The applause

Doctors and nurses have been deified. They are the recipients of applause, donations, sincere emotion and gratitude, all around the planet. Our lives are in their hands. We knew this anyway, but it took a pandemic for everyone around the world to realize, at the same time, what is truly important and valuable.

We call them "the heroes behind the masks," and many of them have died, infected by the new coronavirus. In essence, the only thing we can offer them as a gift at the moment is to stay at home. After this war against the virus has passed, when the invisible enemy has been contained, the real "thank you" will be the strengthening of public healthcare and research. And then, we will be able to evaluate intentions and actions.

We will see then if the mental capacity for understanding and the political and economic perception that defines the life of societies has...