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Apr 5, 2021 7 tweets 3 min read Read on X
This interview is very telling of why govt is ALWAYS BEHIND the pandemic and why we are LOSING this fight.

Not because the virus is spreading faster, but because govt INSISTS on its flawed and myopic approach to the disease.

A dissection and a thread.
1/
Transmission WAS NEVER controlled. Resurgence was bound to happen sooner or later.

The newer variants may have aggravated the current resurgence but the real culprit is govt UNPREPAREDNESS.

A year later, govt still relies on healthcare utilization as its main metric. Mali.
2/
PDITR naman ngayon.

Last year, when HWs called for a timeout, you rolled out your "CODE Protocol" that basically targeted these interventions. Anyare?

Wala. Puro salita, walang gawa.

Govt had a year to strengthen these, but chose to argue even simple definitions. Anlala.
3/
A year later, govt is still treating the disease as if it is a CRIME. So interventions remain militaristic and approaches are punitive.

The WHO calls for empowered communities vs. COVID 19. What is govt doing?

Employing police tactics and disempowering narratives. Baliktad.
4/
Last year pa pinag-usapan ang saliva PCR tests, di ba?

Even Sen Dick Gordon was saying this will help the PRC provide more service at less the price.

Ngayon "appeal to RITM to validate" pa? Anyare?

Obvious na naaalala lang ang mga ito kapag malaki na ulit ang problema.
5/
Parang ang dami ng 500k, no? But if govt is targetting to test 100k DAILY, hanggang saan aabot ang 500k mo?

Govt-run testing centers, including those in big hospitals, are operating sub-optimally due to lack of support.

Walang definitive solutions, puro temporizing measures.
6/
And here's the rub.

Yung virus nag level-up na, yung govt response HINDI PA.

Kasi unprepared.
Kasi no sense of urgency.
Kasi makitid na lente at makitid na pag-iisip ang gamit.

Tapos, ang DAMING INUTANG in the name of COVID, pagdating sa ayuda, wala rin.

#DutertePalpak
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Alam mo @RobbieMeriales nuknukan ka ng...😬

Thanks for the tag but I'm sorry because I FIRMLY DISAGREE with you on this.

Framing the debate as a noisy, even vitriolic, "war" is flawed and misplaced.

Worse, it casts unnecessary aspersion on a webinar that has yet to happen.
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Let us be clear.

The current debate is about having an HONEST AND CRITICAL APPRAISAL of what went wrong with the PH pandemic response.

Sadly, the discourse is hampered not only by the refusal to admit that there IS SOMETHING WRONG, but also by the vociferous defense of it!
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The condescension has been utterly disgusting!

Is this war? No.
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At best, the PLE only measures a fraction of how much we learned or know.

But the process is as outdated as the questions are random.
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TBH, a great deal of testmanship is needed.

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Sana bago ka sumagot nang ganito @jvejercito inaral mo muna yung kaso at yung sistema ng Philhealth.

You are obviously speaking above your head so let me clarify how you got it all wrong.
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Eto ang isng short QUIZ to refresh our memory.

Ilan ang makukuha ninyo na TAMA?
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a) IATF
b) NTF-ELCAC
c) OCTA
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PhilHealth is allegedly forced to require higher payments from members as this is a provision of the Universal Health Care (UHC) Law.

Totoo ba ito? NO.
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But even if the increased rates are part of the law, is govt really forced to implement it? NO.

Are there precedents? YES.
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