The Philippine government has not exactly covered itself in glory this week after issuing a series of baffling edicts that gave the public plenty to talk about, but it really should make us all wonder whether the constant use of face masks and other plastic cranial appliances actually does reduce oxygen flow to some people’s brains.

Although there has been some encouraging news — signs of progress toward getting a few big-ticket infrastructure projects started or completed, the country’s unemployment situation improving from “horrible” to “pretty bad,” and indications that the coronavirus pandemic may be beginning to slow the pace of its spread — these potentially promising developments have been drowned out by these controversial and apparently random decisions:

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