More news about how the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines is being handled by the public and the government.
The government is now aiming to vaccinate children aged 5-11 which is a group that is not at risk for COVID.
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| https://mb.com.ph/2022/02/02/party-themed-vax-sites-for-kids-aged-5-11-in-muntinlupa/ |
The Muntinlupa City government will be decorating the vaccination sites for five to 11 years old with a children’s party-themed design to make the atmosphere appealing and relaxing for the kids.
This is one of the strategies of the city government to encourage more kids to get vaccinated. According to the Public Information Office, the vaccination of minors aged five to 11 in Muntinlupa will start on Feb. 7.
Muntinlupa City Health Office chief Dr. Juancho Bunyi earlier said the two vaccination sites for the age group are the Laguerta Health Center in Barangay Tunasan and Ospital ng Muntinlupa in Barangay Alabang.
The target population under the 5-11 age group in Muntinlupa is 68,000. The national government will roll out the vaccination of five to 11 years old on Feb. 4 in select areas in Metro Manila.
One of the strategies to get children vaccinated is to create a fun atmosphere. What about printing pamphlets detailing exactly why young children should be vaccinated? Some parents are trying to stop this program because its implementing rules takes away their authority.
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| https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1549495/court-asked-to-stop-covid-19-vaccination-of-children-aged-5-to-11 |
A petition has been filed before the Quezon City Regional Trial Court to stop the Department of Health (DOH) from vaccinating children aged 5 to 11 against COVID-19.
The petitioners are parents whose children are within the 5 to 11 bracket are represented by the Public Attorneys’ Office (PAO).
In the petition, the parents urge the court to uphold “their right to consent (and necessarily, right to refuse consent to COVID-19 vaccination) in behalf of their children; and ultimately, protect life and health of the latter and other children similarly threatened of exposure to undue risks to their life and health.”
The petition stated that the parents are concerned that they will be deprived of their right to decide on matters affecting their children citing a Department of Health (DOH) memorandum which states that: “in case the parent/guardian refuses to give consent to the vaccination despite the desire and willingness of the minor child to have himself/herself vaccinated, or there are no persons that may legally exercise parental authority over the child, the State may act as parens patriae and give the necessary consent.”
The petition pointed out that with the DOH memorandum, the government is “indirectly forcing” children to get vaccinated despite the fact that Republic Act 11525 states that the COVID-19 vaccines are experimental.
If a child wants to get vaccinated but his parents refuse then the state can step in and override the authority of the parent. That is wrong on so many levels. What else does one call it when the state forces parents to sit down and acts in their place except tyranny?
A few days later the DOH revoked this policy.
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| https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/02/07/2159166/doh-takes-back-assailed-policy-vaccinate-kids-vs-covid-19-even-if-parents-object |
The Department of Health has amended its memorandum to remove the contested policy that allows the State to give consent for the vaccination of children aged five to 11 years old, if parents refuse inoculation for them.
The DOH issued a memorandum dated February 4 that "rescinded" part of its January 24 guidelines for administration of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for aged five to 11 years old.
This part of the memo was assailed in a petition filed by two parents with children in the five to 11 years old age group before the Quezon City Regional Trial Court.
The petitioners said that they do not intend to vilify government efforts in the pandemic, but seeks protection of "very vulnerable population from undue health risks and fatal consequences,” as COVID-19 vaccines are "fairly new" and seeks "respect towards parents’/guardians’ parental authority over their children on matters affecting the latter’s interest, well-being, health and safety, and life."
The vaccinations for children are of course ongoing. In one case Ironman showed up.
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1167181 |
The Taguig City government turned some of its coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccination hubs into a "superhero carnival" center as it officially rolled out the jabs for children aged 5 to 11 years old on Monday.
Taguig Mayor Lino Cayetano said this is part of the efforts to reduce fear or vaccine hesitancy among the age group.
"To complement the pediatric vaccination initiative, the city added new vaccination sites at the SM Aura SMX Convention Center and Lakeshore Vaccination Hub, which specifically turned to a children's party-like venue. Vaccinees are greeted by cosplayers and delighted with different attractions like a puppet show. As a simple token for their bravery, every minor vaccinee is given a loot bag after inoculation," Cayetano said.
"(If you see what we have done on our vaccination centers, we made it attractive and colorful for the parents and the minors they are accompanying so that the fear and apprehension of these children over vaccination will be allayed and that they will be more than excited to be inoculated)," she added.
A token for their bravery or for their foolhardiness for receiving an experimental drug for a virus which poses little to no risk to them?
Guess how much waste is being generated every day just from face masks. Quite a lot.
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| https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/820581/waste-from-face-masks-fill-166-six-tonner-trucks-daily-denr/story/ |
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources said Thursday the waste from face masks fills 166 six-tonner trucks every day.
At the Laging Handa public briefing, DENR Undersecretary Julius Leonen said that around 1,000 metric tons of waste from face masks are being collected daily.
“Ibig sabihin kung six-tonner yung ating truck, 166 na trucks ang lumalabas kada araw para kolektahin ang mga waste na ito" (It means if we use six-tonner trucks, 166 of them go out every day to collect this waste), he said.
The DENR has been coordinating with local government units especially in the barangay level to make sure they are strictly following the Solid Waste Management Act.
Barangay governments are in charge of collecting waste from households and taking them to “transfer station”, where the municipal governments will pick them up.
And that's only the waste that has been collected. There are a lot of stray face masks from litterbugs floating around the streets and fields of the Philippines.
At one hospital in Quezon garbage has been backed up for months!
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| https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1550801/quezon-hospital-starts-disposing-of-hazardous-waste-after-flak |
The Quezon Medical Center (QMC) here has started disposing of medical waste piled up inside its compound on Friday amid complaints of nearby residents.
