READERS WRITE
THIS IS MURDER!
‘Vaccine-gate’ is not simply corruption – it is outright murder. Because every so many vaccinations given out of due order will assure the death of some vulnerable citizen who did not get the vaccine in time.
Definitively, we are witnessing the most disgusting immorality of all that we have seen in this country in many years, and all the culprits involved in handing out or receiving this revolting benefit should be penalised one way or another.
This is one case which won’t fade away easily and, with a little bit of luck, may be the beginning of the road out for Kirchnerism.
Harry Ingham, City
THANK YOU, VIRUS!
This may sound odd, but I never expected to be grateful to the damned Covid 19 virus. Why, you may ask? Because this pandemic led to vaccination, and this in turn led to the socalled “VIP vaccination scandal,” revealing the darkest side of the current administration. Moreover, I never expected to be thankful to such a despicable guy as Horacio Verbitsky, who got vaccinated thanks to his friendship with Ginés González García, jumping the line with no scruples. This clearly shows that there are first class citizens – those privileged enough to get the vaccine before the rest – and the rest of us, still waiting to be called. And mind you, “the dog” (Verbitsky’s nickname) is just the tip of the iceberg. There are many others.
Something else: Santiago Caffiero said this was just an invention of the press. If so, I wonder: why did Alberto Fernández ask Gonzáles García to resign? Ignorance is not bliss. It’s always better to know the truth. This is getting better than any Netflix series.
Irene Bianchi, Ringuelet, La Plata
NO VACCINE AVAILABLE
The ‘Government”’ of CABA exhibits its foolishness of trying to halt or slow the spread of the coronavirus within the City. My wife tried every day (often seven times per day) to obtain a number for going to a vaccination location in the City, without success, after the public announcements that a system was set-up in CABA via telephone and/or Internet.
On February 25 we finally went in person to a vaccination centre and obtained a number; then we were told that no vaccine was available. As we are both over 80 years old, this really made our day! What next?
T. J. Reese, Via email
BROKEN CODE OF SILENCE
Roberto Navarro, a staunch Kirchnerite, founded and directs the El Destape radio station where Horacio Verbitsky, another earnest Kirchnerite, is a columnist. It seems the two media intellectuals were on speaking terms until the moment when Verbitsky decided to make public the fact that (now former) health minister ginés gonzález García allowed him to be vaccinated against Covid-19 out of turn because they had been lifelong pals. In no time all, González García was implicated in a corruption scandal that caused his immediate dismissal. In the meantime, Roberto Navarro became so infuriated by the fact that Verbitsky did not keep his lips sealed that the columnist was discontinued and blacklisted from El Destape. The estrangement between the two renowned journalists can only be explained by the so-called ‘tribal behaviour.’ Since the beginning of time, man has always felt the need to belong to a tribe because nature is hostile and being with other humans improves his ability to survive. The dark side of tribal behaviour is that, if the leader is corrupt, the whole group turns a blind eye to his corruption because unity in the group is their priority. In politics, group loyalty is more noticeable but it seems that there is always room for betrayal.
To put it mildly, we can say that Verbitsky, as a Kirchnerite, broke an implicit code of silence that made him punishable and rendered him ineligible for the position of columnist. But We all know that this is a clear-cut case of revenge.
Adrian Insaubralde, Santa Fe