Vol. 26 No. 280 (2021)

Dilemma and Hopes
The outbreak of the pandemic caused by the circulation of COVID-19 meant a bomb for each of the inhabitants of the global village. The leaders were presented with an impossible dilemma to solve: the mandatory lockdown as a resource to prevent the virus from spreading or leave the decision to individual free will. With the first option, you choose to safeguard the greatest number of lives; the second, perhaps mitigating the economic and social damage caused by a prolonged pandemic, but the risk of an uncontrollable spread undoubtedly increases mortality.
In this dystopian setting worthy of a science fiction film, we witness with hope the creation and distribution of vaccines in record time, the expansion of health care systems and the tireless work of health workers, the persevering activity of teachers who, in training at unusual speeds, have adapted effective tools and methodologies for their professional practice, to all those who responsibly accompany in solidarity and comply with prevention regulations.
On the other hand, unfortunately, irrational and hateful speeches, racism, xenophobia, homophobia, misogyny and class discrimination have been expressed insistently.
We are still going through the crisis and we must be extremely careful. We are gradually returning to meet friends, family, colleagues, teachers and students, hoping that living with the mask will cease to be the accessory of fashionable clothing, trusting that we are living the end of the plague.
Tulio Guterman, Director - September 2021

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