Disdain for science is serious and can have disastrous consequences, says Archbishop Odilo Scherer regarding the coronavirus.
Amid the advancing coronavirus pandemic, the Metropolitan Archbishop of São Paulo, Cardinal Dom Odilo Scherer, warns that "disregard for science is serious and can lead to disastrous consequences." "It is important to be realistic and not disregard reality and the truth of the facts," he added.
247 - The Metropolitan Archbishop of São Paulo, Cardinal Dom Odilo Scherer, said that "disregard for science is serious and can lead to disastrous consequences." "It is important to be realistic and not disregard reality and the truth of the facts," the religious leader said regarding the advance of the new coronavirus pandemic.
"It is clear that this health crisis will have serious effects on the economy and other sectors of social life, but we will have to face these effects for the sake of a greater good, which is health and life," said Odilo in an interview with the newspaper. Folha de S. Paul.
“My hope is that we all emerge from this health crisis more humble and more united. Who imagined that a tiny virus could cause so much fear and problems of all kinds? We thought we were very powerful, and we all ended up conditioned and threatened by a seemingly insignificant little creature... Polarizations should give way to greater respect, humility, and solidarity. And if that were the case, the virus would teach us a good life lesson,” he emphasized.