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With data from the Department of Health often lagged and ‘adjusted’, it is difficult for the average person to control the true Covid-19 situation in the Philippines. As with all data examinations, the higher the number, the less likely it is that accurate conclusions can be drawn.
So it might be better to look at other data rather than the number of cases, deaths, or tests performed. A month ago, there was a great and valid concern about the overwhelming facilities dedicated to Covid patients. At one point in the National Capital Region, we were occupied up to almost 80 percent of all Intensive Care Units and Isolation Wards.
Currently, less than 50 percent of ICU and isolation units nationwide are occupied, and approximately 60 percent of that number is in the NCR. However, here again the data is not as “clean” as it might seem. When there was concern, some, if not many hospitals, opened more ICUs and isolation beds for Covid patients.
Many people during the confinement took the time to learn a foreign language or organize their closets. But perhaps people spent most of their time turning professionals in “20/20 hindsight.” God help the next virus trying to take over the world because now there are legions of health experts with answers that are ready for battle. We are prepared with a variety of options, from North Korea’s “shot on sight” at anyone showing symptoms of illness, to Sweden’s basic strategy of letting the virus run its course.
In fact, Sweden became one of the most “hated” countries in 2020 for not following the mass lockdown protocols used by almost all other nations. the New York Times he called Sweden a “pariah state”. That is the kind of language that is generally reserved for a nation that uses nerve gas to kill its own citizens (Iraq) or that has a leader who reportedly boasts that “I keep the decapitated heads of political enemies in my freezer. “
But it turns out that Sweden is like the smartest person in high school that everyone hated. That person goes on to invent a smartphone app that makes them a billionaire and uses it every day. Remember her name; they don’t remember yours.
Sweden suffered a large number of preventable deaths in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities. Who would have imagined that a group of elderly and probably sick people in one place would probably get sick and die if Covid spread there?
But here’s the caveat. Anders Tegnell, Swedish state epidemiologist and architect of the “Swedish strategy”, says: “Believing that once the vaccine is here, we can go back and live as we always have. I think it’s a dangerous message to send because it’s not going to be that easy. “
However, we must take the risk, take the proper precautions and get back to work. But it is confusing. A couple of months ago, being within six feet of a stranger could be a death sentence. Now, we will go down to 0.75 meters by public transport.
But again, economic experts are now health experts and doctors know what is best for the economy. Thank goodness, there are only 108 days left until 2021.
