Overview
- Giunta said his two-year-old daughter is hospitalized for respiratory complications after a new episode of febrile convulsions.
- Federica Pellegrini, seven months pregnant, canceled all scheduled work for the week and publicly endorsed her husband's message.
- His first Instagram story insulted parents who send febrile children to nursery, followed by calmer posts urging, "With a fever you stay home."
- Italy’s Istituto Superiore di Sanità advises keeping children with febrile respiratory symptoms at home, a guideline echoed in Giunta’s follow-ups.
- Online reaction has been sharply divided; Giunta now says he would avoid the insult but stands by the substance and calls for more support for parents who cannot miss work.