"The Selfishness of a Few , The Death of Many"

 "The Selfishness of a Few , The Death of Many"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD

My Tita Emy just died yesterday(March 29 2021) and I cannot help but feel a rage deep within me. As I looked at my newsfeed on social media I saw even more deaths , these were mothers too , and Ninongs and Uncles and Fathers and sons. As I analyzed some of them I felt that some of these deaths could have been prevented.

Our Doctors are very good but you need to be able to reach them for them to help you and how can you do that when you are the 94th patient in a line of other more "urgent" patients. This is the worst time to get sick as all of the hospitals are full. Every night there are private messages if I can help secure a bed in a private hospital. And the message is the same. All the beds are full. Sick people are being referred to other places that are also full.

Asthma should not kill you this time around and yet due to an overwhelmed hospital system that might as well been the case.

And this is because people do not take this virus seriously , people even denying it , calling the vaccine a fake satanic nano bot filled thing. People are entitled to their own beliefs of course but they should see the consequence of all their beliefs.

Not wearing a mask properly , a lapse in handwashing or social distancing , the improper wearing of face shields. They all think that 97 percent of the cases are mild anyway not thinking that the 3 percent of the population that can turn up with severe symptoms coupled with the patients who also need medical attention can strain the hospital system.

10k cases and climbing and the statisticians are saying that we have reached the point where our testing capacity is no longer accurate. A year in and the start of a new ECQ people have not learned the hard lessons that they should. They still flippantly say things that the poor are immune to this virus.

You can have the virus , not know it , infect people around you until it reaches the people who cannot defend themselves.

They then go to the hospitals and compete with beds and staff with other people who also need medical attention. Yes Covid19 beds might not be full as there are reports that they are adding a lot more but the truth of the matter is that most if not all hospitals remain understaffed. They were already understaffed before this pandemic began and they are now even more so now.

I feel that what I wrote is futile. It might never reach the ears of the people I want shout at. They might never get to read it , comprehend it or dismiss it plainly because it does not follow their world view.

Meanwhile a lot of loved ones are dead. And something that might have been prevented happened.