"Locking everyone at home isn't science," says the union of school owners in Rio.
In calling for a return to in-person classes, the Union of Educational Establishments of Rio de Janeiro (SinepeRio) stated that "science is the vaccine, studies have only confused things, locking everyone at home is not science." Fiocruz warned of approximately 3 deaths with the return to activities in educational establishments.
247 - The Union of Educational Establishments of Rio de Janeiro (SinepeRio), which represents the business owners of schools, released a video this weekend in favor of returning to classes, stating that "science is the vaccine, studies only confused things, locking everyone at home is not science." According to the video, "we have learned to live with the virus. Covid will never completely go away. What ends is the fear." "Today we know how to deal with it, treat it, protect ourselves by respecting routines, rules and protocols. We are ready," it continued.
"We did our homework, the private school is ready to reopen. We saw that science is the vaccine, studies only confused things, locking everyone at home is not science. Confinement is to misunderstand, to ignore, to subtract lives. It is to weaken, to debilitate, to mess with emotions."
Last week, the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) estimated that if classes in schools resume starting in August, The state of Rio de Janeiro will have approximately 3 new deaths due to the coronavirus.Taking into account a nationwide overview of the impact of returning to school on a population of over 9 million people in the at-risk group who live in the same house as school-age children and adolescents - 600 of whom live in Rio.