Reimagined mindset

THE pandemic may have led to a contraction of the economy by 16.5 percent, and the trajectory in terms of growth has been compromised, as in any country, globally. Critics have been blaming this administration for the recession because of early lockdowns. I really do not understand where the critics are coming from. Looks like the herd moves like the pendulum, depending on who is pushing, and these days, people just pick on things for the heck of hitting at this administration without much concern for the fight against the unknown.

There are some making an issue of not calling it early, using the China card as an attack on the administration when in fact, it was because of the early lockdown that our response has been a lot better than the rest of the world. But then again, attacks are a dime a dozen and “facts” are recklessly made just to create the framing that the Duterte administration has been a total failure, and nothing whatsoever has effectively been done by the government. Others need to be relevant with a very executive response approach on the pandemic fight. Public health and the economy are the two drivers of the collective noise raising the ante towards arrows and slingshots against any and all, from the civilian to the military, devoid of logic and reason. Worse, no solutions are being offered as if these crowds are from another country and not the Philippines.