Ikinabahala ni dating Vice President Jejomar Binay ang biglaang pagluluwag ng restrictions sa gitna ng patuloy na banta ng coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic at ng mas nakahahawang Delta variant sa bansa.
"Some government officials are eager to allow more people outdoors. This is understandable, but they should learn from what happened last year when they prematurely loosened restrictions in time for the holidays. We were hit by a surge a few months after, even worse than the surge last year. And it is the people who suffered the most," paliwanag ng dating bise presidente.
"Dapat mahinahon. Dapat paghandaan at dapat sigurado, it is better to be cautious now, than sorry later," babala nito.
Sa kabila aniya ng pagtaas ng bilang ng nababakunahan sa Metro Manila, nananatili pa ring mataas ang pagkakaroon ng vaccine hesitancy at hindi pa rin naaabot ng bakuna ang iba pang bahagi ng bansa.
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"And while cases are going down in the National Capital Region (NCR) and key areas, hospitals are saying they are not feeling the downtrend, especially in the provinces. The situation is aggravated by the continuing departure of nurses and health workers," anito.
Ito na aniya ang tamang panahon upang palakasin ang public health system ng bansa bilang depensa laban sa posibleng pagtaas pa ng COVID-19 cases sa hinaharap.
Sinita rin nito ang pamahalaan sa malaking ginastos sa Manila Bay dolomite beach na dapat aniya inilaan sa benepisyo ng mga health workers, at pagbili ng mga gamot laban sa COVID-19.
"It’s about time we rethink our priorities," dagdag pa ni Binay
Patrick Ely Garcia
