Philippines: The Curve is starting to flatten

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According to Dr. Teddy Herbosa, special adviser of the National Task Force Against COVID-19 told CNN Philippines’ New Day that the number of patients who recovered already surpassed the patients who died and the doubling rate had also decreased.

This means that the Covid virus is not infecting people as fast as it used to and this has given the people time to adjust and prepare for its eradication.

The lockdown and social distancing campaign worked in isolating the infected people. Lifting the lockdown will be dangerous but if proper social distancing and hygiene are seriously followed by the people, there is a good chance that the virus will not infect people as aggressively as before. 

The best remedy, of course, is to develop a vaccine and of course, a medical remedy for infected people. 

Some Fun Facts about Senator Juan Ponce Enrile

Sharing this from Youtube (Video) and Reddit (Fun Facts below):

A few pieces of trivia I discovered about Juan Ponce Enrile, who was born in 1924 and is now 92 years old:

Queen Elizabeth is two years younger than Enrile.

Penicillin was invented four years after Enrile was born. (h/t Jomel Salas)

For the first four years of Enrile's life, sliced bread did not exist. Bread slicing machines were invented four years later.

Enrile is one year older than television.

The Jazz Singer, the first talkie film, was screened when Enrile was three years old.

The good news is, Enrile isn't older than Disney company. Disney was founded four months before he was born.

However, Enrile is still four years older than Mickey Mouse.

Sewer systems in the Philippines were modernized when Enrile was five years old. That most likely means he was drinking contaminated water for the first few years of his life.

In his early years, Enrile lived under an insular government, and only when he was 11 did Manuel Quezon take office under the Commonwealth government. Yes, Enrile was much, much older than the Tydings–McDuffie Act.

Enrile is as old as frozen food - or rather, the invention of frozen food.

Addendum: A list of things ordered by time of existence:

Reader's Digest (1922)

Enrile (1924)

The Great Gatsby (1925)

Winnie the Pooh (1926) scotch tape (1930)

How to Deal with the Porter Scam at the Manila Airport (NAIA-3)

Yesterday, news came out that the dreaded airport (NAIA) has a another passenger scam being implemented. According to news reports, unscrupulous porters approach passengers and tell them that there's a long line at the airline check in desks and most probably, they will miss their flight.

Such kind of words are quite alarming especially for passengers are only at the airport because of their connecting flights. This is also bad news for passengers whose tickets cannot be re booked, non transferable and non refundable.

Scam No 1: The crooked porters, knowing how such inconvenience can affect the passengers, will offer to "Fix the problem" with a $50 grease money and their tickets will be processed ahead of the other passengers who are already lined up.

Scam No 2.: Other/same porters will approach the passengers and ask for more money saying that the initial $50 was not enough. The porters this time can be more menacing.

For Passengers ( How to avoid these scams):

1. Do not engage in scams. If you are about to get delayed, ask for official remedies. Approach the airline desk directly and explain your problem. As airline/airport employees, it is their obligation to help you.

2. Record every conversation. Download spy apps and use it to catch criminals.

3. Report the criminal activities observed to the authorities and send it to your lawyer, friends, and relatives.Those people will become your insurance polices. Also consider the legal implications then decide if it is worthwhile uploading it to the social media.

For Airport Authorities (How to Prevent the Porter Scams):

1. Prevent unnecessary interaction between porters and passengers. Porters at Philippine airports are all over the passenger parking, loading and unloading areas, etc.

2. Restrict Porters to their areas at the airport and whenever passengers need their services, they may approach the airport customer services and ask that porters be called.

3. Ban airport cops and personnel from asking passengers if they need  porters. They should also be banned from suggesting porter services to passengers.

4. Porters should be banned from unnecessarily speaking to passengers. Those who are done serving customers should never talk to other passengers and head directly back to their quarters.

5. Optimize the use of CCTV and scrutinize every movement at the airport.

6. Penalize every violation of airport rules.

News Source: Beyond Deadlines