EDITORIAL-CARTOONS: Magsabi nang totoo para hindi makahawa
THE EDITOR
Pining for ‘ normal’
Life as we know it has changed so much, and so suddenly.The Luzon-wide enhance community quarantine is ending its second week. Since it was first imposed, we have made many adjustments to the way we live, work, and relate with others, even the way we ponder our mortality.
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Bogus remedies
Just as scientists around the globe are working overtime to develop a vaccine for COVID-19, many ordinary folk fearful of the new coronavirus are turning to myths and home remedies — often culled from the internet — to protect themselves against the respiratory disease that has already killed more than 27,000 worldwide.
READ MORE: https://opinion.inquirer.net/128406/bogus-remedies
At all times but especially during public health emergencies, it is paramount to listen to health experts and reject fake news about fake cures, whether peddled by Presidents or charlatans alike.
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EDITORIAL – Window hours
In pre-pandemic times, we were all familiar with the phenomenon: with most schools and offices opening between 7 to 9 a.m. and closing between 4 and 5 p.m., motorists jammed the roads all at the same time in the morning and evening rush hours.
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READ MORE: https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2020/03/29/2004073/editorial-window-hours
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The question is whether the DILG order will reach the barangay offices. A good way to ensure that the message is delivered is to make an example of anyone violating the DILG directive, and to ensure that penalties are imposed.
In this crisis, the government cannot emphasize enough that the nation can survive the pandemic with unity; we will heal as one. Public cooperation for healing as one is best given without resentment, when government impositions are deemed to be reasonable and restrictions are implemented without going overboard.
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EDITORYAL- Magsabi nang totoo para hindi makahawa
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Ignoring travel advisories will be costly.
Travel advisories here have been given teeth by the latest announcement that Singapore residents or long-term pass holders who insist on leaving the country, in spite of advice not to do so, will have to pay full hospital charges if they are admitted for coronavirus-related treatment when they return. Charging them unsubsidised rates for their inpatient stay at public hospitals, if they are admitted for suspected Covid-19 and have the onset of symptoms within 14 days of returning, sends out the message that their action not only puts the health of other Singaporeans and residents at risk, but will prove costly – to themselves. There are other penalties as well for Singapore residents and work pass holders and their dependants.
READ MORE: https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/st-editorial/ignoring-travel-advisories-will-be-costly
Singapore is a small country. In normal times, globalisation expands its geographic and economic space. In these times, Singapore residents owe it to themselves to restrict their movements so that they and others do not suffer.
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EDITORIAL- BANGKOK POST:
Stadium debacle leaves bad taste
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It’s nearly a month since the army-owned Lumpinee boxing stadium emerged as the epicentre of the country’s coranavirus epidemic. Yet there are still no apologies from the army or army chief Gen Apirat Kongsompong.
More than a few visitors to the stadium on the night of March 6 became virus super spreaders. The cluster infection effectively plunged the country into the Covid-19 crisis.
READ MORE: https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/1888420/stadium-debacle-leaves-bad-taste
With the country still making little progress in the fight against the virus, Gen Apirat, who is top of the army’s hierarchy, should consider showing more responsibility by tendering his resignation.
This would bring local ethical standards up to international levels.
