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How easy is it to half read a post.

First i stated we should behalve responsible, i dont think being stupid will qualify as responsible?

But to deny the science is stupid also. And science shows stress and anxiety weakens the immunesystem with all concequences in this pandemic.

But thats is just my opinion, everybody can have their own. Without science we end up with bike barriers, face shields and many other questionable rules. You can even be president of major countries worldwide and deny the science. Mostly those countries are not very succesfull fighting this virus so far....

 

I get the impression that you are currently not living in the Philippines. Not sure. If you were (or currently are) living here you would realize that this country has had the longest and strictest lockdown on the globe. You don’t find many here who do not take the lockdown seriously because they are not allowed to have that attitude. I have not heard too much about travel bans between states in the US as we have between provinces here, or not allowing wives to ride on the backs of husbands motorcycles without the use of barriers. I didn’t hear about face shields being required when riding public transportation there, certainly no liquor bans. There are no elder bans there where people over 60 cannot venture out unless they get a certificate from the local govt authority for a given date specifying exactly which stores they can go to for buying necessary commodities.

I did see on the news protests by people who did not want to wear masks. Wear masks? That is a GIVEN in this country, even while driving a car. I did see protesters, rioters and looters not wearing masks on the tv coverage doing things that they would be shot on sight doing here.Authorities would not look kindly on burning and looting or even mass protests I suspect.

This is a group about the Philippines...Dumaguete...and I assure you that we are not at all like Maine as you describe it. The cities here experience Covid waves all the time; it is much more crowded here and probably much more difficult to contain despite relatively draconian measures taken that would never be accepted in the US.

Yes, the poor will probably always be poor, with or without covid and I guess that is a point you want to make. But there are degrees of poverty that get much worse with the lockdowns. A breadwinner here might make 200-500 pesos a day which is living on the edge but enough to prevent outright starvation. With the lockdowns that money is gone but the money for whatever social services they had has run out. And it is getting worse. They are not complacent.

It is good that you send relatives money as many other members of this forum have done, some for many years and even decades. Keep up the good work in that arena as they can surely use it. Meanwhile the country struggles to understand what is going on, hopefully re-evaluating the last predictions and making the tough decisions as to how to balance economic devastation with lockdowns that may have some impact on covid How much impact? We don’t know.


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You stop people from driving, going to bars, or doing much of anything that can pose a danger to them and the mortality rate will go down. There might be some long term benefits of the lockdowns for some, but there is going to be more poverty and poverty is the big killer in places like the Philippines. There will be more malnutrition, more children dying, fewer vaccinations, more social unrest, fewer opportunities. The lockdowns will end up killing more than the virus but it won't be as obvious.

 

Here on the Internet, there is much news about vaccines for coronavirus.

You can go to the Google search page and search for "coronavirus vaccine" and you will see numerous articles and videos regarding vaccines for coronavirus. You can search for other things too!

Here is my favorite vaccine tracking website. It is updated regularly. It shows that there are 93 vaccines in development:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/science/coronavirus-vaccine-tracker.html

Some of these vaccines go beyond just the coronavirus that causes the disease COVID-19. This coronavirus is offically known as SARS-CoV-2. Other coronaviruses cause the common cold. Some vaccines in development target the entire coronavirus family. Soon, we may rid the planet of the common cold.

 

ALL people always die of something.

 

Sorry but I thought it was the other way round.
Should we be concerned about catching any virus, of course we should, whether that's flu, colds or indeed this Covid 19.
However until we learn more about Covid 19 and until it's truely under control, we should avoid unecessary gatherings and abide by the advice given.
The greatest fear is the unknown........yes life does go on no matter what, but thats not to say we shouldn't be concerned.

 

How does all stress and anxiety is helping to spread the virus?