ECQ aalisin agad, mas mahirap kung ibabalik ulit–solon

DAPAT umanong tiyakin na kontrolado na ang coronavirus disease bago pakawalan ang populasyon sa Enhanced Community Quarantine.

Ayon kay House committee on ways and means chairman Joey Salceda mas mahirap ang pagpapatupad ng panibagong ECQ kapag inalis na ito.

Nagtagumpay umano ang gobyerno sa pagbawas sa social contacts upang mapigilan ang mabilis na pagkalat ng coronavirus disease 2019.

At ang maagang pagtanggal ng ECQ ay maaari umanong magpataas ng mga kaso ng COVID gaya ng nangyari sa ibang bansa.

“When we allow a big swathe of social contacts exposed to an epidemic with doubling time of 12 days, we would simply overwhelm their nascent capacities, opening the margin for mistakes even if clerical with manifold adverse consequences,” ani Salceda. “Worse than this, our healthcare system is at risk of unraveling under the weight of the volumes putting at risk other morbidities. And in the medium term under such scenario, the consequences on consumer confidence would be aggravated.”

“We thus need to reduce infectiousness before exposing the population, so that we can catch, trace and isolate within capacity,” dagdag pa ng solon.

Isinusulong ni Salceda na palawigin pa ang dalawang linggo ang ECQ para mas marami ang ma-COVID test bago pakawalan ang populasyon.

“The idea that we are choosing between economic damage and health damage is misguided. We are trying to minimize both. At this rate, opening up the county and hoping that we will not have to lock it down again is wishful thinking. Let’s finish the job now, when we are already building on some successes, rather than erase those gains and then face a second wave later.”