Vol. 24 No. 262 (2020)

Fantasy and reality
Many sectors, especially the most privileged, have always tried to convince us that education and health for the State are an expense and never a good investment. But in these times the classic phrase is confirmed: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
In all the films that North American industry produces, they are the ones who save the world from aliens, catastrophes, the murderous meteorite, and some messianic leader. But fiction aside, the US government wants to get the vaccine at all costs to sell it at an exorbitant price to the rest of the world. Meanwhile, one more dead person is added to the chronology.
We should not give space and movement to the virus. We are at home, isolated. It is proven to be an effective way to take care of ourselves and others. But this should not mean passivity and submission. We should not stop thinking, reflecting and sharing with others.
Tulio Guterman, Director - March 2020