Finally off

I arrived in DC from Manila for what was supposed to be just one day at the office.  As soon as I checked-in at the hotel my colleague called that I was asked to stay put and spend another week of self-quarantine.

As I was in transit Manila, my office had put out a 14-day quarantine policy and stopped all travel to and around Asia.  So when I arrived in DC I was asked if I had gone to Cebu and when. I had from the 23rd to the 27th of January. The earlier date then served as Day 1 of my quarantine.  I was not allowed to go to the office, and I could not meet with staff even if it were at some coffee shops nearby.

I was told that there was a high-level meeting to take my case up and firm up our protocols.  My colleagues were too apologetic that I had to go through all these. I was just pleased that my case served as example — I am not complaining; and I did not even go to some of our go-to restaurants near the office because I might just bump into colleagues.

So from the 6th of February, I was able to meet outside of the office with colleagues. Since then I’ve had a few meet-ups.  I am well; none of the symptoms of the corona virus.

China has a lot to answer to the world.  Their brand of predatory economic domination prying on resource-rich but good governance-deficient countries and subservient governments has taken an odd turn.  Their governance is — if there is one at all aside from authoritarianism — is what caused this what-seems-to-be uncontrolled spread of the virus.  Mal-governance, and the institutional habit of censorship, even if that information would threaten the health of many outside their controlled boundary, is unforgivable. They even wanted to patent the vaccine they had allegedly developed against the virus!

The virus may be corona, but it actually is China; and the countries that are subservient to them are among the clueless and complicit carriers.  I pity the human victims.