So. Mattarella encore will happen. It’s taken seven rounds of voting to get here. Seems that parliament has expressed its desire for stability against the wishes and stumbling efforts of the party leaders. Particularly with regard to the centre right which has fragmented.
Seems if confirmed Mattarella will not return to live at the Quirinale; will be his office of state but not residence
Jan 28, 2022 • 22 tweets • 4 min read
Fantastic moment as the #quirinalemarathon becomes delirious. News breaks that Salvini is meeting Draghi. Rolling news presenters say, But we don’t know what Salvini is saying. @GP_ArieteRosso Gianfranco Pasquino says, I’ll tell you what he is saying. Which is, basically, …
‘Mario, my strength test putting forward a centre right candidate was a disaster. I’ve got Giorgia Meloni coming up on the outside. You can stay as PM as the national giver falls apart or you could go to the Quirinale. I can’t sponsor you but I can guarantee the Lega’s votes…
Apr 2, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
A thread on coronavirus controls in Wuhan from interview on @BBCr4today 6.30ish with Xihong Lin, Professor of Biostatistics at Harvard.
Their study concluded that success lay in the use of centralised quarantine.
This removed all positives, suspected and close contacts from the community.
Positives were immediately taken to field hospitals (16 were built in Wuhan) even if with mild or no symptoms.
