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09-24-20 00:08 #13787
Posts: 983Originally Posted by DCups [View Original Post]
I wish everyone would stop wining and wear a mask.
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09-23-20 14:21 #13786
Posts: 3050Originally Posted by Mogwai [View Original Post]
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09-23-20 14:10 #13785
Posts: 443Originally Posted by PedroMorales [View Original Post]
Just like the current US election cycle shows, people will use this crisis to get what they want. Case in point the LA Public Health director being caught on the microphone talking about opening the schools after the November 3 elections, as if by that magic date if Trump loses all of a sudden the virus will go away. Not making light of the COVID, nor is this some global plot against Trump, but a politician will do what they can to get as much power and money for themselves and screw the people. Emergency declarations mean more money flow from the government, and for those who work the system they know how to "work the system" and get as much of that excess as they can until those at the top realize that overall more needs to be coming in from other sources.
My long term guess, by the summer of 2021 things will start getting better. By late summer early fall of 2021 travel will see steady increases so that by late 2021 there will be an increase in flights and travel. How can I say this? Winter Olympics in China in 2022 and they could not live it down if they cancelled like Tokyo in 2020. Things will "miraculously" get better by then for the Games to begin.
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09-23-20 10:54 #13784
Posts: 141Originally Posted by Mogwai [View Original Post]
I think It does make a great difference versus not masking, maybe not as foolproof as the mask you mentioned.
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09-23-20 10:01 #13783
Posts: 689Originally Posted by Mogwai [View Original Post]
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09-23-20 09:17 #13782
Posts: 6830SambyFun, please clear out your inbox.
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09-23-20 07:53 #13781
Posts: 2204Originally Posted by Datiao [View Original Post]
The majority of the masks that people wear worldwide offer very little protection.
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09-23-20 05:47 #13780
Posts: 1562Originally Posted by Datiao [View Original Post]
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09-23-20 02:26 #13779
Posts: 141Originally Posted by SoapySmith [View Original Post]
These dick heads has been experiencing for the past 6 months the effects of the covid that cause thousands of lost lives, great economic impact that leads to huge loss of income and hunger.
The Quarantine lock out from normal living etc etc.
But chose to be ignorant that their stupidity of simple not wearing mask can cause another recurring wave of infection which will return them to the same dire situations.
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09-23-20 02:12 #13778
Posts: 157Mde
Originally Posted by FuriousGeorge [View Original Post]
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09-22-20 23:23 #13777
Posts: 1562Originally Posted by Datiao [View Original Post]
The problem with "Fall in Line," is that many Filipinos don't do it. Invariably when I stand in a "Fall in Line" pharmacy line, some Filipino or Filipina will come in later, notice the long line, and slip around further down the pharmacy counter and try to get the attention of other workers back in the medicine dispensing area. Often it works.
The same thing holds for driving in lanes in a multi-lane highway. Filipino drivers often straddle two lanes, perhaps because it offers greater opportunities to move ahead quickly in one of the two lanes if space opens up and to block others behind you from overtaking you. It also applies to basic "right of way" rules. In most countries a vehicle entering from a side street yields right of way to other vehicles already in the closest lane of the through street that they're trying to enter. Not necessarily so in the Philippines. Here the rule of thumb is "whoever gets the front of his vehicle out in front of the other guy's vehicle has right of way." That is, you yield to the guy cutting in ahead of you so as to avoid an accident from hitting him.
What you are observing about Filipino non-compliance with mask mandates and other covid rules is simply another form of "Filipinos don't fall in line."
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09-22-20 21:51 #13776
Posts: 141Originally Posted by SoapySmith [View Original Post]
I think more like they are giving up of really bringing down the virus numbers, rather more concerned of an economy meltdown, solely pinning the hope of vaccine.
The GCQ status instead of ECQ in NCR attest to that even the virus cases are averaging about 1500 daily.
I live in cebu city and it has done well in bringing down the cases from daily few hundreds to present 30's or so by implementing ECQ from April to June and now we are in MGCQ. Thanks mainly to actions by authorities strict Quarantine measures and apprehend / penalise violators.
But yesterday when returning from shopping for my groceries, I passed by an area which caters vans to passengers for near provincial travel.
There were at least 10 persons including the van personnel and passengers who were not wearing masks or have them pulled down below their nose or mouth.
And about 20 m away sits the security who pretend nothing happened.
I did not see any police or army uniformed person else I would definitely make a complain.
I guessed they thought that it's MGCQ now and they can be complacent since the virus cases are low.
Duterte knows his country men very well that there are many stubborn pigs that make his covid fight very tough. Maybe that is why he permit the shooting of extreme violators that retaliate posing danger.
I do hope cebu does not go back to ECQ cause of these irresponsible hopeless idiots but we know very well how these pigs are and behave.
The situation in NCR is very much worse.
Even Vietnam, that is top in covid cases control is facing a surge in cases.
Tourist travel to Philippines or even Vietnam is not realistic for a long time and worst if you are from a country w rampant covid issues.
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09-22-20 14:08 #13775
Posts: 1562Originally Posted by KabulGuy [View Original Post]
Interestingly, the case and death numbers indicate that the Philippines has a 1.7% fatality rate among those that contract the virus. Globally that rate is currently 3%. Perhaps the Philippines is doing a better than average job of responding to known cases.
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09-22-20 10:13 #13774
Posts: 1056More Bad News
Populist politicians (ie 99% of them) sing from the same hymn sheet. There is no way mongers wil be allowed in soon and, if they were, they would be blamed for Covid spikes and the shake downs would be horrendous. I would actually say some elements in Pinoy society are happy with this.
Duterte is not going to risk Angeles or Makati blowing up in his face. They are small; beans compared to international remittances in any event. The clock is being resent. Reality is being dispensed with and virtual is in. Europe is a mess with quarantine and other rules changing from day to day. I am under self quarantine myself but, more sadly, am confined to barracks as we cannot go anywhere or bonk anyone. Talk of going to the Philippines is akin to going to the moon, or Africa in the 1930's.
Jollibee days are over.
Originally Posted by Datiao [View Original Post]
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09-22-20 09:22 #13773
Posts: 983Originally Posted by Datiao [View Original Post]