EDITORIAL-CARTOONS: PDI- At the frontlines

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 Editor 0 Comment EDITORIAL-CARTOONS: PDI- At the frontlines

THE EDITOR

EDITORIAL- They really go to work for us

The country’s health workers—the doctors, nurses, medical technologists and others in the field—have been working hard during these extraordinary times. Every day, they expose themselves to risk.

Some have contracted COVID-19 and are valiantly fighting it. Some, tragically, have passed on. Their colleagues, albeit fearful, carry on the heroic work. We thank them profusely.

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At the frontlines

Spare a thought for the fallen. They fought the good fight, but ultimately lost to this modern-day plague now just beginning to ravage this unhappy archipelago. Did they, confronted by a disease frightening because yet unknown, consider shirking the lifelong duty they took on when they first swore as physicians to do no harm? We think not. Else they would have behaved like politicians pompously making of themselves the avatars of sacrifice.

READ MORE: https://opinion.inquirer.net/128323/at-the-frontlines

On TV, Dr. Rustico Jimenez, president of the Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines, Inc., lamented the snail’s pace in the distribution of personal protective equipment (PPE) to the staffs of various medical institutions. Why, he demanded to know, is there such a “bureaucracy” in the distribution system? He warned of hospital personnel dying in the absence of PPEs. If you choose which hospital you will give the PPEs to, he said, logically, “there will be a problem.” And so we have.

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EDITORIAL – Fake news in a crisis

In this health crisis, even a hint of further curtailment of people’s mobility or shutdown of retail stores could trigger panic buying and more crowding at outlets of food and other basic necessities.

READ MORE: https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2020/03/25/2003251/editorial-fake-news-crisis

Even if government agencies are closed or operating only at minimum capability, authorities can start gathering evidence against purveyors of fake news. In going after suspected offenders, however, authorities must draw the line between those who are maliciously and willfully working to mislead the public, and those who are inadvertently spreading inaccurate information out of concern over the uncertainty of the times. People are scared and don’t need to have their woes aggravated by being tagged as lawbreakers.

EDITORYAL – Unahing i-test ang may sintomas hindi mga pulitiko

Kulang na kulang ang Pilipinas sa test kits para ma-detect ang mga infected ng virus na hatid ng COVID-19. Sa kasalukuyan, mayroon lamang 2,000 test kits ang bansa at kulang na kulang ito para ma-test ang mga sintomas ng COVID-19. Mayroon nang dumating na donasyon mula sa China at hinihintay pa ang pagdating mula naman sa South Korea. Pero kahit na dumating ang mga donasyong ito, kukulangin pa rin sapagkat patuloy ang pagdami ng kaso ng mga infected. Habang sinusulat ito, umabot na sa 552 ang kaso at mayroon nang 35 patay. Ang mga nakarekober sa sakit ay 20

READ MORE: https://www.philstar.com/pilipino-star-ngayon/opinyon/2020/03/25/2003192/editoryal-unahing-i-test-ang-may-sintomas-hindi-mga-pulitiko

Nararapat ibuhos ng pamahalaan ang lahat nang makakaya sa panahong ito na nananalasa ang virus. Kawawa ang publiko.

ST Illustration: Miel

Vikram Khanna

Associate Editor

Economic Affairs: Waiting for global cooperation

Without it, the pandemic can’t be controlled

During the depths of the global financial crisis in April 2009, the Group of 20 (G-20) held a crucial summit in London, chaired by then British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. In the run-up to the summit, financial markets were crashing, economies were sliding into recession and confidence was shot to pieces.

READ MORE: https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/waiting-for-global-cooperation

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