The Covid-19 pandemic that started in Wuhan, China on December of 2019th spread throughout the world and as of October 2020 there has been 35 million cases. The deadly virus caused a lot of deaths in the world and also damaged countries economically. Countries are forced to lock down in order to contain and lessen the spread of the virus.
As a third world country, there has been major faults and mistakes made by the country’s leaders. Uncountable mistakes that led to the suffering and disappointments of many. There has also been a dispute within the Government because of senators wanting the great leader of health, Francisco Duque III to resign because of various reasons.
After the first news of people from Wuhan being here on Philippines, the government still didn't ban the entry of travelers from China because they might "question" why them but also not other countries. They prioritized the interest of Chinese people over the welfare of the Filipinos. The Department of Health lacked transparency in their process in helping people and the frontliners. Ever since the first report of them not banning the travelers, people has been voicing out and bashing them for not prioritizing their own people.
The lack of leadership from the leaders led to poor planning, delayed response and misguided policies. The country has been on lock down or quarantine for months yet cases still kept going up. Although we can't fully blame them because there are also citizens that has lack of discipline but the country also lacked leaders that are more pro active in defeating the virus with lesser casualties.
The government from the start doesn't also seem to be invested or caring in the situation, as, they didn't immediately act on this battle. The biggest problem is the delay of mass testing, the process of contact tracing and the shortage of gear. Everyday the front liners risk their lives just to serve and help the people but somehow the DOH haven't put their minds where it is supposed to be put, because of the lack of nurses or other medical people, they decided to set up a offering of P500.00 daily compensation for volunteer health workers. Imagine how big of an insult is that to the medical community. Risking their lives everyday. Putting their heart out and also risking their family's lives.
More than halfway on the year, there still hasn't been a concrete plan of the government on how will they fight this virus through the end. Not to mention, it seems that their focus is on other things like the Terror Bill, Manila Bay "beautification" that spent P389 million when that money could've been donated to the hospitals or people that is in very need of food or resources, and also online classes. Their focus could've been in other things that is much more important but they chose to prioritize the wrong stuffs.
People are starving and what they need right now is the basic needs and the support of the government. With lock down, many people lost their jobs that could lead to a family struggling because of hunger and day by day we still read or hear news of the government that still continue to upset and disappoint the people. This battle against the pandemic really showed their inefficiency in performing and being the nation's leaders.
