Double Down on Protocols, Not Lockdown
It has been almost 7 months since the government imposed a lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was March 15 when a General Community Quarantine (GCQ) was first implemented. Since then we have experienced ECQ (Enhanced Community Quarantine), MECQ (Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine), and MGCQ (Modified General Community Quarantine). Regardless of the acronyms, the fact is that it has devastated our people’s health and livelihood.