Got this on my feed at Facebook today. Sometimes, most of us are paranoid that a simple cough or runny nose is a sign of COVID-19. When I feel that I have a sore throat when I wake up in the morning, I chew a little fresh ginger and let its juice slide down my throat and it helps big time.
I lately learned that in some hospitals, in almost every case of death, they link it to COVID-19 and some of them charge Philhealth so much. Did you know that there is a case of 15B missing in Philhealth’s coffers? Corruption is rampant everywhere and I find it funny that every time we discover such, the heads of such likely corporations end up in wheelchair. Talk of Ex-Justice Corona, Pres. Gloria Arroyo, Pres. Erap Estrada and now the head of Philhealth begged to be excused from the Senate hearings because accordingly, he is on chemotherapy. The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) was created in 1995 to implement universal health coverage in the Philippines. It is a tax-exempt, government-owned and controlled corporation (GOCC) of the Philippines, and is attached to the Department of Health. A lot of people are clamoring for the resignation of the Dept. of Health Secretary but the president would not let him go even if it is obvious that the department is being mismanaged and they don’t even have complete plan to address this pandemic. Philhealth is the only hope for us Filipinos when we are hospitalized and yet they are saying that by next year, there will no longer be funds that could be reimbursed for each patient/member of it. Where could you find that the head/task force leader in this pandemic is a retired Army general when most nations have doctors/epidemiologists/ science researchers in their midst. Only in the Philippines.
Oh! My!
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We recently had the official news here that anyone here dying of anything within 14 days after being tested positive for Covid-19 is declared to have died of the virus. This recently applied to someone killed in a car accident, so has distorted the figures completely.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Gosh, this pandemic is truly crazy. Do you know that my niece who is a nurse is supposed to go back to UAE together with her husband but then she suddenly had Covid – asymptomatic. My brother told me that all of them are being monitored by the barangay. They have grandkids with them, 1 year old and 3 years old.
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every time I sneee I look at my suspiciously in the mirror with my hand on my forehead looking for the faintest hint of a high temperature…
Thanks for this
~B
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We are conscious of those things in this time of pandemic.
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Thank you for sharing! It’s nice to understand the difference between them all.
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LIkewise Michelle, let’s all be cautious. Be safe!
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thanks for the info, Arlene! stay safe 🙂
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You’re welcome!
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You would not believe the totally incompetent people Trump has in important jobs. So sadly your country is not alone in that.
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Yeay, your president is not alone, ours is worse.
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