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July 31, 2020"The world of information has been questioned by the virus and has proven to have been at the service of the general interest and of the citizens. A very important role in tackling the pandemic. A perhaps unexpected opportunity that re-launches the role of journalism. Opposite role to factories of bad information, fake news. Professional and quality information has been recognized by citizens ". The president Sergio Mattarella said it during the "fan" ceremony.
"There is a tendency to forget and remove unpleasant experiences. Perhaps it was not conceivable that the removal would emerge so quickly in our country people continue to die of the virus. It is a reason not to lower the defenses."
"Only without dividing ourselves and with a common search for perspective" for the future can we work on the "recovery" and on a return to "normal" said Mattarella: "I want to say thanks to the countries that have shown closeness and friendship to Italy as well as the Italy has done with countries that have needed help. This in the awareness that no one could have overcome the challenge "of the pandemic.
" Freedom - continued Mattarella - is a fundamental value in a democracy, but cannot be confused with the "right to make others sick" by warning that one should not "drop your guard" also out of "respect for those who died" and then added: "There are no values that place democracy at the center of freedom" but one must "avoid confusing freedom with the right to make others sick . Learning to live with the virus does not mean behaving as if the virus was gone. "