Prominent Italian anti-vaccine politician mocked, ridiculed after contracting chickenpox
Massimiliano Fedriga, the president of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region in Italy, was mocked online for catching a chickenpox infection after making several anti-vaccine comments
An Italian politician and leading anti-vaccination figure was hospitalized with a case of chickenpox earlier this week.
Massimiliano Fedriga, 38, a member of the right-wing Northern League party who is also the president of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, revealed on Twitter that he was unwell, Daily Mail reports.
Fedriga made headlines in 2017 after arguing against the Lorenzin decree which mandates that children must be vaccinated before they can attend school. According to La Vanguardia, he said at the time that, while his own children were vaccinated, he believed it should not be forced on the populace.
