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DUTERTE TAKES ACTION

President Duterte met Monday (April 13) in Malacañang with the members of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Coronavirus Crisis.  Many interesting things came up and were decided upon. Addressing the group extemporaneously and looking […]

COVID-19

WHY WE NEED TO SELF-ISOLATE IN A PANDEMIC

In an influenza pandemic, households are the most likely to transmit the virus (40%), followed by school and work combined (30%), and last thru other contact settings (less than 30%). (Epidemics, 2019) That’s why the […]

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RAMON ANG ON EXTENDING LUZON LOCKDOWN: “IT’S LIFE OVER MONEY”

Business tycoon Ramon Ang downplayed the negative impact of the enhanced community quarantine on businesses, saying he’ll “choose life over money.” “At this point, what is more important are lives, not money,” Ang said in an interview […]

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FIGHTING SARS COV-2

Why is there need for lockdown and social distancing?  The answer lies in what is called reproductive number of the virus.  To stop it, the reproductive number must be 1 or 0, what scientists call […]