn't stay in a hotel or take public transport.
On a brighter note, I sat outside a local bar one evening in February, wrapped up against the cold while waiting to pick a couple of pizzas to take home. The barman spotted me waiting and came out with a glass of wine. With a wink and a large smile, he said it's my gift to you, it's free, so we're not breaking the rules!
Forza e coraggio, Rachel!