It has been 17 months since you started to manage Covid 19 cases,  curtailing our freedom and yet to date,  you have not been successful in controlling the rise in Covid 19 cases.  You  just mandate what the citizens and tax payers should do. The same strategies need to be reviewed, re-evaluated, revised and refined.  It is high time that you should consult and listen to the people affected by your rules  since  your actions have adverse long term effects on the physical and mental health of adults and children.

It is understandable that the government agencies, IATF, doctors, LGUs were  into  trial and error method/strategy during the first 12 months because Covid 19, was then new to everyone. However, after 17  months experience , there should already be  some learnings and some new actions to be taken. Mr. Ortiz Luis has  very good recommendations and he should be listened to.  The focus should not be on the total number of Covid cases but on the severe cases and deaths. In fact,  people who have recovered from Covid 19 contribute to achieving herd immunity to compensate for the slow vaccination and low supply of vaccines.

Instead of locking down the whole city or region, why not do pocket lockdowns? It is not enough though to just lock down an area. The people’s need  for food , vitamins and exercise to help boost the immune system should be addressed. Let the people in specific areas be responsible for the health of their community.  The community can work closely with the employers, the barangays and the associations.

Aside from just involving medical doctors to address physical health, why can’t the alternative medical/cellular nutrition wellness practitioners be involved in  helping address the illnesses due to Covid 19? While the medical doctors directly address the fight against the virus  through medication, the alternative medical practitioners  strengthen the immune system by making the body fight the virus through vitamins.

Before a restriction should be imposed, there should be good reason to do so and should be science based. There is no evidence that outdoor exercise in open spaces can cause Covid contamination.  Please consider the long term  effects on the  following before you disallow outdoor activities:

1.  The seniors who at their age need to walk outdoor for physical and mental wellness. When these seniors lose their leg muscles, they become wheelchair bound, bed bound  and earthbound (ashes).

2.  Young children’s  physical, mental, emotional and  social development.  How will their abnormal lives affect their future?  

3. The teens and their raging hormones.  Will depression lead them to do something drastic?

4. The athletic people

The reports should be by area, by subdivision, by village, by barangay so the smallest unit can work on minimizing the cases and goals can be set and worked on. The source of contamination should be indicated in the report.

Homecare management of  Covid 19  mild and moderate cases being done by The Medical City should also be encouraged in other hospitals.

We hope that you would consider working on the above recommendations.

Thank you.