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Philippine Daily Inquirer

EDITORIAL-Humans, ‘not immortals’

January 14, 2022

Editorial cartoon

 January 14, 2022

 It’s easy to think they’re invincible, superhuman even, the way health care workers toil long hours under the most trying circumstances, as they battle a pandemic that has felled millions and shows no signs of abating. But even such acts of valor have a limit.
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The shortage of health workers had been a problem for years before the pandemic, and has become more pronounced now. Instead of the risky shortcuts in health protocols, how about finally implementing a mass hiring of regular health workers with a “living wage” to make them stay and sustain the health care capacity of hospitals? How about asking other government agencies or local government units to lend their medical personnel to affected hospitals so infected health care workers can get the rest and recuperation they need and deserve? And most of all, how about ensuring that those who are forced to man the frontlines be given all the support and protection they need to survive?

As it is, the new directive indicates that the DOH has not learned from its costly neglect of health workers in previous years, and that its own statement might hold true for itself—that 2022 might well be 2020, too.

 

Read more: https://opinion.inquirer.net/148649/humans-not-immortals

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COMMENT:   .

 The healthcare system is a bog down machinery so much so that the master magician cannot be fired out by DU30 because only he can do the card trick to enslave the medical healthcare professionals as if they’re ROBOTS….

 

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MANILA TIMES

Editorial:  HEALTH WORKERS

 
READ MORE: .https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/01/11/opinion/editorial-cartoon/preventive-suspension/1828907
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We need to unlock more of Omicron’s secrets

January 11, 2022

 

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LAST week, OCTA Research fellow Fr. Nicanor Austriaco boldly declared that the Omicron is the “beginning of the end” of the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Omicron is going to provide the kind of population immunity that will stabilize our societies and should allow us to reopen after Omicron has begun. It should provide the population protection that we need everywhere,” the microbiologist said.

A recent Social Weather Stations survey shows at least 80 percent of Filipinos hope that the “worst” phase of the pandemic is over. That could be a sign of what a virus expert describes as “variant fatigue.” That’s when people start to accept that “this is what viruses do; we just need to get on with our lives.”

“Variant fatigue” is just a more fancy term for complacency.

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The Philippine Star

EDITORIAL – Solve the murders

EDITORIAL - Solve the murders

Another day, another journalist slain. Last Wednesday morning in Tacurong City, Sultan Kudarat, Jaynard Angeles was having his vehicle checked in a repair shop when two men pulled up on a motorcycle and shot him in the head, killing him.

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Even if the latest deadly attacks are established to be unrelated to media work, the country will also rank among the worst in terms of election-related violence. In every electoral exercise in this country, murder has become the ultimate tool for eliminating election rivals, because too many perpetrators – whether triggerman or mastermind – get away with the crime. The bereaved relatives and friends of Jaynard Angeles can only hope that this will not be the case in his death.

READ MORE:  https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2022/01/14/2153764/editorial-solve-murders
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COMMENT:  No matter what, killing is killing and that’s unlawful. The Authorities must be responsible.. 

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Pilipino Star Ngayon

EDITORYAL – Hindi bakunado, ‘di-makakasakay

EDITORYAL - Hindi bakunado, �di-makakasakay

Patuloy ang pagtaas ng COVID cases sa bansa. Kahapon, mahigit 34,000 ang arawang kaso at maaari pa raw tumaas, ayon sa health experts. Ganunman, kahit dalawang linggo nang mataas ang kaso, mananatili pa rin sa Alert Level 3 ang Metro Manila. Hindi raw makabubuti kung itataas pa ang Alert Level sapagkat maaapektuhan ang ekonomiya. Maski ang World Health Organization (WHO) ay hindi pabor na itaas pa ang Alert Level.

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Kailangang gawin ang lahat nang paraan para maiwasan ang pagkalat pa ng COVID. Ang “no vaccine, no ride” ay tamang paraan na dapat sundin ng lahat. Paraan din naman ito para mapilitan nang magpabakuna ang hindi pa bakunado. Hikayatin naman ng LGUs ang kanilang nasasakupan na magpabakuna na.

READ MORE: https://www.philstar.com/pilipino-star-ngayon/opinyon/2022/01/14/2153741/editoryal-hindi-bakunado-di-makakasakay
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KOMENTO:  Para ma protektahan karapatang pang tao, gawing case-to-case /selective ang pagpapatupad para mga d bakunado maka laya din at maka trabaho..

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The Straits Times says:

Fresh tests for economic growth in China

1.13.22

While it was inevitable, the arrival of the Omicron variant on China’s shores and its spread domestically is a blow to the Asian giant as it seeks to stabilise a slowing economy. Omicron’s high transmissibility will greatly test China’s zero-Covid-19 approach which has hitherto kept its population of 1.4 billion largely Covid-19-free – apart from sporadic outbreaks that have been dealt with quickly through targeted lockdowns. It comes at an inconvenient time, adding uncertainty to an already torrid time for the economy. Indeed, after quickly recovering in 2020 through measures such as quarantines, lockdowns and closed borders to contain the virus, China lost growth momentum over much of last year, in part through its own policies.

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While the zero-tolerance approach meant China was among the first off the blocks to recover from the economic doldrums the world was plunged into, continuing with the strategy has exacted an economic cost in the past year. Periodic lockdowns dampened consumption and caused supply chain disruptions as factories and ports closed temporarily. An energy crunch last year, partly a result of carbon emissions curbs to combat climate change, meant lost production. Beijing’s efforts to de-leverage a highly indebted property sector also slowed down a sector that accounts for about a quarter of gross domestic product. It has not helped that the government chose last year to crack down on the tech, education and entertainment sectors, which battered stocks and led to huge layoffs. Then there is the ongoing trade and tech war with America.

READ MORE: https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/st-editorial/the-straits-times-says-fresh-tests-for-economic-growth-in-china

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COMMENT: Where is Confucius?
To guide the Chinese on moneymatters?
Seems that the red chinese are dropping the heavenly given guide GOD sent..

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BANGKOK POST

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EDITORIAL COLUMN

Let’s have ASF answers

EDITORIAL COLUMN

Let’s have ASF answers

A butcher prepares pork for a customer at Phran Nok Market in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. Thailand imposed a ban on pork exports from Jan. 6 to April 5, as prices in the major producer soar amid a shortage of the meat. Photographer: Andre Malerba/Bloomberg
A butcher prepares pork for a customer at Phran Nok Market in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. Thailand imposed a ban on pork exports from Jan. 6 to April 5, as prices in the major producer soar amid a shortage of the meat. Photographer: Andre Malerba/Bloomberg

An enraged public, battered by Covid-19 and rising living costs, is expecting heads to roll following allegations that livestock department officials covered up an African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak that has been blamed for soaring pork prices.

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Having said that, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will see his already sagging popularity sinking beyond rescue if he fails to properly probe the ASF whitewash allegation and ensure that there is accountability.

Hopefully, Gen Prayut can do better than disburse compensation to affected pig farmers and tell the public to eat cooked pork meat.

READ MORE:  https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/2246731/lets-have-asf-answers

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COMMENT:

Not only people are sick sticken by COVID… PIGS as well…. science must prevail over this type of tragic situations….

 

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