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09-14-21 09:22 #14480
Posts: 173Originally Posted by Datiao [View Original Post]
I wonder if those hotels have a recreation area so you can chill with others, I remember last year when I came back from Philippines and I had to do 14 days quarantine in an airport hotel in Canada, we had 1 hour lunch and 2 breaks of 30 minutes to go outside and mingle and talk with other people in the hotel doing their quarantine (the recreation area was outdoors but had a fence/barrier of course) .
That will be a great chance to meet a girl and exchange numbers. I met a Chinese hairdresser that way, 37 years old divorced single mom, she look younger and had big boobs, strange for an asian. I got her number and we ended up hooking up on January, she even cut my hair when the hair salon were close for 6 months here in Canada.
I know for sure there will be some OFW young ladies doing quarentine in those hotels. And if she is staying in the same floor even better.
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09-14-21 07:46 #14479
Posts: 141Quarantine
Originally Posted by SteveNash [View Original Post]
10 days minimum at dedicated hotels, balance 4 days can be at home according to LGUs but it's irrelevant to tourists.
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09-14-21 05:55 #14478
Posts: 173Originally Posted by WestCoast1 [View Original Post]
Is getting worse and worse. What about tourist destinations?
I read that Boracay is open for tourist at this moment, and that Palawan will be open soon too.
I hope it gets better by December, still 3 months to go.
Anyways, I'm still going there before Christmas and for 4 months at least, nothing will stop me from not going.
I just hope the 10 days quarantine will be shorten to a week or less, specially since Canada right now is a low risk country but is still not in the green list of countries for the Philippines.
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09-13-21 13:14 #14477
Posts: 451Originally Posted by WestCoast1 [View Original Post]
Under the Trump, the first 3 were blatantly politicized and misleading (a kinder way of putting it).
WHO is a political organization so I have always viewed what they say through a political prism. Most of their PPE stockpile were shipped to Africa. Nobody mentioned what happened to the Ebola fighting money donated and received. There supposedly was quite a large surplus.
Under Biden, my top 3 choices did not improve much. Especially with the "gain of function" bombshell during the summer about the Fauci NIAID funded research on the Corona virus in Wuhan.
The UK ministers were no better for their recommendations and breaking those recommendations.
Raw data and information is really the only way to gather and analyze and format a semi educated course of action. But that requires a high multidisciplinary knowledge and skill that escape most if not all people.
So healthy debates on this forum is actually good. Citing sources highlight information that is sometimes glossed over on local media or macnews. The side effects are not minor issues but downplayed to not negatively impact vaccine take-up rate.
In either case, the move towards management versus elimination strategy is actually openly discussed. Maybe VP Duterte will go down that route and open up PI.
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09-13-21 12:32 #14476
Posts: 6840Originally Posted by Sam14 [View Original Post]
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Just for fun, see the pics. First and second pics are more recent Burgos pics. During the past 6 weeks of ECQ / MECQ, all restaurants are closed to sit-down dining. That eliminates the two previously opened places: The Cuervo Cantina and Bourbon. The only thing that is open, from Makati Ave to Kalayaan to Luna, are the 7-11's and Family Mart. The chismis from the bakla (9 or 10 on the Burgos / Durban corner) was that Ringside / Mixed Nuts was sold in mid 2020 and the buyer was wanting to make a legit restaurant, but nothing happened after that. To be fair, when NCR goes back to GCQ, Cuervo and Bourbon will re-open.
Last pic is Robinson's Malate, 3 weeks ago. Even after I posted the last set of Robinson's pics showing a desolate and mostly-closed mall, a day or two later and still mostly closed, were these long lines (floors 2, 3, 4) waiting for a vaccine. Even while mostly closed during ECQ (grocery store and a handful of coffee shops selling takeout were the only things open in the mall), they were having these mass-vax sites up and running. Now that we are at MECQ, many retailers have re-opened in the mall (still no resto sit-down until GCQ, for mall and the entire NCR). The no sit down is also for carindarias.
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09-13-21 12:20 #14475
Posts: 6840Originally Posted by BrizLad [View Original Post]
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09-13-21 12:11 #14474
Posts: 314Originally Posted by WestCoast1 [View Original Post]
Cases.
Vax - 125 cases per 100,000.
Unvax 369 cases per 100,000.
Let's say that's 3 x more likely to get infected with COVID in the first place.
Hospitalisations.
Vax - 4. 9 admissions per 100,000.
Unvax 18.2 admissions per 100,000.
That's 3 x more likely to get hospitalised.
Deaths.
Vax - 0. 1 deaths per 100,000.
Unvax 1. 1 deaths per 100,000.
That's 11 times more unvaxed people die.
So even better when the boosters can be rolled out.
