Mattarella on Covid: winning the battle against antiscience

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November 19, 2021 "Research days are days of alliance between research and information: disseminating, making known are levers to solicit participation". But in addition to TV and newspapers, new tools must also be used where there are "nuclei that propagate antiscience: it is a challenge in the places of modernity, it must be faced and overcome". This was stated by the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, at the celebration ceremony of "Days of Research", an initiative promoted by the Italian Association for Cancer Research.

On Covid-19 and vaccines Mattarella said: "The virus continues to cause alarm. Our duty of responsibility has not been exhausted, especially towards the weakest. We have managed to achieve an economic recovery and vaccines have been our defense," have allowed the reopening. The research has been a great example of worldwide collaboration. We have seen a large participation in the vaccination campaign that has seen almost all Italians vaccinated to protect themselves and others ".

"Today research is interdisciplinary while computer knowledge feeds further information. Research is indispensable for the health of society and is the engine of social and civil growth. Without research there will be no sustainable development placed at the center of European policies. historical delays, the Airc has been at the forefront and the country is grateful to it. The pandemic has left profound signs, but the virus has not died out and continues to cause alarm, we have erected a barrier thanks to the science that has provided us with tools to protect ourselves and to regain the spaces of freedom we had to give up ".

"Vaccines - continued the head of state - have been our best defense, they have avoided thousands and thousands of lives, they have allowed the fundamental reopening for the economic recovery. They have never been produced so quickly thanks to the research that has been a great example. of worldwide collaboration. Dialogue and cooperation are possible and necessary. Now vaccines must be made available in an equitable measure to other countries, it is a moral duty and a concrete interest of all to prevent the virus, in a strictly connected world, comes up again with dangerous variants. The vaccination campaign has seen almost all Italians understand that it was necessary to protect themselves and others as well ".

We must "apply the constitutional principles of health protection even more faithfully, oncological examinations must resume everywhere and in the designated places". Thus the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, speaking at the celebration ceremony of "Days of Research", promoted by the Italian Association for Cancer Research, at the Quirinale.

"The virus continues to cause alarm. Our duty of responsibility has not been exhausted, especially towards the weakest. Vaccines must be placed in the availability of all countries in an equitable measure, it is a moral duty and a concrete interest of all to eradicate the virus completely ". "Vaccines - Mattarella reiterated - have been our greatest defense, they have saved thousands and thousands of lives, reduced suffering, allowed reopening. They were made and produced in such a short time and in such large quantities as ever. it had happened in history. This too is largely due to the research ".

At the Quirinale, the President of the Republic wanted to underline the goal achieved by science on cancer: "You scientists, doctors, researchers, Airc executives are welcome to the Quirinale. Defeating cancer was a goal that seemed a dream 50 years ago, but together instead they are Great strides have been made. Beating cancer is possible, it is a goal that can and must be aimed at. The percentage of healed has risen, diagnoses are earlier, quality of life has improved, life expectancy has risen . All this is due to research ".

Among the speakers the President of the AIRC Foundation, Andrea Sironi, the Scientific Director of the AIRC Foundation, Federico Caligaris-Cappio, the AIRC Researcher, Silvia Piconese, the Minister of University and Research, Maria Cristina Messa, and the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza. 

The AIRC Award "Believe in Research" to the Banco Bpm Group, "demonstrating every day that it wants to concretely support the progress of cancer research in Italy, in particular on female and pediatric cancers, the training and specialization of young talents in Italian oncology and the dissemination of knowledge on the issues of cancer prevention and treatment ", and to Geppi Cucciari," for his constant commitment to enhancing the role of research and the importance of prevention ".

The "Beppe Della Porta" Prize was awarded to Professor Enrico Tiacci, of the University of Perugia, "for his contribution on the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic hematological neoplasms".