Faced with a possible return to school, many parents are wondering how to protect their children to avoid contagion, and it is something that they should think very well
Fear, fear, frustration, despair, anger, helplessness, and a myriad of feelings are those experienced by millions of people around the world in the face of the COVID19 pandemic that appeared at the end of 2019 in Wuhan China and spread rapidly all over the world, one of its strongest variants now being called delta because it is more dangerous and infectious.
In this year and a half of pandemic, many laboratories have created the vaccine to try to stop the spread of this virus, which have been applied throughout the world, either in one or two doses, however, health authorities have recognized that being vaccinated does not exempt from contracting the virus, because what they do is that the symptoms appear with less intensity, avoiding in many cases death, which makes parents think about how to take care of their children in this return to classes, projected agreed for August 30 of this year.
During all this time, many governments in the world, including Mexico, have tried to resume face-to-face classes from an epidemiological traffic light in green, with vaccinated teachers and schools that comply with sanitary measures such as water, gel, use of face masks. , soap, thermometers, sanitizing mats, among others, all in order to guarantee a safe return to school, but the question that parents ask themselves is how to take care of their children from COVID19 in this back to school?
Pediatrician Jesús Gómez Moreno advises parents that the ideal is to maintain adequate nutrition for children, in addition to ensuring that they are at normal weight, and that if they suffer from any disease, take them to the doctor so that it is controlled, in addition They should be concerned that the vaccination schedule for their children is complete.
The specialist suggests that parents teach their children to follow the triangle of life, which is the use of face masks, hand washing and keeping a healthy distance, a good idea to encourage them is to sing their favorite song or dance so that learning be fun, this in the case of young children.
Other tips are to teach your child to cover his cough or sneeze with his elbow and ask him to tell his teacher if he starts to feel a fever, cough, or breathing difficulties.
Probably the return to classes in many states of the country will be done in a staggered manner and the classrooms will be closed before the first positive case of COVID19, so it is important to talk about it with the children and prepare them for the adaptation period and remind them that the Education can take place both at home and at school.
Maintaining communication with your children will be essential, so it is important that you be calm when you talk with them and know how they feel, since emotions will change frequently and you must show them that it is something completely normal.
From what has been reported through the media by the Ministry of Public Education and Culture and the president of Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obrador himself, the return to face-to-face classes will not be mandatory for anyone, however, one day there will be to do and it is important to know how to protect the physical and mental health of children.