Beware of pandemic politics

Where can we see a country that continues to ignore the immediate resolution to the widespread effects of the Covid-19 against health of humans? Yet, the Dept. of Health (DoH) in the Philippines has yet to decide as to whether or not it would allow people to buy drugs now available at Mercury? After all, it could only do so much to contain its rapid spread.

What's so disgusting is the way health officials control the distribution of drugs that could possibly cure the infections among people. Until now, they keep on holding the immediate use of hydroxycholoquine drugs, used as an anti-malaria drug,  by those who were infected by the virus. Why?

Health officials must have forgotten that the spread is now overcrowding hospitals within Metro Manila. Why wait until a new drug could be invented, knowing that many were already dying and dead from this novel virus? Are they playing politics or waiting for huge profits? People are out of jobs and idle. They don't have money to defray the costs of down payments prior to admission in any hospital. What the heck are you thinking about?

Perhaps, President Duterte must now act to allow people to buy the drugs that are available at Mercury Drugs! Common, health officials! What are you waiting for? Are you going to wait until 50 percent of the entire population were infected?

At this moment, many Filipinos are desperate to go back to their normal lives. With red flag still up, most of the people are stuck and bored to death, considering the summer temperature that soars during midday. I hope you're all human enough to understand. And this is not the time to engage in illegal activities to serve our personal interests. This is an appeal in behalf of affected people to get back to their normal lives again!

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