let's rant

this meningo situation in the city has been clearly blown out of proportions. you got inconsistent reports coming at you left and right. we got the city government saying there's nothing to be alarmed about (then still promote baguio as the premier tourist destination spot in the country). we got the local health department saying otherwise (while hoarding tons of medicine and vaccines for their own benefit). then of course the national health department trying to contain the situation by.. dig this.. shooting an infomercial about it (i was just so pissed about the infomercial that i can't seem to write a sarcastic quip inside these parentheses). then there are these honest employees of department of health baguio who are willing to talk about the real score, but unfortunately, has been given a strong gag order to be mum about it.

then you hear news about supply of anti-meningo vaccines and antibiotics running out; and all you have in abundance are supplies of surgical masks that, at ten bucks each, can't even seem to guard you from a simple cold much less from a deadly bacteria. and of course, it doesn't help to know that the price of a bottle of ascorbic acid (vitamin c) rose by almost 150% since the outbreak!

simply put, what's happening here is plain, old-school bullshit!

to the city government and to whoever it is running this circus... if you're gonna lie to the public, then at least come up with a consistent and formidable lie. Not that "hindi-kami-diyos" bullshit you said last week on television.

do you think the people of baguio are stupid or something? you better pray to brhama you don't get your 78-year old ass infected with meningo, because that'll just be the perfect irony in all of this.

i'm out.