Persons aged 15-65 allowed to go out as IATF eases quarantine age restrictions

As if they didn't anyway!

But now it is legal.

https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2020/10/16/Quarantine-age-restriction-15-to-65-years-old.html

 

Now I really feel old

 

Me too. However....
1. Considering the alternative, old and above ground is positive (aches and pains not withstanding.
2. We have a guarantee to reach the age we are, younger forum members do not.

 

LOL, no matter how old you get...... there you are

 

Cheers. Here’s to long life for all.

 

IATF is crazy. Do they think they can forever lockdown people of whatever age? Power tripping monkeys.

 

Err, no. IATF, like every government agency on the planet that is tasked to advise/decide on measures to contain the epidemic is struggling to find a balance between
a. keeping the spread of covid-19 down enough to avoid overwhelming available hospital beds and collapse of medical services.
b. tailoring measures to keep the spread further down among the most vulnerable groups (older people) and among the group that's most likely to get infected and spread it to family members (children)
c. pressure from those suffering economic hardship

Does that mean they get it right all of the time and don't make mistakes? No of course not.
But calling them "crazy", thus inciting people to disregard whatever restrictions they impose, is totally irresponsible.
As far as I know the lack of proper PPE for hospital staff has still not been resolved in this country. People who wish to disregard restrictions are basically saying it's fine if more nurses and doctors die because of their actions.

People in this country should realise that
a. medical facilities here are a long way from being comparable to developed nations (hospital beds in Germany per capita are 6x what they are here, ICU beds are 10x what the Philippines has)
b. access to medical care for many in this country simply doesn't exist.
c. the virus doesn't care about any of that.

Moreover, as bad as Covid-19 already is here, the Philippines has still been relatively successful so far, in most developed nations there are between 3 and 8 times as many cases per capita as here.
And yes, if only because of its fragile healthcare system, this country should try really hard to keep cases down.
In my view, if anything, the measures to control the spread of Covid-19 are not strict enough, rather than too strict already.

 

Well I guess you told her !!! we all need to vent some steam and this forum is handy for that... I am sure she understands every point that you made as we all do