In Italy there are fewer and fewer social spheres in which one can still participate without a proof of vaccination, the Green Pass.

Anyone who is only now having their first dose administered has previously been postponed for health reasons, is a converted skeptic or is still an opponent of vaccinations, but who absolutely wants to have the Green Pass in order to be able to enjoy life.

A case that has just occurred in a vaccination center in Biella shows how great the desperation has now become among members of the last category and what creative and criminal heights it can stimulate.

A fifty-year-old man appeared there for his first vaccination with a silicone arm.

Karen Kruger

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He hoped to fool the medical staff with the wrong biceps and get a Green Pass without actually being vaccinated.

He did the paperwork, signed the informed consent form in front of the doctor, sat in the chair and bared his shoulder.

Perhaps the biceps were too imposing for his appearance, or the skin looked too tight, or its tone did not match the rest of the complexion: The vaccination attendant suspected and asked him to bare his entire arm, please.

So the dizziness was exposed.

Corona is over

The man's pleading to turn a blind eye left the vaccination assistant cold.

She reported the wrong patient to the Carabinieri for fraud - the man had already filled in his personal data himself.

The Italian health authority informed the public prosecutor.

It is not uncommon in Italy to acknowledge the imaginative circumvention of state rules with respect. When it comes to Corona, this is over, the pandemic has already claimed too many lives for that, not to mention the economic and social consequences. The outrage with which one reacts to the news from Biella is correspondingly great. A Twitter message suggests that the blown No-Vax supporter may only be the tip of the iceberg and that other anti-vaccination opponents may have already managed to sneak a Green Pass with the silicone mesh, this fear suggests a Twitter message from the “La Repubblica "reports: At the end of November, a user named" Giuseppe Maria Natale "referred (in Cyrillic script) to a silicone suit with false arms offered on Amazon,Neck and muscles for 488.75 euros.

It said in Italian: “Will you notice that I'm wearing it?

Maybe I'll put another piece of clothing on under the silicone suit so that the needle doesn't reach my real arm under any circumstances. ”It is quite possible that such news is already circulating among German anti-vaccination groups.

So it's better to take a good look at each arm before putting in the syringe.