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When Do We Open Our Borders?

By Gil delos Santos In response to the public's reaction on DOT's intention to accept tourists from countries with low covid cases Few weeks ago, I have personally declared disagreement to the Province of Aklan's early move to open Boracay for Western Visayas tourists with obvious reason fearing for the virus infection.  Today is a different story. In fairness to the good DOT secretary, we need to get the economy ball rolling. We cannot wait for the uncertain time for the vaccine before we start dribbling again. People's livelihood has to live again so the economy could kick off slowly. We cannot do that with borders sealed off. That's why there is a "new normal". We just need to adopt and comply. We all die in time. Know how to protect yourself, that's all we need to do. There's a lot other contagious and deadly diseases out there that claim more lives everyday. Why live in fear? Life is short, shorter than you know it esp when you die...