In a facebook post dated February 13, 2021, Mayor of Sadanga, Mountain Province Gabino P. Ganggangan says that they have had enough and have recalibrated their COVID19 response.
The most notable are the following:
- Everyone who gets infected with COVID-19, common colds, flu, or any other variant of the virus are mandated to do “Soob”(inhalation of hot steam)
- Only those tested positive and in “severe case” situations are to be isolated at home
- All the prohibitions or restrictions such as lockdowns, 14-day quarantine and travel bans, and other prohibitions or restrictions that used to be imposed are hereby lifted and discouraged
- No travel ban against anyone regardless of the purpose of travel shall be imposed.
Read the entire original post below
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“The Sadanga New Normal”
The Municipal Inter-Agency Task Force (MIATF) of Sadanga, Mountain Province Promulgates its recalibrated or revised Community Response to COVID-19:
1. After almost 1 year of living with fear and anxiety due to the COVID-19 Scare causing lockdowns and quarantines resulting to a lot of economic, cultural, and social dislocations to our “used to be normal lives” prior to this virus, Sadanga through its MIATF has now promulgated a new approach or community responses to this “new reality” of living with the virus amidst us.
Premises:
1. We have gone through the various kinds of Q’s such as MGCQ, GCQ, ECQ, etc. but as observed, the spread of this virus can not really be stopped but can only be slowed down but eventually it will reach every corner of this world.
2. It is widely disseminated that there is no medicine to cure this COVID-19 but can only be defeated by our own natural individual anti-bodies or immune system.
3. This virus is here to stay with us (the whole world) as a new element in our environment and our “Herd Immunity” when and if achieved is our hope in beating this pandemic.
4. Statistics show that as high as 95-98% of all infected person has recovered on their own without medicines or whatsoever.
5. At most, only around 2% of those infected died as per world data.
6. The cause of death of those who died were actually due to their other pre-existing illnesses or comorbidities and not really directly due to COVID-19.
Learnings:
Purok, Barangay, or Municipal lockdowns and the mandatory 14 days quarantine is an inappropriate community response because these reactions paralyzes the economic, social, culture and other aspects of life of the whole community. Instead, let us focus our response to the management and care of the person infected according to the severity or health situation of the patient.
But we must allow the community to go on with their usual daily normal life activities.
The 14 days mandatory quarantine for all PUM’s and PUI’s and to isolate a patient does not help in healing the patient. On the contrary, this causes boredom, irritativeness, lonesome and all other negative feelings which leads to psychological and mental stress to the patient!
The purpose of “lockdowns and isolation quarantine” is supposedly to slow down the spread of the virus. This purpose can well be equally achieved with the BASIC HEALTH PROTOCOLS such as, wearing of face mask, faceshield, regular hand washing, and physical distancing!
Premises considered; the following are hereby promulgated:
1. It is advised that everyone should take a glass of warm water with lemon or calamsi squeeze everyday. This is to boost our immune system.
2. Everyone who gets infected of COVID-19, common colds, flue or any other variant of virus are mandated to do “Soob”(inhalation of hot steam) 2 times a day preferably in the morning and in the evening.
3. Only those tested positive and in “severe case” situations are to be isolated at home and to be given “focused” attention / intervention by the health personnels in addition to their family care giving. These patients must be provided with free vitamin C, medications on the other symptoms of comorbidities.
Home care is best than going to hospitals where you cannot be given much attention to just the same.
4. All the prohibitions or restrictions such as lockdowns, 14 day quarantine and travel bans and other prohibitions or restrictions that used to be imposed are hereby lifted and discouraged as a community response. These action are more damaging to our economic community life and are counter productive.
5. Diligent compliance to the basic Health Protocols as stated above are good enough to slow down the spread of the disease.
6. No travel ban against anyone regardless of the purpose of travel shall be imposed.
No travel documents such as Test Results, Medical papers and Travel Authority are required in coming in and traveling out of the municipality. It is the responsibility of one who travels to know and comply to the requirements of his/her place of destination.
7. Do not wear face mask or face shield whenever you are alone in your workplace or elsewhere. Breathe in fresh air as much as possible.
8. The Health Personnel are hereby directed to come up with a master list of individuals who are to be considered as high risk or most vulnerable sectors such as persons with existing health problem or comorbidities and old senior citizens. These high risk or most vulnerable sectors are to be closely monitored if and when they are infected and are to be assisted by our Health Personnel in boosting their immune system by providing free vitamins, advised to take in more citrus fruits and drink and other food substance that are helpful in boosting the immune system.
9. Each barangay are directed and authorized to utilize their BDRRM fund to purchase vitamin c and other immune-boosting medicines, food supplements, fruits, and other needed substances for their constituents.
COVID-19 is now a new reality in our world and is here to stay, so we have to accept and respect COVID-19 for what is and learn to live back our usual normal lives amidst this virus!
Enough of the exaggerated fear and scare and set aside those exaggerated and restrictive responses. It’s just a new form of colds challenging us to strengthen/boost our immune system. You need medicines to beat and survive against malaria, dengue, typhoid fever and other illness but there is no medicine needed to fight against COVID-19 after all.
Just boost your immune system and that’s it!
We are not scientists here in Sadanga but this is our common sense lang naman. Take it or leave it. NO debate!
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