The facts and fallacies of comparing Duterte

COMPARING oneself to others is not always a good move, whether for people or countries. Unless one has reached the top, there are always individuals and nations better as well as worse.

So, Malacañang’s directive for state media to highlight how other nations are doing in their battle against coronavirus disease 2019, or Covid-19, would make the Duterte administration look good as well as bad.