Il Fatto Quotidiano: “Vivo nel tormento, nel rimorso per una domanda che mi pongo di continuo: Francesco, perché hai aspettato?”: Totti racconta la morte del padre

“Appena ho sentito quel purtroppo al telefono, ho capito, il mondo è crollato“. Esattamente sei anni fa, il 12 ottobre 2020, Francesco Totti ha ricevuto quella tremenda chiamata dallo Spallanzani di Roma: il padre Enzo era morto per via delle complicanze del Covid. Per tutti lo “Sceriffo”, aveva 76 anni. Nel libro “Oltre”, Totti ripercorre anche quei giorni difficili: non nasconde la disperazione e il rimorso che ancora oggi lo attanaglia.
“Non potevamo andarlo a trovare, né sentirlo al telefono: tutto impossibile, considerati il periodo storico e la situazione”, ricorda Totti nel suo libro. “In terapia intensiva ha lottato, finché ha potuto. Speravo che uscisse, che fosse una parentesi, quando l’hanno ricoverato non lo vedevo da quasi un mese. Un figlio ha sempre qualcos’altro da fare, perché pensa che ci sia tempo la volta successiva, che un genitore sia eterno“, sottolinea l’ex capitano della Roma.
Da qui, appunto, il grande rimpianto: “Io vivo nel tormento, nel rimorso causato da una domanda che mi pongo in continuazione: Francesco, perché hai aspettato? Scusami, papà. Per tutte le volte che non ho capito. Per tutte quelle in cui non hai sentito ti voglio bene, per gli abbracci mancati e le parole non dette. Per gli sbagli che ho fatto”, si legge nel libro. Nel quale Totti ricorda: “Stavo annegando nella disperazione. Quando l’ho saputo sono andato con il pilota automatico. E adesso mi ammazzo. Non l’avrei fatto, ma l’ho pensato. Un momento di debolezza”.
L'articolo “Vivo nel tormento, nel rimorso per una domanda che mi pongo di continuo: Francesco, perché hai aspettato?”: Totti racconta la morte del padre proviene da Il Fatto Quotidiano.

I live in torment, in regret for a question I constantly ask myself: Francesco, why did you wait? Totti recounts his father’s death.

As soon as I heard that unfortunately on the phone, I realized, the world collapsed. Exactly six years ago, on October 12, 2020, Francesco Totti received that terrible call from Spallanzani of Rome: his father Enzo had died due to complications from Covid. For everyone he was “The Sheriff,” he was 76 years old. In the book "Beyond," Totti also recounts those difficult days: he doesn’t hide the despair and remorse that still afflict him today.

“We couldn't visit him, nor speak with him on the phone: everything was impossible, considering the historical period and the situation,” Totti recalls in his book. “In intensive care he fought, until he could. I hoped he would recover, that it would be a parenthesis; when they admitted him to hospital I hadn’t seen him for almost a month. A son always has something else to do, because he thinks there's time next time, that a parent is eternal,” the former Roma captain emphasizes.

From here, precisely, comes the great regret: “I live in torment, in remorse caused by a question I constantly ask myself: Francesco, why did you wait? Forgive me, Dad. For all the times I didn't understand you, for all the times you didn’t hear how much I loved you, for the missed hugs and unspoken words, for the mistakes I made,” it reads in the book. In which Totti remembers: “I was drowning in despair. When I heard it, I went with autopilot. And now I'm killing myself. I wouldn't have done it, but I thought about it. A moment of weakness.”

The article “I live in torment, in remorse for a question that I constantly ask myself: Francesco, why did you wait?”: Totti recounts the death of his father comes from Il Fatto Quotidiano.

#Francesco #Totti #FrancescoTotti #Spallanzani #Covid #TheSheriff #Beyond #IlFattoQuotidiano

https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2026/10/12/totti-morte-padre-enzo-rimorso-domanda-tormento/8535985/

I'm finally no longer sick with #COVID after someone decided to visit without telling me they were feeling under the weather.

Took about two weeks.

