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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Dating COVID task force adviser Tony Leachon nagbahagi ng maling gabay sa ‘unang 8 sintomas ng Omicron’

By VERA Files | Jan 07, 2022 10:33 AM

Nag share ang dating special adviser ng National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 ng isang maling graphic na naglilista ng iba’t ibang sintomas na sinasabing mula sa impeksyon ng Omicron virus variant. Lumabas ito habang ang bansa ay nakikipagbuno sa pagdami ng mga kaso ng coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) matapos ang mga holiday.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: COVID task force ex-adviser Tony Leachon shares false guide on ‘first 8 Omicron symptoms’

By VERA Files | Jan 07, 2022 10:18 AM

A former special adviser to the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 shared a false graphic that lists different symptoms supposedly from an infection with the Omicron virus variant. It surfaced as the country grappled with a post-holiday surge of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases.

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Commentary

Surge in COVID-19 infections dashes hopes for return to ‘normalcy’

By Tita C. Valderama | Jan 03, 2022 1:06 PM

All the while, many of us thought that we’ve regained our freedom to move around. But the surge in COVID-19 infections on the eve of the new year indicates that it ain’t so.

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Arts & Culture

Covid-19 recalls precolonial burial practices

By R.C. Ladrido
*All images courtesy of the National Museum Philippines. | Nov 20, 2021 2:40 PM

With a Covid-19 death in the family, the unthinkable in Philippine life has happened. No wakes, and not even a last look and a last goodbye. Cremation must be done within 12 hours of death. Only an urn is handed back to the family. Such is the reality of the pandemic amongst us.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: ‘Psychic witch’ FALSELY claims COVID-19 vaccines contain microchips, turn people into robots

By VERA Files | Nov 18, 2021 4:52 PM

There are no microchips in the COVID-19 vaccine. “It is impossible to place a microchip inside your body when getting vaccinated,” said the World Health Organization (WHO) on July 17 in a FB post.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte admin iba iba ang pananaw sa legalidad ng pagtanggi sa mga hindi nabakunahang naghahanap ng trabaho

By VERA Files | Nov 15, 2021 5:32 PM

Habang tinitingnan ng gobyerno ang tatlong araw na National Vaccination Drive sa huling bahagi ng buwang ito, muling binuksan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang isyu kung legal ba para sa mga negosyo na tanggihan ang mga hindi nabakunahang aplikante sa trabaho.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte admin seesaws on legality of declining unvaxxed job-seekers

By VERA Files | Nov 15, 2021 4:02 PM

As the government eyes a three-day National Vaccination Drive later this month, President Rodrigo Duterte reopened the issue on whether it is legal for businesses to turn down unvaccinated job applicants.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB Page FALSELY claims children have “natural immunity” against COVID-19

By VERA Files | Nov 12, 2021 7:47 PM

The Department of Health (DOH) on Nov. 8 denounced the claim. “Maaari pa ring makakuha ng COVID-19 at ma-ospital ang mga bata dahil dito, at maaari rin nila maipasa sa ibang tao” (Children can still be infected with COVID-19 and be hospitalized, and also transmit the virus to others), the DOH said in a statement.

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Arts & Culture

Health lessons from the pandemic

By Elizabeth Lolarga | Oct 28, 2021 7:06 AM

The early months of the COVID-19 pandemic were periods of anxiety, fear, paranoia, even plain cluelessness.

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Pandemic or not, 2022 polls should push through

By Tita C. Valderama | Sep 20, 2021 12:31 PM

The still rising number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections may be a perfect excuse to call for resetting the date of the May 9, 2022 elections but the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has consistently warned against it.

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