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09-13-21 11:31 #14473
Posts: 6840Originally Posted by MrEnternational [View Original Post]
The moderator is calling the vax program a success. Dr. Murthy, current US Surgeon General, discusses boosters. He is not saying the program is failing, or that the vaccine doesn't work. Check him at 6:00 minutes into the video. And then at 8:17, Dr Murthy: "This plan to admisiter booster doses does not change our commitment to vaccinating those who are not yet vaccinated here in the US and around the world. The overwhelming majority of hospitalizations and deaths continue to occur among the unvaccinated. We will continue to ramp up efforts to increase vaccinations here at home". That literally is the US Surgeon General saying the overwhelming majority of hospitalizations / deaths occur among the un-vaxxed. Hence I'd like to see SG's link or evidence of hospitals being full of fully-vaxxed persons.
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Director of the CDC. 11:28 into the video: "First, vaccine-induced protection against Covid-19 begins to decrease over time. Second, vaccine effectiveness against severe disease, hospitalization and death remains relatively high. And third, vaccine effectiveness is generally decreased against the Delta variant". I am not sure that anything said there gives the impression that the vaccines don't work. I guess anyone could be of a different opinion. It would seem to me to say that vax effectiveness is still being studied over time, with recommended changes being made as more data comes forward. About 18:27 into the video she says: "We are currently averaging over 500 Covid-19 deaths per day, and these remain largely preventable. If you are still unvaccinated, please get vaccinated". The video is from 3 weeks ago, the US is now over 1500 deaths / day.
I can see two possibilities:
1) By admitting that the vax-induced protection begins to decrease over time, this is (in the academic sense) an admission that the vaccines alone, after full dosing, aren't a 1-stop cure-all for Covid. More dosage is needed later.
2) By saying that the vaccines must be boosted (re-administered) from time-to-time indicates that the vaccines are still being studied. They might be considered very successful if they prevent severe symptoms, hospitalizations, and / or death, even when they need periodic re-administration.
IMHO, the second scenario is in effect. Other wonder-treatments must also be re-administered regularly: ie, insulin (daily). You might want to get a flu shot each year (although I don't think that is a booster situation). The video also says the US has donated 100 million doses to other countries, and is on its way to donating more than 200 million doses (29:10 into the video).
SG has done drive-by posts before, offering information as fact without offering a link or such as evidence. Show us the receipts, SG, and prove me wrong. At least ME provided some proof.
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09-13-21 00:00 #14472
Posts: 1056Indeed. And Worse
Originally Posted by Dg8787 [View Original Post]
"Very true. The https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Phil...-defying-COVID cites makes terrifying reading. Some quotes. The government has repatriated over 400,000 migrant workers, including those who lost jobs in the retail, oil, tourism and other industries. Meanwhile, worker deployment from January to October plunged 60.8%, to 693, 687, according to the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration."
Tough times for lots of middle class Pinoys so. The Tondo beauties guys here bonk still have their pak pak of course.
"The Philippines, Asia's third largest recipient of remittances after India and China, has relied on money sent home by around 10 million Filipinos who live and work overseas."
"Ang expects Filipino workers to continue seeking jobs overseas when the global economy recovers. But he said companies that have pivoted to digital might need fewer hands. "My worry," Ang said, "is that they won't be needed anymore because the companies survived without them."
Big problems ahead even though googling "Philippines remittances" in news gives all positive stories. From Pinoy sources.
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09-12-21 21:35 #14471
Posts: 3263Originally Posted by Pinga98 [View Original Post]
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09-12-21 21:27 #14470
Posts: 117Originally Posted by Pinga98 [View Original Post]
https://www.statista.com/statistics/...t-coronavirus/
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09-12-21 19:49 #14469
Posts: 148Filipino Economy: What keeps it afloat?
Before the pandemic, remittance from Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW), revenue from tourism and revenue from BPOs, each contributed approximately 10% each to the Philippine's GDP. Contrary to expectation, the remittance in 2020 did not fall catastrophically--it fell just 0. 8% to $29.9 billion and in recent months, it has been rising. BPO industry saw a phenomenal growth and brought in $27 billion because workers could work from home. Tourism took a big hit, its revenue fell by 60%.
The robust growth of BPO and now OFW remittance gives the Philippines significant cushion to weather the revenue shortfall from tourism. After the precipitous fall of 17% in Q2'2019-20, GDP contraction has not been that bad and in fact, Q2'2020-21 saw an 11.8% increase compared to the year before (this was before Delta variant started to have effect).
Punters who have been betting that the Philippines will open its border due economic pain from shrinking tourism should not hold their breath. Economy is suffering, but not as gravely as we think.
Some sources:
https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/05...ues-2020-ibpap
https://www.bworldonline.com/tourism...ast-2-decades/
https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Phil...-defying-COVID
https://psa.gov.ph/national-accounts
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09-12-21 19:33 #14468
Posts: 3263Originally Posted by DzikaBomba [View Original Post]
State of Calamity law authority is extended one more year.
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09-12-21 15:53 #14467
Posts: 333State of calamity for one more year
The State of calamity is now prolonged for one more year.
When someone is thinking about going to the PH anytime soon (this and next year).
Forget it!
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09-12-21 13:32 #14466
Posts: 1056Mouth to Mouth?
Originally Posted by Sammon [View Original Post]
Your son, the doctor, must be a great man. He obviously doesn't work in Israel, where most are double jabbed.