Still have some mucus in my throat.

Please, for the love of everything, watch out for one another and just don't go visiting other people when you're feeling under the weather.

Mask up.

#CovidIsNotOver

#Halloween #Halloween2026
#Pandemic #PandemicEnd
Día de los Muertos #DíadeMuertos

Since the clergy religions of the world did not organize a #JazzFuneral or #IrishWake for all those lost to #COVID #COVID2019

We should turn November 1 into a GLOBAL Pandemic Hunger Games funeral wake party.

Autumn vaccinations done.

#MastoDaoine #flu #covid #vaccine

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Photo of flu and Covid vaccination cards with my name and batch numbers

Today: Covid e influenza: tornano i virus con l'apertura delle scuole e il maltempo autunnale. I sintomi sono simili

In Italia negli ultimi giorni hanno ripreso a circolare il covid e altri virus stagionali, complice sia la riapertura delle scuole sia la prima ondata di maltempo autunnale e aria fredda che sta colpendo la penisola. I sintomi spesso sono simili: adesso che quasi nessuno esegue più i tamponi, è...

COVID and flu: viruses are returning with the opening of schools and autumn bad weather. The symptoms are similar.

In Italy over the past few days, COVID and other seasonal viruses have started to circulate again, due in part to the reopening of schools as well as the first autumn storm wave and cold air hitting the peninsula. The symptoms are often similar: now that almost no one is taking swabs anymore, it’s…

#COVID #Italy #first

https://www.today.it/salute/covid-influenza-ottobre-2026-sintomi.html

Gut Bacteria Protein Linked to Fever After COVID Vaccines, Study Finds
https://www.medicaldaily.com/gut-bacteria-flagellin-vaccine-fever-science-study-479838
A Science study links flagellin, a gut bacteria protein, to fever after mRNA COVID shots in 171 adults. Antibody responses were not affected.
#wellness #covid-vaccine #gut-health

RE: https://mastodon.social/@billbot/117415604503288695

The problem is this: #Federal grants allow states to *refuse the money*, and thereby refuse to implement the programs. See, for example, the #aca, #medicare subsidies, #covid payouts, the list of benefits the #GOP has refused to give its poorest citizens is legendary, and I posit, criminal.

So while I totally support CA Rep #Torres and her cosponsors, I put it to you, as a woman who has spent untold dollars to support local Texas teenagers who couldn't get abortions, where is the legislation that demands the GOP spend the money that #Congress allocates?

Hunger in a country where people have yachts inside their other yachts is a moral failure of society, of culture, of humanity. We cannot allow this to continue. Children are hungry. What the fuck is wrong with us? We are good people, being controlled by evil. It's time to let the good burn the darkness back to where it belongs.

#snap #HungerIsAMoralFailure #WeCanDoBetter #TaxBillionaires #EatTheRich

Covid is out of control in #Texas right now, probably the worst surge in the U.S. although other states are feeling it.

I caught it last weekend at a house party.

Get your #Covid booster ASAP. They have a new one out. Thanks to RFK, you may have to tell them you have a health condition to get one.

Summer COVID Surge: As Cases Rise in 2026, See Quarantine Guidelines and Symptoms to Watch
https://www.today.com/health/coronavirus/summer-covid-surge-symptoms-guidelines-2026-covid-vaccine-test-rcna592549

#health #news

Just got my updated #Covid vaccination. Waiting for Moderna’s new mRNA Flu vaccine, mFlusiva brand name, to hit local pharmacies so I can follow up with that. #Flu season is starting early this year, and with kids having returned to school, it is imperative to get that flu shot soon. After a decade with no flu, I got it bad last January and it set me back for over a week - even after my annual flu shot (last year’s formulation was not a good match with the strain). Not gonna mess with that again. The new mRNA flu shot promises to be better protection across multiple strains. It’s a no-brainer for me. #infectiousDiseases #PublicHealth #vaccines

RE: https://lgbtqia.space/@grim_elsewhere/117412519431206030

PSA: An "empty" public place likely has air full of Covid. It lingers in the air hours after people leave! 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

And Covid is scientifically proven to be brain damaging!

