The Covid-19 Future in the Philippines
Our future amid the covid-19 landscape will be the blended normal. That future is already happening here in the Philippines. It has been running for ten months and our lives have changed since the pandemic started. Recently, a pharmaceutical giant, Pfizer, announced that their vaccine is already 90% effective. But they estimate to roll it out by the middle of next year. If that happens, will we go back to our normal ways? I doubt it because the pandemic has already changed the way we see and do things. In mid-February of 2020, the Philippines closed its border for months. The national government and local government units curtailed the movement of people and imposed strict quarantine of cities and towns to stop the spread of the virus. Local government units also regulated the trips of their constituents to groceries, malls, and other stores by issuing a strict schedule for everyone to follow. They also enforced health standards, like social distancing and wearin...