As these words come to life, theItaly he is not having an easy time. Doctors, researchers, nurses and institutions work tirelessly to do battle with Coronavirus and what follows. Parallel to the economic and health difficulties, a germ, highly slippery and dangerous, is in fact spreading, to be defused and stemmed at all costs. The germ of fear, which generates irrationality. Fear of Italians towards other Italians. From Europeans - and not - to Italians. A scenario that many humanists will perhaps remember well, digging into the Boccacceschi and Manzonian caves of their own memory.
He was the author of the Decameron which - describing the effects of the plague on the Florentines - showed how much they feared each other by now, governed by a terror that was difficult to manage. The same Boccaccionevertheless, precisely through the Decameron it offers a solution not to the disease, but to the climate generated by it. To be safe, to be united, to annihilate the melancholy with the story and the laughter. What we can do today, rather than paint ourselves and have ourselves painted as what we are not - is just that. Emphasize our values, focus on our strengths and compact ourselves to meet the weakest. Be aware of the virus, but don't make it a stickler. Having fun, reading a book, watching a movie. Being Italian and being proud of it, despite the Coronavirus.
Consuming made in Italy
Due to misinformation and exploitation, as well as for China (you will remember the in-depth analysis that had to be done to reassure about the safety of parcels from Chinese locations), Italy is negatively affected by bad publicity and fake news. We can mention the famous French video with the pizza maker, but also the reckless health certifications required by some countries on products from Lombardy and Veneto. Both the economic damage and the image damage are considerable. Precisely for this reason, the President of the Coldiretti, Ettore Prandini, the campaign is born #EatItaliano.
The goal is to make known the primates of Made in Italy:, the extraordinary excellence of our agriculture and our products. There are 297 Dop / Igp specialties recognized at community level, and 415 Doc / Docg wines. We hold the leadership in organic with over 60 thousand organic farms. We are custodians of recipes that are reinterpreted and loved around the world, like the pizza or carbonara. And let's not forget the Mediterranean Diet, based on bread, pasta, fruit, vegetables, meat, extra virgin olive oil and the traditional glass of wine. Believing and focusing on our foundations, especially in a complicated period, is essential for the relaunch of Italy in the world.
Italy, let's laugh about it ...
How many have we heard? "Don't joke about these things", "Be serious". Instead Yes. We joke - and laugh - about everything. And doing it helps, you don't know how much. It helps to exorcise psychosis, to get better physically and mentally. Laughter in fact improves mood and resistance to stress, is also good for the heart, raises the immune system. And the good web, which in many ways can be criticized, this time comes to our rescue, with really funny aphorisms, memes and quotes.
"So Easter is confirmed or postponed to May?", someone writes. "Anyway, do you already know who will be the only one to survive?"adds another, referring to infinity Queen Elizabeth. And then off to cartoons with amuchina and masks. And here it is Love and Psyche di Canova becomes "Love and Psychosis". And the same amuchina joins her hands in the Creation of Abraham, of Buonarroti. In short, there is plenty of material. And the more strict don't worry: it's just a joke.
Union
There is nothing more wrong than fomenting sterile parochialism or isolationism. Italy is beautiful when it is united. Especially now, we have to prove that we are. From North to South, without exception. Therefore, it is essential to be decisive in one's own small way. Listening to the advice of experts, respecting the provisions, helping the weakest and those in need. It is yesterday, the public thanks of the Ausl of Piacenza towards those who are spontaneously bringing gifts, brioches, pizzas to the medical staff, constantly under pressure. It's still, Nanni, a Neapolitan pizza chef who on 24 February prepared and brought 30 pizzas to the hospitals involved in the emergency. Fantastic, witnessing such gestures. A show, doing them in first person.
In the course of world literature, countless authors (one above all John Donne) focused on the theme of human insularity, affirming that we are not in the world to be alone, to be individualistic. We are all part of one continent. There can be no "I" without the other. Let us never forget this and make sure that those selfless acts are not isolated. We fight for the good of the nation and our compatriots, with them.
# Italian in the heart