#Covid

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aria.DNE [She/her] » 🌐 2026-10-09
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TFW after placing a boundary on attending family Thanksgiving on all adults masking for 2 weeks prior, you call the parents to checkin and they reply to "Did you mask?" with "More or less" and "When necessary."

"What does that mean?"

"I didn't mask when I went into the bank because nobody else was there."
"I didn't mask at [relative]'s house."

My partner is immune compromised. These are their parents. They know all of this.

Long COVID can develop even after a mild COVID-19 infection.

Symptoms can persist or emerge weeks or months after the initial infection, including fatigue, brain fog, shortness of breath, and other health complications.

Long COVID is not limited to those who experience severe illness. Taking steps to reduce COVID-19 infections remains important for protecting your long-term health.

Learn more at http://whn.global.

#COVID #COVID19 #LongCOVID #LongCOVIDAwareness #PublicHealth

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World Health Network (whn.global) graphic with a dark background, white text, and teal highlights. At the top: “World Health Network – Science for a safer, healthier world.” Main message: “You can develop Long COVID even after a ‘mild’ case of COVID-19.” Supporting text: “You do not have to be hospitalized or severely ill to develop lasting symptoms.”

Tested positive for #COVID last night; several co-workers are out sick, one had to go to the hospital. Be careful out there, keep masks handy and get that updated COVID and flu shot if you're able to!

Confirmed:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turning_Point_USA

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/29/turning-point-usa-founder-dies-coronavirus-complications-387077

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Charlie_Kirk

#GunViolence #COVID #XtrmRW #USpol

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Turning Point USA was founded in 2012 by Charlie Kirk and Bill Montgomery. Two of their major policy pushed were a more prominent gun culture and zero COVID restrictions. Bill Montgomery died [due] to the COVID virus. Charlie Kirk died [due] to gun violence.

Oh wow.

So in California apparently 1 in 29 residents is estimated to be actively infectious with COVID / SARS-CoV-2: https://pmc19.com/map per Dr Mike Hoerger.

Schools have what, 20-30 students per classroom, and high schools usually mix from period to period?

That seems bad?

#SARSCoV2 #PublicHealth #COVID #COVID19

Hello, here are the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots.

A quick reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government.

The West Point sewage treatment plant’s SARS-CoV2 concentration numbers are back up to terrible. The last seven day running average calculation was done on 9/29.

WSPT is one of three King County(-ish) sewersheds in this dataset. You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater. If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally). The Department of Health is here on the fediweb, at @WADeptHealth

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A screencap of the Washington State Department of Health's Covid wastewater data for the West Point Wastewater Treatment Plant. The trend line of the graph is described in the toot text.

Adnkronos - ultimoratop: "Contro aggressioni mi muovo solo in auto e di giorno": vita da rider, la storia di Gianluca

(Adnkronos) - L'ex esercente 51enne di Roma, costretto a cambiare lavoro dopo il covid, racconta all'Adnkronos i rischi di un mestiere che gli ha 'salvato la vita'

Against attacks I only move by car and during the day: the life of a rider, the story of Gianluca.

(Adnkronos) – The 51-year-old former shopkeeper from Rome, forced to change jobs after Covid, tells Adnkronos about the risks of a profession that ‘saved his life’.

#Gianluca #Covid #Adnkronos

https://www.adnkronos.com/cronaca/rider-gianluca-storia-racconto_4P0JRjHGNSWEhjvYjDkHuT

... uuuund drin!💉 😍 .

#Covid #Corona #CovidIstNotOver

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Sticker im Impfpass: Comirnaty LP.8.1 am 06.10.

🧵 (42/ ) #Weird #WeirdGOP
This is more #Disturbing than weird. CLEARLY he is aware that T****'s handling of #Covid "may have" played a part in his son's death or else he wouldn't have written that on his shirt. Yet, he remains loyal. #ItsACult