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This must be a response to the presence of new variants (so far the UK one) in the Philippines - including Negros Occidental. They will never be kept out, so it is in the interests of everyone to try to protect themselves as individuals and their families.

 

Face masks now mandatory in cars even if all passengers are from the same household..
AAAAARGHHH NO NO, please stop the madness now

 

I saw the "......even if in same family..." bit a couple days ago. Unfortunately, the Phillipine government has a habit of passing unenforceable laws, like no more than two on a cycle where there is no viable public transport for a family of 4. I think the idea is to protect people, say at a checkpoint, but this is one law i will probably ignore. I do think helmet compliance and mask compliance are high. My mask compliance as soon as i open the car door is 100%, even going to our front gate.

 

This is a realistic way to formulate the law. The enforcer should not be put in the position of needing to verify the claimed domicile of each passenger. You know how it will go, otherwise.

 

That's very different from what's going on elsewhere. Phil health was fraud. Red Cross was lack of payment. Here, it's the APOR - which is much closer. I read comments, but it's not in the same league as a specific elsewhere. I discount expats.

 

I think there may sometimes be confusion when English is not a member's first language - having read the posts extra carefully I think that @Liverpool fan may have been asking a 'What if?' when he wrote "The biggest problem is that the vaccine being developed, don't work on the mutated virus." I think perhaps he meant "The biggest problem is what if the vaccine now being produced does not work on the the mutated virus?"

I can see how easily this can happen and I am not faulting anyone's response. The truth is still, of course, that we don't know if any vaccine will work on any future mutations. The only clue so far is
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-54867653

"The coronavirus mutation causing concern in Denmark has arisen before in mink, scientists have revealed. The mutated virus has been detected retrospectively in mink at a farm in the Netherlands, but it did not spread to humans, said a leading Dutch expert.

There are fears the mutated virus could undermine vaccine development.

The genetic change is in a part of the virus known as the spike protein [the part which allows the virus to attach to the host cell], which is important in immunity, and a target for future vaccines and treatments."

..... Prof James Wood, head of the department of veterinary medicine at the University of Cambridge, UK [said] "The genetic changes needed careful evaluation, as reports from Denmark suggested an effect on immunity."