Phil Anon report
Anon was asking in a previous bread, what is life like here in Phils with the lockdowns.
For the most part people are very chill. They are used to hardship and have a high tolerance of things anon considers intolerable. They accept the masks without question, but in general view it as a rule to follow more than actual fear of their life. They can't afford the $30 fine if they are caught without a mask, so they wear it. The same now holds true with these ridiculous face shields. The requirements and conditions for using these things varies from place to place, and from week to week. It creates a condition that no one really knows what the fuck is going on, they just follow along whatever the latest Facebook announcement is. "Oh I guess they won't be running the ferry boats this week", "oh I have to do a home quarantine if the police told me to," etc. In daily practice, they won't bother you if you are inside a vehicle, and in my neighborhood we walk around with no face masks. I just avoid shops and malls where I know I would have to wear it…send the ladies to shop instead.
At the government level, they still don't know what the fuck is happening. Filipinos are easily convinced by science, and whatever white people say. So the bullshit being handed down by global health experts is not even questioned. Even the top health official in the country has not noticed that the 2017 deaths from "influenza and lung conditions" is about 9X higher than the current 2020 covid deaths. People quickly adopted a kind of narcissistic "we are in this together" attitude, and "Filipinos will overcome" mentality without ever questioning if it was real. Forget about trying to get on a detail level like PCR testing efficacy. All they know is how many cases, and how can we flatten the curve. Facemasks are now a fashion item. Obviously IDGAF what people think, so I only put on a mask when passing a police checkpoint (rare).
Now the dire consequences of the herd mentality: Are you ready? Anons may know about a typhoon that passed thru last week, resulting in massive flooding in Luzon (Manila area). Corpses washing down streams, people texting for help from their roof tops, people getting electrocuted by down power lines. Its bad. Only so far people cannot go to the flood zones and help, because Covid. Supplies cannot reach the flood zones, because Covid. Even if supplies COULD reach the flood zones, they are not permitted to be used because they might be infected. Anyone going TO the flood zone from another area would have to quarantine for 14 days first. So now we get to watch a human tragedy unfold that absolutely did not need to happen this way. On my island, there is a plane load of supplies ready to send, but no permission to receive the shipment on the other end.
I hope anons read this and understand how truly and utterly fucked up the Deep State overlords would make the world, if it were not for Donald Trump. Around here when there is talk of vaccines, most people are like "yes please." In the last 2 days I am learning how Dominion Voting got their start in Venezuela, oh and Philipppines and Mongolia. Well what do you know. We have notoriously fucked up elections anyway, so I guess this was as good a place as any for them to get started fine tuning their software.
Will continue this report with the GOOD things about Philippines…