Mattarella, senseless wars and military projects take resources away from medicine

"The research refers to a common effort, the circulation of information and ideas, the collaboration between different countries, different continents, different cultures. We verified this in the days of fighting the Covid epidemic. A global network was activated, soon providing protection on a large scale, quickly building effective defenses and accelerating the weakening of the virus". The President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, said this at the celebration of "The Days of Research", underway at the Quirinale.

"And yet today, in addition to the resources that are taken away from senseless wars and attempts to extend the military conflict to every dimension of the earth and even into space, we are faced with new material and immaterial barriers that arise in various fields, hindering international action called to prevent and combat existing outbreaks and the risks of new pandemics. From the achievements of research and medicine, from the fight against cancer, a lesson emerges that goes beyond the confines of the laboratories: at the top of the scale of social values remains the person."