“The contractors will clear the waste storage facility of all uncollected waste within two weeks of continuous operations,” assured Dr. Rolando Padre, QMC director, in a statement late on Friday.
Padre also publicly apologized to the affected residents who aired their complaints through media outlets here.
He said they were still processing the payment for their waste disposal contractor when the complaints were reported in the media.
Padre explained that the piles of hospital waste at the back of the QMC compound were “the result of the hospital’s inability to sustain the disposal process amid increased hazardous hospital waste generation during the peak of COVID-19 admissions in the third quarter of last year.”
He said QMC collected about 400 kilograms of hospital waste every day. The hospital engaged licensed contractors to transport the waste to a treatment facility.
Padre said they had difficulties in paying fees for the contractors during the last quarter of last year because of the non-passage of the 2021 annual budget of the provincial government.
“As a result, they temporarily stopped collecting from our temporary storage facility. Waste collected from the different areas of the hospital were instead packed directly in secured plastic drums and kept in the [storage] area,” he explained.
Padre also assured that pathologic waste was not stored nor mixed with hazardous hospital waste.
“There is a separate procedure to dispose of placentas, amputated limbs, surgical specimens, and the like, and they cannot be the cause of the foul odor in the area,” he stressed.
Just goes to show how important it is to pass the budget. There is simply no excuse for the budget to ever be delayed.
In Davao cremation remains free for those who have died and tested positive for COVID.
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1167021 |
The Davao City Crematorium continues to exclusively serve bodies of those who died from the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).
Since it started operating in February last year, the city’s crematorium has granted free services to a total of 291 Covid-19-infected bodies.
Vice presidential candidate and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte, during her online show "Sana All For You" on Thursday, said the crematorium was built for the city to meet the requirement in the proper disposal of Covid-19-infected cadavers within 12 hours to reduce the number of bodies in hospital morgues.
Dondee Eralino, head of City Economic Enterprise, cited its importance for the city as it provides a safer and more efficient compliance with the provision of the Sanitation Code of the Philippines.
“This is for free. Wala itong bayad kahit one peso (This does not cost a single peso). From hospitals to the cremation facility, libre lahat (everything is free),” Eralino said.
“At talagang malaking tulong ito sa lahat ng mga kababayan natin dito sa Davao (This is really a big help to all Davao residents),” he added.
Does this include those who died WITH the virus but not FROM the virus? The distinction matters. The government is using this distinction to confuse people and scare them into taking the vaccine.
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1167120 |
About 90 percent of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) deaths in Negros Oriental were unvaccinated individuals, a health official said.
There were also deaths among vaccinated individuals but they had comorbidities like cancer, hypertension, diabetes, and other illnesses, Assistant Provincial Health Officer Dr. Liland Estacion said during a virtual presser on Friday afternoon.
See what they did here? They dismissed the deaths of the fully vaccinated by noting that they had comorbidites. But how many of the unvaccinated also had comorbidites? Death from COVID alone is not the norm. It is comorbidites that exacerbate the virus. These statistics are disingenuous.
Remember, vaccination and not making sure people are actually healthy and have a strong immune system is the government's plan to exit the pandemic.
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1166988 |
A more intensified Covid-19 vaccination program is crucial to the country's smooth transition from pandemic to an endemic approach to Covid-19, vaccine czar, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., said Thursday.
"We cannot have [safe] transition from pandemic to endemic kung hindi tayo mababakunahan lahat (if not everyone is vaccinated)," Galvez, also the chief of the National Task Force (NTF) Against Covid-19, said during the rollout of "Resbakuna sa Botika" in Bacolod City.
Galvez cited a recent analysis of some health experts worldwide that unvaccinated persons are prone to carrying virus mutations.
Based on the advice of the Israeli experts, Galvez said those who have availed of the booster doses have gained added protection against the dreaded disease, even with the presence of new Covid-19 variants.
"Based on science, as experts said, we need the third dose or boosters so that we can have an added protection, and that any mutation or any variants that are coming in, ay talaga pong ligtas tayo (we are really safe)," he said.
Actually Israel is recommending a fourth shot. There will never be enough vaccines administered to fight against COVID because the vaccines DO NOT PREVENT infection.
The pandemic health protocols have caused a lot of harm one would not even think of. Apparently some people have stopped brushing their teeth because they are wearing face masks.
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1167016 |
The Department of Health - Northern Mindanao (DOH-10) on Thursday said around 87 percent of Filipinos have oral health problems such as tooth decay and gum diseases.
Mosende said most children begin developing dental caries at age five and when parents do not occasionally monitor the dental health of their children.
At this time of the pandemic, oral health is also a point of concern for Filipinos as some tend to ignore brushing their teeth because they are wearing face masks anyway.
"Some will say they no longer have to brush their teeth because they are wearing face masks, but that is not good," Mosende said.
That is pretty gross.
Don't want to get vaccinated? Duterte has a message for you.
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| https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1551289/duterte-tells-unvaccinated-people-pag-kayo-namatay-good-riddance |
“I’m warning you. Don’t be complacent. If you die, and you’re not vaccinated, I will tell you: Good riddance,’” President Rodrigo Duterte, speaking in a mix of English and Filipino, said in his weekly taped address, “Talk to the People,” that aired late on Monday.
He addressed the warning to those who refuse to get vaccinated as he stressed the Philippines was not yet “over the hump” in its battle against COVID-19.
“If you don’t want it [vaccination], you want to die. OK then. Walk around, and if you get contaminated, you will feel very, very sorry for yourself and your family,” Duterte added.
Does this mean the unvaccinated are no longer to be confined to their homes and can freely go about their business? I hope so. That would be a win for freedom.
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