THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN THE PHILIPPINES by ALEX YADAN LIM
Posted on Sunday, 19 July 2020
A DEEPER THOUGHT ON THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN THE PHILIPPINES
By Alex Yadan Lim
I had thought I'd be able to roam freely on my birthday and the
accursed covid 19 already history, But it's now worst than when the lockdown
started in March, This incompetent government is desperate, with some of the
silliest ideas ever implemented, and good ones overlooked, I thought the
lockdown was stupid, with a gut feel it will not control the spread of the
virus but only ruin the economy, which over the next 3 months, it did., I gave
it a chance and now, time has proven that an incompetent administration has
implemented measures that worsened the economy, took out the jobs of millions,
made life difficult, and quadrupled the cases with no end in sight.
Their desperation has prompted the brilliant nitwits in the IATF
to go House-to-House to drag out asymptomatic cases on home quarantine. Like we
have the facilities to house them or assume they would go quietly without a
fight, This reminds me of Hitler's Gestapo going house to house to ferret out
the Jews. If this administration could not even get their list right for the
SAP, how on earth will they get the list of people on home quarantine right?
Right
from the start, I already have difficulty believing that slum dwellers and
those barely eking out a living, including the homeless street dwellers to
prioritize spending whatever moneys they have on alcohol, face masks, disinfectants,
and the running water to wash their hands regularly, You look at their
neighborhoods and wonder how on earth will they do social distancing when they
do not enjoy the distances to do so. ,
Three months later, with millions out of job,
a minuscule SAP and many not getting it, how can they continue to cooperate, if
they did it in March. If they could not afford a face mask, alcohol and
disinfectants in March, how can they now do so, without jobs?
The economy was enjoying a respectable 5%
growth with the exchange rate settling below 50 to 1. and held to the current
levels, If not for the sound economy before this, we would not have been able
to raise the money for SAP and other stuff to cope with the crisis. But the
admin wasted this advantage.
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