Ray Macalalag

  • GDP will not be a priority in the pandemic

    Ray Macalalag
    4–6 minutes

    This is article was originally published with the title, “Will GDP growth be a priority this year?” at Daily Guardian. It just took a little virus to cause the world to shift beyond proportions. The COVID-19 pandemic is worse than wildfires and this will surely be felt in the coming years even if we all…

  • The Math of Capacities

    Ray Macalalag
    3–5 minutes

    Why is WVMC-SNL slow in releasing COVID-19 test results Just yesterday, the Western Visayas Medical Center Sub-National Laboratory (WVMC-SNL) issued Advisory No. 11 explaining various reasons to the delays on releasing of test results. Reason No. 1 is that they can process 800 to 1,000 samples per day. Looking at how these numbers are figured,…

  • The Philippine’s terrible start in COVID-19 Response

    Ray Macalalag
    4–6 minutes

    This is article was originally published with the title, “Why March 12 was a bit late” at Daily Guardian. The first action that the government was able to do was to ban direct flights from Wuhan, Hubei Province in the People’s Republic of China dubbed as the ground zero of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). That…

  • Don’t cry over spilled Corona

    Ray Macalalag
    3–4 minutes

    This is article was originally published with the title, “Not a lockdown, it’s spilled milk” at Daily Guardian. January 30, 2020 – It is probably a date our immune systems would never forget. The first case of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was confirmed in the Philippines. It was in 38-year-old Chinese from Wuhan in…