MADRID - With coronavirus cases surging as a new school year begins, many Spanish parents are refusing to send their children back to class despite the threat of sanctions.
"Going back to school is being treated like an experiment, we're like guinea pigs," said Miranda, who is about to take her three-year-old off the nursery school list, which is voluntary at his age.Although masks are obligatory in school for anyone aged six and over and social distancing measures have been put in place, she doesn't think it's enough.
In the face of the concerns, the authorities have swung between assurances of safety and threats of sanctions."It's clear that 'risk-free' does not exist during an epidemic but there is a risk that we can avoid: that of social exclusion through not going to school." "The safest place to be is in school and the benefits of being there are far greater than the possible risks," she told Spain's RNE public radio.
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