More cows than people

In Uruguay many things are smaller than elsewhere, including the impact of the Coronavirus. There were restrictions nonetheless that we coped with without video conferences.

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There really aren’t many of us here. Uruguay has an area of 176,000 square kilometres and a population below 3.5 million: a small country, mostly agricultural, known to some as an exporter of footballers and software. We have 36 members, most of them live in Montevideo. There are many study groups for different aspects of anthroposophy.

Things take their time here. The first study group started in 1962, reading anthroposophy in German.

Over the years, the efforts of many branch members were instrumental in the founding and development of three schools.

In March this year we had to stop meeting in person for our studies. We decided to continue working individually at home, without Zoom, because we found that way of communicating quite exhausting. It was wonderful when we were able to resume our personal meetings again in July!

Being small also has its good sides. We are lucky to have only had 180 acute cases of Covid in the entire country. While our giant neighbours Argentina and Brazil keep to strict quarantine regulations, our schools are open, albeit with a reduced number of lessons.

We wonder now what we will do if vaccinations should be imposed on us? What effect will it have if the tendency to use virtual media continues? What is demanded of us if we want to be people of our time?

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