Here we are on Hash Monday and experiencing our third straight day of heavy rainfall. I guess I really shouldn’t complain. It’s been a relatively dry rainy season up to this point. And from what I’ve been seeing in South Korea our rainfall ain’t squat. But I don’t have to like it.

I guess if I were looking for a silver lining in those clouds I could point to this:

In other news, today is the beginning of yet another round of bullshit imposed by the local government ostensibly to fight the spread of COVID. I mentioned the 7:00 p.m. curfew and the Sunday lockdown already. But now there is also this:

Nobody leaves or enters Olongapo without having the proper travel documents and health clearance. That should make things interesting around here.

I saw this on Facebook so I can’t vouch for its accuracy, but it does illustrate the point that the problems that are being exacerbated are far worse than anything the virus might do:

Each day, 95 children in the Philippines die from malnutrition. Twenty-seven out of 1,000 Filipino children do not get past their fifth birthday. A third of Filipino children are stunted, or short for their age. Stunting after 2 years of age can be permanent, irreversible and even fatal.” (UNICEF)
So nearly 3,000 children a month not to include stunted growth issues. We are talking about 20,000 children died this year in Phillippines due to malnutrition.
We have over 2209 total deaths of COVID since the virus outbreak (corona tracker) and in that time 20,000 children died of malnutrition.
What is the priority? What is the focus?

I’ve been in the Sweden mindset since the beginning of this insanity. No lockdowns, no closures, no mandates; just the application of common-sense prevention measures. It seems to have worked out well for them.

Alright, time for this old man to climb down from his soapbox. But before I go, I do want to say this:

Thanks for dropping by!