Los mexicanos estamos indolentes frente a la muerte. Nos hemos acostumbrado. Parecemos tener una mayor tolerancia a la muerte que países menos preparados para enfrentar la pandemia de covid-19. De no ser así de tolerantes, los 50.000 muertos que ya hemos acumulado serían una fuente de indignación y enojo social tal, que obligarían a los Gobiernos federal y estatales a cambiar curso y tomar acciones radicales de compensación social, fortalecimiento del sistema de salud, y medidas de distanciamiento social más contundentes, para evitar la propagación del SARS-CoV-2 y evitar la tragedia de tantas nuevas muertes.
Alberto Díaz-Cayeros
Stanford University
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