How do people really feel about the transition to GCQ?
Published May 28, 2020 12:00 am
By Czarina Nicole Ong Ki
The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) has formally recommended to President Duterte to place Metro Manila under the general community quarantine (GCQ) on June 1.
(REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez / MANILA BULLETIN)
President Duterte has the final say whether or not to proceed with the transition from the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) to GCQ, and he is expected to address the nation about his decision on Thursday night.
But how do netizens feel about this recommendation? Are they all for the transition?
Majority of netizens have voiced their disagreement to the IATF recommendation. "This is too risky. May God be with us," someone posted on Twitter.
"Why is everyone rooting for the GCQ?!" exclaimed another. "Saan ba utak ninyo (Where are your brains)? 15k cases!!! Fifteen. Thousand! That’s only within the duration of ECQ and MECQ. METRO MANILA IS NOT READY FOR A GENERAL COMMUNITY QUARANTINE. PERIOD!!!"
One netizen raised concern over the lack of public transportation, which would make it difficult for workers to report back for work. "Yesterday, the Metro Manila Council said they favor a shift to GCQ, but will recommend that buses and jeeps remain banned," she said. "This means mobility would more or less be the same under an MECQ scenario, but with heavier traffic and more workers disenfranchised by lack of public transport."
Metro Manila has been identified as the epicenter of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country, so it baffles netizens why government officials are eager to place it under GCQ.
"So CEBU CITY remains in MECQ while the epicenter will transition to GCQ for 15 days... note that we had 350+ cases the past two days and majority is in the Metro... so if 15K cases suddenly double, you know who to blame!!!!!" a netizen fumed.
There are some who believe, however, that there is no difference whether the Metro is placed under MECQ or GCQ. "As long as no vaccine is developed, no amount of quarantine will do the trick- be it ECQ, MECQ, or GCQ. Another lockdown will surely result (in millions of jobless people)," commented one.
"NCR shifting from MECQ to GCQ and right now, we don't have much of a choice. We will all face the deadly disease to sustain our daily needs. It's like survival of the fittest for us Filipinos," added another.
(REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez / MANILA BULLETIN)
President Duterte has the final say whether or not to proceed with the transition from the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) to GCQ, and he is expected to address the nation about his decision on Thursday night.
But how do netizens feel about this recommendation? Are they all for the transition?
Majority of netizens have voiced their disagreement to the IATF recommendation. "This is too risky. May God be with us," someone posted on Twitter.
"Why is everyone rooting for the GCQ?!" exclaimed another. "Saan ba utak ninyo (Where are your brains)? 15k cases!!! Fifteen. Thousand! That’s only within the duration of ECQ and MECQ. METRO MANILA IS NOT READY FOR A GENERAL COMMUNITY QUARANTINE. PERIOD!!!"
One netizen raised concern over the lack of public transportation, which would make it difficult for workers to report back for work. "Yesterday, the Metro Manila Council said they favor a shift to GCQ, but will recommend that buses and jeeps remain banned," she said. "This means mobility would more or less be the same under an MECQ scenario, but with heavier traffic and more workers disenfranchised by lack of public transport."
Metro Manila has been identified as the epicenter of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country, so it baffles netizens why government officials are eager to place it under GCQ.
"So CEBU CITY remains in MECQ while the epicenter will transition to GCQ for 15 days... note that we had 350+ cases the past two days and majority is in the Metro... so if 15K cases suddenly double, you know who to blame!!!!!" a netizen fumed.
There are some who believe, however, that there is no difference whether the Metro is placed under MECQ or GCQ. "As long as no vaccine is developed, no amount of quarantine will do the trick- be it ECQ, MECQ, or GCQ. Another lockdown will surely result (in millions of jobless people)," commented one.
"NCR shifting from MECQ to GCQ and right now, we don't have much of a choice. We will all face the deadly disease to sustain our daily needs. It's like survival of the fittest for us Filipinos," added another.