{"id":3414,"date":"2020-03-17T19:20:08","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T11:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/world.350.org\/philippines\/?p=3414"},"modified":"2020-03-17T20:17:19","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T12:17:19","slug":"solidarity-amidst-the-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/philippines\/solidarity-amidst-the-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Solidarity amidst the pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chuck Baclagon<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\nWho would have thought that things could go from bad to worse in less than a week?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was only last Thursday, March <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, when a nonchalant afternoon in the office was disrupted by a broadcast of Rodrigo Duterte\u2019s announcement imposing drastic measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Metro Manila, the national capital region which is home to 12 million people, entered a month-long lockdown on Sunday followed by an imposition of a curfew.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To date, the total number of confirmed cases in the country has risen to 142 and 12 people have died after contracting the virus. Officials said they are also limiting services at the state-run Philippine Heart Center after 13 personnel were exposed to a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">an infected person.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Photos on social media showed crowds lining up in bus stations since Friday, while supermarkets in the capital were emptied of groceries, with some shoppers hoarding goods amid the uncertainty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As I write this, schools, most work, and public transportation are suspended, and establishments will be closed as drastic government measures expand to the whole of mainland Luzon under an &#8220;enhanced community quarantine&#8221; to contain the spread of the virus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The newest measure also constitutes the \u201cheightened presence of uniformed personnel to enforce quarantine procedures.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All this has brought confusion and anxiety upon the population of a metropolis suddenly disrupted by a military response to a public health emergency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is in these uncertain times that we realize the fragility of many of the systems we currently depend on, and much like the climate crisis, the outbreak challenges us to exercise radical empathy and greater social solidarity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Especially in these times, when those who benefit from the status quo are using the outbreak as a means to contain dissent and free thought.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Understand that the forces of tyranny only win by making us feel alone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For too long we have been taught to live in fear. 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To constantly dwell in the tension of depression and helplessness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is in the midst of this uncertainty that we must assert that:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facts are greater than fear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Social solidarity should be greater than social distancing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A culture of sharing is the best antidote to hoarding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And that our communities are stronger than the coronavirus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The selfless acts of our healthcare workers, the voluntary acts of kindness in the city, the informed suggestions of experts on the Internet and the constant calling out for government accountability of activists show that <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">we cannot merely rely on the State, on corporations and on individual larger-than-life saviors. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But we can rely on each other. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can go beyond ourselves, and fight for something bigger than ourselves. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grounded on science and justice, we must face tomorrow with a renewed commitment to face the coming days with hope and resistance.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is in these uncertain times that we realize the fragility of many of the systems we currently depend on, and much like the climate crisis, the outbreak challenges us to exercise radical empathy and greater social 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