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The sea as a

vaccine

By: Pedro Piqueras

hen this article is published –to me a sign Covid 19 hasn´t served to get everyone on the same side
of getting back to normal– and the vac- fighting against the common enemy that was the pandem-
cines are more widely distributed, the in- ic. Political polarization and extremism, historically so dan-
habitants of Madrid will be able to trav- gerous in this country, grew around the coronavirus. It's
Wel to the Valencian Community where funny, but the only ones who don't believe in polarization
they´re waiting for us and love us, and I´m certain they´ve are the “polarized”, who call others “equidistant” as if cau-
made great efforts to save everyone's summer. I´ve never tion were an insult.
believed that of the "madrileñophobia", which is a political
issue far from reality. The fact is that the coronavirus has I hope that the vaccine, the sea and the summer will serve
not only killed and sickened many Spaniards; It has also de- to dry and heal the wounds. I´ve gone through a time of
stroyed part of our economy and, on top of everything, it has pandemic that´s not been better or worse than others.
created fears and prejudices among ourselves. But now the Like many, I´ve lived secluded between my work and home,
time is here to overcome many of these matters that have avoiding contagion in a thousand possible ways. It´s hurt
caused so much damage, and still are. me to see the images of illegal parties and people without
masks on, while counting every day the number of hospital
Disease and death seem, absurdly, to have their own ide- admissions, deaths and the accumulated incidences; but it
ology. We didn´t expect the evil virus to become a lethal has also hurt me to see how many young people have lost
weapon against each other. But it´s been like that. The more than a year of their important lives behind masks, re-

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