Wazzup Pilipinas!?
The national government extends Alert Level 4 in Metro Manila until Oct 15 but now allows gyms, adds allowed capacities for restaurants and personal care services.
- NCR will remain under Alert Level 4 until 15 October 2021 (with relaxation on indoor dining, personal care, gym, religious worship or mass - from 20% subject up to 10% increase if they have safety seal)
- Bulacan, Cavite, Rizal will still be under MECQ;
-Batangas will be under GCQ with HR
- Indoor sports courts or venues, fitness studios, spas or other indoor leisure centers or facilities, and swimming pools must remain closed. All contact sports are likewise prohibited except for those held under a bubble-type setup catering to the IATF's guidelines and approved by the concerned LGU.
It seemed like moving towards standardised alert levels was a step in the right direction (at least to be more organised). Then IATF immediately undermines itself by again changing their own rules. Baka next week may alert level 3.5 na.
Reason why IATF is not a good model for Covid pandemic response.
It’s not for consensus building.
Accountability is key.
DOH and medical opinion leaders should decide based on a playbook :
Test. Trace. Vaccinate.
LGU leaders should execute the plan of action.
India and Indonesia , countries considered epicenters of Delta variant - now with flattened curves !
How : they don’t have IATF! Rather, they flattened the curves because they don’t have Duterte as President.
IATF should be abolished. It has become inutile, waste of tax money.. The LGUs exhibited a good grasp of this pandemic, knows the need of their respective constituents and responded accordingly..
The IATF are merely bunch of no good men who keeps patting themselves on the back inspite of their failures..
Zero care for the people... Experts my ass...
It will be better if we let the LGUs form their own separate pandemic task force that would report to their regional command center. The national government should just provide appropriate funding and periodic monitoring reports from LGUs, since each region is in different situations.
Sa umpisa pa lang ay walang silbi ang IATF sapagkat ang mga miyembro niyan ay hindi naman mga doctor or medical/health experts kaya hindi nakapagtataka na palpak ang covid response.
In the absence of an umbrella agency like IATF, it was their Ministry of Health that leads the COVID playbook. In the Philippines, we've wutnessed that we can't rely on our Department of Health with Duque leading it.
The Philippines IATF & DOH have roughened the curve....
They have failed to effectively coordinate & manage the national response to #COVID19. We need more qualified, credible & independent people without their own agendas.
How about "let medical experts and frontliners take over"? That way we will increase job for the thousands of nurses, and with all of our knowledge combined, we will provide sensible and effective pandemic control response
Execute the playbook with excellence :
Test. Trace. Vaccinate.
Philippines = 15,000 cases
( 7 day average ). CTTO Edson C Guido
Retired generals and economic advisers turned health/medical experts.
Covid restriction policies are contradictory in itself.
Indecisive and flip flopping of policies.
"Mas maiging magtanong (sa mga eksperto) kaysa magdunong-dunong!"
Ross is known as the Pambansang Blogger ng Pilipinas - An Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Professional by profession and a Social Media Evangelist by heart.
