Argentina: curfew extended, on-site schooling banned in Buenos Aires amid coronavirus second wave

Thursday, April 15th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

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Argentine President Alberto Fernández Wednesday announced further restrictions for the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) in a manoeuvre to curb the so-called second wave of the covid-19 disease. Read full article

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Chicureo
Respectfully, “committees of experts” throughout South America are making terrible decisions that will cause irreparable harm to the lower economic class of our countries and these harsher restrictions — are causing far more suffering than any prevention.

Latin America in general is seeing a tremendous percentage increase of poverty and what can be best described as misery — due to the shutdown of their economies.

Millions of children are being denied education and and social interaction during the most important developmental years of adolescence.

Even here in Chile with the highest rate of vaccination in South America (where we have gone into a severe shutdown) — has seen a large increase in severe poverty and destitution.

The mortality rates due to COVID is very unfortunate and certainly a threat to all Latin Americans (as of yesterday 23,431 deaths in Chile) but the social and economic harms due to strict lockdowns are causing far more harm to our lower income citizens than the virus itself.

Obviously wealthier nations can provide a livable income to their citizens unemployed — but not here. This government mandated cure insisted by “health experts” is actually far worse than the pandemic.

I’m all for the mass free vaccination of all our populace and obviously people should be encouraged to act responsibly — but these types of enforced are a terrible attack against our civil liberty.

(Chile is close to have administered vaccines of nearly 7 million first doses and almost 4 million second doses of our 19 million residents.)

I’m not denying the crisis, nor belittling authorities trying to protect public health — but shutting down society, economies and even family interaction has caused far more damage than the disease itself.

¡Saludos de Chile!
Apr 16th, 2021 - 01:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Terence Hill
“but these types of enforced are a terrible attack against our civil liberty.”
Death is causing much more serious damage to our entire social order!
So excuse me if I don't follow you down the yellow brick road.
Apr 20th, 2021 - 02:15 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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npen
The eternal curfew.
Apr 20th, 2021 - 11:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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