- Holidays are over and going back to school is a reality; parents prepare for a new face-to-face cycle
- Faced with the panorama of Covid-19, an environment of fear and uncertainty prevails
- A new study reveals that parents’ concern is finding cleaning and protective products for their children
The holidays are over and the return to school is a reality; a return, mostly in person, which is causing great concern among parents.
Mexico is one of the countries that has been most affected in terms of deaths due to Covid-19. As of today, our country adds, according to official figures, more than three million positive cases and 258 thousand deaths since the start of the pandemic.
The situation, in reality, does not improve and, on the contrary, every day more infections adhere. The latest report from the Ministry of Health indicates that in the recent 24 hours there were 134, 239 new cases and 257, 906 deaths.
The outlook for the next few months does not seem to be very encouraging and it is in this context that, starting tomorrow, the return to classes in face-to-face mode is one of the realities that society must face, despite the fear of being infected with the illness.
For natural reasons, this will be a very different return to class than the one you are used to; Parents, who in years prior to the pandemic were concerned about materials such as backpacks, notebooks, uniforms, etc., are now concerned with the safety of children.
In that sense, over the months that the pandemic and, of course, the Covid-19 have lasted, 758 deaths of minors have been registered, and it is the sector of the population that will return to the classrooms as of tomorrow. At least part of that percentage will start their classes in a face-to-face mode.
According to a recent study by Tending, a platform that serves to compare offers and discounts, it has been revealed that the attention of parents is focused on cleaning and / or protection products for their children.
According to data from this study, the search for face masks registered an increase of 200 percent (remember that the Ministry of Public Education itself has already revealed the list of face masks that it will not allow for this return to school.
Similarly, the search for masks increased by 130 percent and the search for antibacterial gel increased by 69 percent.
On the other hand, the outlook for the paper industry looks complicated, although a little better compared to what happened in the school year last year.
The same Tiendeo study reveals that, for this school year that is about to start, parents searched more for offers related to backpacks (69 percent), lunch boxes (100 percent) and notebooks (163 percent). ).
This somehow suggests that parents are thinking more about going back to classes in their face-to-face mode, despite the risk that this implies. However, uncertainty continues to be a constant in both parents and children.
Without a doubt, we are talking about a very atypical situation that does not seem to correspond to what is happening in reality in terms of the advance of Covid-19. Likewise, last year, when online classes arrived, it revealed the great problem of Mexican society, because, in many areas of the country -in those with the greatest marginalization-, the situation did not provide an important space for children to and teenagers will take their classes.
We will see how this new face-to-face school year works (or not). Let us also remember that since last Friday the arrival of the Lambda variant in our country was reported, of which many details are not yet known.
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