Berlusconi and Covid-19

Thursday, 3 September 2020. 83-year old - almost 84, actually - former PM Silvio Berlusconi is admitted to Milan’s hospital having tested positive to Covid-19 and apparently suffering from double pneumonia. He had been hanging about with friends (who also tested positive to the virus) without wearing a mask.

Silvio Berlusconi, whose 84th birthday is now three weeks away, was tested positive for Covid-19 last Wednesday, after holidaying in Sardinia. Due to his age, last Thursday he was admitted to Milan’s San Raffaele hospital, where a virus-related ‘mild’ lung infection has been diagnosed (earlier Berlusconi’s doctor, Dr Zangrillo, stated that an asymptomatic Berlusconi was quietly isolating in his home in Arcore). According to Berlusconi’s fellow politicians, it’s only “a small precautionary hospitalisation”, rumours about Berlusconi having been checked into intensive care have been denied. 

Flavio Briatore (70) and Silvio Berlusconi (83) met in Sardinia in August 2020 (YouTube)

The swab was administered to the former Italian Prime Minister when he came back from Sardinia, where he met a good friend, Flavio Briatore, a former Formula 1 team manager and businessman who owns the Billionaire nightclub, and who has also been tested positive for the virus. The two, Berlusconi and Briatore, met in Sardinia in August, where photos were taken and neither was wearing a mask. 

Too many women for Silvio Berlusconi?

Sunday, 25 January 2009. Sassari (Sardinia). Silvio Berlusconi, Il Cavaliere, admits he hasn't a clue about how to solve the problem of rapes in Rome and other Italian cities.

Following a series of sex related assaults carried out around Italy, reporters questioned the Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi about the possibility of deploying army troops to defent women and curb sexual crime.

Berlusconi laughing with fans (female fans, of course)

The politician replied by saying that there would be the need to send as many soldiers as there are beautiful girls and women in country.

So, Italy would need millions of soldiers, not just 300,000 units an initial the proposal stated.

People shouldn't forget that Silvio remarks are often made with a sense of "levity", as the president billionaire pointed out later. Oh, he can be so funny, Silvio Berlusconi.