The president of the Radical Civic Union (UCR) bloc in the Chamber of Deputies, Mario Negri, said that the social and mandatory isolation measures implemented during the coronavirus pandemic were a “simulation of Auschwitz.” However, in the face of criticism, the official communicated his apologies and claimed that it was an inappropriate comparison. Negri’s statements were made this Saturday during an interview with Radio Rivadavia. “Yesterday I was talking to a doctor friend who remembered when his son came and they put him in a hotel because he was going to infect everyone. Remember that, it was a simulation of Auschwitz. They didn’t torture you, but you came out worse,” the lawmaker said this morning. Hours later and in the face of a series of reactions that were generated on social networks, the radical deputy had to come out to apologize. “In a critique of quarantine I made a totally inappropriate comparison during a radio interview. I apologize,” he said.
In a critique of quarantine I made a totally inappropriate comparison during a radio interview.
Apologize. The horror of the concentration camps should not be used to analyze our problems. The Holocaust was the most brutal crime against humanity. — Mario Raul Negri (@marioraulnegri)
April 9, 2022
“The horror of the concentration camps should not be used to analyze our problems. The Holocaust was the most brutal crime against humanity,” Negri posted on his Twitter account.
