The issue of the lockdown
By Alex Socorro
@Alexandoy (65308)
Cainta, Philippines
May 31, 2020 4:00pm CST
I am puzzled with the reality of the lockdown. When the daily cases here were less than 50, the government put us under a strict lockdown on March 15. Now that the cases are 500 plus in a day (yesterday it was 800 plus), we are now on a loose lockdown called General Community Quarantine - businesses are opened.
Why did we have to close businesses before? It doesn't make sense to me.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
31 May 20
That is the point in this discussion,. Why put us on a lockdown for 2 months and then loosen up now when the people are already dying of hunger. If we were not put under lockdown then people will still have income no matter how small.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
1 Jun 20
@DianneN yes, we are in dire straits that I think the government has lost control of the situation.
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
1 Jun 20
@Alexandoy It's an awful situation. We are in a terrible mess here, with people carrying on as if there never was a lockdown and the virus taking more and more lives.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
31 May 20
I am really sorry that our government leaders have not been using their brains. When the total cases are less than 100, they put us on a lockdown. Now the cases are 18,000 they ease the lockdown. It is crazy.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
1 Jun 20
@marlina the brains are there for sure because they were elected as president, senators and congressmen. They are not using their brains.
@rebelann (112873)
• El Paso, Texas
1 Jun 20
When the number of fatalities decreases then they feel it's safe to start decreasing the stay home orders @Alexandoy
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
1 Jun 20
I am not reading the number of deaths. I am focused on the daily cases only.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
1 Jun 20
@rebelann so the lockdown is connected to the number of deaths? Now that confused me more.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
31 May 20
With the businesses opening and the lockdown is still restricting us, I wonder where the customers of the mall would be coming from.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
31 May 20
@just4him yes, we live in a suburban town but near the metro.
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@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
31 May 20
Those cases are probably in a centrally located area. In the U.S. they are opening businesses, in places with a low threat. In parts of our country, there are still new victims being diagnosed.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
31 May 20
I really cannot find the logic in the lockdown 2 months ago vis-a-vis the opening of business now.
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@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
31 May 20
@Alexandoy If the outbreak is located many miles away, possibly the threat is less in your area. With the beginning of only 50 victims, they foresaw an urgency to stop it from spreading. Staying home orders saved many lives from being lost!
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
31 May 20
@kobesbuddy my post on the lockdown is nationwide. That is why I am wondering why the government issued a lockdown when they will lift it after 2 months of hunger.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
7 Jun 20
The lockdown wasted more than 2 months of our life. It made us poor.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
31 May 20
Businesses are opening today and the checkpoints are being stricter.
@wolfgirl569 (106425)
• Marion, Ohio
31 May 20
Its the same thing here it seems.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
31 May 20
The lockdown is worldwide which means all leaders of nations are confused and not thinking well.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
31 May 20
I wonder why the government officials didn't see this bad economy coming. The lockdown did it.
@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
31 May 20
You are right, it is like the situation is a work in progress and people are learning new things every day.
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
31 May 20
@Alexandoy That is my opinion.
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@LowRiderX (22903)
• Serbia
1 Jun 20
A lot of it doesn't make sense, unfortunately ... the photo is too funny
