Today, Bignami is due to give evidence before the Committee of Inquiry; in a few days’ time, it will be the former prime minister’s turn: “Conte’s approach is like something out of a Pirandello play”. Meloni’s supporters are insisting on the reinstatement of the ‘No Vax’ doctors, and Gasperini, the ideologue of the National Front, says: “It’s time to let them back in. We are opposed to the health dictatorship, as seen under Conte and Draghi”.

The approval of the amendment to reinstate struck-off healthcare professionals and the discussions with representatives of homeopathy regarding a review of the regulations demonstrate that when an electoral community is sufficiently united, the majority appears willing to grant it institutional recognition, even at the cost of undermining the scientific criteria put in place to protect public health