Blame China for the pandemic

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Had the Chinese government taken the initiative or done enough to immediately contain the novel Coronavirus from spreading waywardly into other areas, this pandemic wouldn't have gone too far to pester other countries like Italy and the Philippines whose governments had declared a lockdowns thus causing extreme fears among the people, not to mention the derailments of some economies worldwide.

But the provincial government, where Wuhan is an integral part of, acted too late to lockdown the place. The local government in Wuhan should have prevented residents from getting out, especially those who were infected by the virus. Sorry to say this, but the Wuhan government officials were lackadaisical in their approach to the health dilemma, thinking that the problem was just an ordinary matter which didn't require much attention. Until the problem got worse resulting to some deaths in the area. I was wondering if they had underestimated Covid-19's serious impacts on the health of innocent people so that it had reached this far.

Now, Covid-19 has become a health pandemic which is extremely difficult to contain. Likewise, it had become too complicated for initiating quarantine procedures in affected areas, especially when health officials are in quandary as to who among the people were infected by the virus? People need to move from one place to another to either work, go to school or buy some basic needs in life, which made them more exposed to the virus. Mobility is an inherent right of humans as a means to survive.

In Metro Manila, which is populated by more or less than 13 million people, not to include the presence of more than 300,000 Chinese who are working for POGO, the appearance of armed soldiers and policemen at every intersection of the streets was short of comparing to the Martial Law days, when suspicious individuals are monitored and checked for their identifications. Today, the actions by health officials and the police were meant to prevent the further spread of the virus to others. Hence, motorists, commuters, and passers-by were asked to cooperate with the authorities as allowed by law.

Aggravating the situation was the nervous consumers who went into panic-buying sprees thus resulting to congesting supermarkets and parking spaces. Besides, the long queues at the cash registers inside supermarkets are mind-boggling and irritating to witness as customers paraded those carts full of goods and other items from the shelves that are now empty. In the South Bay Area in Los Angeles, for example, the grim sight of seeing a lot of customers hoarding items on their carts is upsetting to see. I had to toe the line even if I bought only one item. I was flabbergasted because of fear that one of the customers might be a carrier of the virus. Who knows? Besides, I had no idea if someone from the health department was there to monitor what's going on?

The way I understand it, as if the spread of Covid-19 is a visible portrayal of a doomsday scenario. I am asking myself if it is the end of the world or not?

As far as I am concerned, the Chinese government must be answerable to the United Nations for causing this serious epidemic across the globe. Otherwise, this Covid-19 shouldn't have caused a gargantuan problem to most people.

Perhaps, it is high time for the Chinese government to completely ban people from selling meats of wild animals which they believed can prolong life expectancy and cure serious ailments. While others believed these meats and some parts of wildlife species are aphrodisiacs.

Concerned animal rights activists must now keep a closer watch on people killing animals for sale at wet markets in Asia. Perhaps, the local governments must make a law that will make it illegal to slaughter animals, especially wildlife species for whatever reasons. In this way, the spread of serious diseases and infections among vendors and consumers must be avoided.

As far as I'm concerned, I think somebody has to be responsible for this gargantuan health-related mess? Who do you think is to blame? 

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