By Beatriz Garcia, Al Dia, April 6, 2020
As the United States tops the world as the most contagious country with coronavirus - 312,249 cases recorded and 8,503 deaths from COVID-19, according to last Friday's data - and New York becomes the global epicenter of the pandemic, the follow-up to quarantine remains very uneven across states.
Criticism of quarantine and its social and economic impact is being heard in a context of fear and an overflowing health system, but the truth is, if we think of experiences such as in Spain, where the solidarity confinement has saved 15,000 lives (WHO estimates), the stay-at-home orders are very necessary for the controlling the pandemic.
At least, for lack of a better alternative, or diagnostic tests for all.
Now, how can quarantine and social distancing affect the country's more than 31 million Hispanics? What impact will it have on our psyche when we return to normal? Will that "normalcy" still exist?
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