Do Covid-19 locks work? Almost countless points will vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, whether countries, states, counties, cities or others. That said, a comparison between a virtually un blocking country and a country with the hardest and longest in the world (in fact, still underway and officially called “the new normal”) can be instructive. In short, we have Sweden that has succeeded it temporarily and not without pain, and the Philippines, where initial cases and deaths may have been mitigated, but which are now in a terrible fantasy that can also simply be called “Endless Blockade” even though a demographically resilient population is very resilient to Covid.
Instead of achieving maximum, countries decided to become the first to eliminate an airborne virus by inseminating other healthy people, Sweden has focused on non-public responsibility, social distance and intelligent hygiene to curb the disease and ensure that medical services are not. overwhelmed in this, he obviously made it. Otherwise, the country has just allowed other people to get inflame knowing that, one way or another, that’s what’s happening.
The Philippines, on the other hand, took advantage of Covid-19’s merit to become more authoritarian than before, and then used this strengthened authoritarianism to end virtually every constraint that fertile political minds might think. fitness officers, the former U. S. colony of 110 million others has called generals. The metaphors of “war” are not metaphors, although the enemy may be questionable.
Yes, there are many things on your own that would make even some supporters of the blockade tremble. Much of it is designed to aid corruption from the sensible to the lowest. The worse the situation, the more foreign aid there is, the more cash there is for officials to scrub.
That said, whatever the motivations, it’s a lockdown advocate’s dream. Face masks have been mandatory even outdoors everywhere since April 1 (leaving aside the statement by CDC Director Robert Redfield that hiding for only 1 or 2 months can work magic in the United States Masks and face shields are now mandatory in some areas, despite a lack of evidence of the effectiveness of any of the outdoor ensembles or in closed medical settings. About a portion of the population – children under 21 and over 60 – will have to “stay home at all times” unless an emergency occurs. There is a curfew at night and businesses close to the maximum long before it starts. At first, it was illegal to venture on Sundays, and all liquor sales were in some jurisdictions, they still are.
More recently, companies and buildings containing companies must ask participants to complete the tactile search bureaucracy that everyone I have ordered is convinced to be rejected at the end of the day. thermal reading and obtain a jet of hand sanitist.
All of this led to an additional “bonus”. Laws have become largely redundant. With all life evolving around Covid-19, with the sudden push towards a post-apocalyptic film scenario, other people are surely terrified and isolated accordingly. see other people dressed in two masks, either in oppressive heat and humidity. Signals warn when speaking, regardless of mask and shields. A food ad shows a circle of relatives who replace hugs with elbow taps. Similarly, the breakdown of minds is perhaps more Depression is widespread and social media is full of suicide stories, most state-controlled media do not communicate about it. As in other countries, but to a greater extent, Covid-19 outdoor fitness disorders have been declared “non-essential,” and Covid-19-like deaths would in fact be much higher except, yes, deaths reported through Covid-19.
So what has been the effect on the economies of nations and the epidemic?
Sweden’s wounds; PHILIPPINES HAS RESERVATIONS
In the context of the global economy, Sweden has suffered, in earnest. That said, one of the main critics of Sweden’s weakness towards the Covid-19, NPR, admitted that while it is almost to say what effect, if any, the country’s reaction has had on its economy, because there are so many points at stake. However, it is clear that the Swedish economy behaved much better in this quarter than many other European economies. “
But as for the Philippines, “thanks to an overly strict blockade that closed up to 75% of economic activity, but still could not prevent the spread of the virus, the Philippines has just published its worst quarterly economic functionality ever recorded, with a 16. 5% reduction in the 3 months leading up to the end of June, with a physically powerful expansion of 5. 4% for the same era last year” , as Nikkei Asian Review noted last month.
And again, the blockade continues. Not at the original point (albeit more serious in some respects, as with face screens), however, as restaurants and other businesses are allowed to open in sustainable spots, they will continue to go bankrupt.
The Philippines is necessarily imploding; however, the lightest quarantine point allowed anywhere ensures that many companies will still not be able to take effect. Neighborhoods that were once full of young people, both one night and two a week, are ghost neighborhoods. to propose even less restrictive quarantines, so the scenario can only get worse. Months ago, more than a fifth of Filipinos said they were hungry. The country has no “safety net” of any kind; For a while, rice, canned and a small amount of cash were transferred (and both skidded at one point), but President Duterte announced the end of this in August. The lack of budget explanation, although billions of dollars of foreign aid continues to flow.
WHAT’S THE POINT?
Sweden still has the highest number of deaths compared to Europe’s peak, however, its sharp decline from the peak indicates that, by not blocking, they necessarily have frontal mortality and have induced immunity in a giant component of the population. of the United States and is less than in several European countries. As has been the case in the United States, these deaths are incredibly disproportionate in senior homes, for which the government has accepted duty, unlike the United States where New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has been hailed as a hero.
Whatever the purpose, if the defenders of the blockade advised, the Philippines has implemented it; therefore, if the blockade works anywhere, the Philippines will be as coronavirus-free as Britain’s rabies, but that’s not the case.
Yes, deaths in the Philippines are remarkably low and have been. The average age is 23. 5 compared to 41. 2 years in Sweden, with very few pre-existing situations accompanying older populations and Western lifestyles. a few parking lots at one entrance, Filipinos, whose public transportation is prohibited, have travelled miles to get to the paintings if they are lucky enough to have a job (at the same time, if Filipino deaths are so low [good under TB], why the endless lockdown?)
But the cases did not stabilize until the end of July and stabilized. There was no descent. Swedish cases peaked in June and there are no deaths almost every day. Philippine deaths, casualties (about 20 consistent with the day), are actually a little more consistent than they were a few months ago. Quarantine grades have not been somewhat comfortable because of advances opposed to the disease, but rather because hungry bodies on the streets despite the great outside aid are bad public relations
Of course, it would be difficult to place two countries less comparable than Sweden and the Philippines in virtually every language you can think of, but the Philippines has also locked up much harder and harder than its Southeast Asian neighbors, with whom they have much in common. Therefore, communist Vietnam was released for the maximum component at the end of April, but its instances and deaths remain low.
The scenario in the Philippines is so excessive that you don’t want the peer-reviewed publications with a million math equations and 50 participants to see that the lockdown is stronger, tighter, longer, while destroying GDP and intellectual and physical fitness. of a population in any way. “fight” against Covid-19, and that the “dream” of the defenders of the confinement is nothing less than a brutal nightmare.
“Doug MacArthur” is an expat who left the Philippines this week.