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Your Thoughts Matter!
Your
Thoughts
Matter!(Persuasive Speech)
Chrelle P. Tenebro
STEM 11.1
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE PHILIPPINE
GOVERNMENT IN FACING COVID-19
(Persuasive Speech)
Good morning, everyone! I am Chrelle P. Tenebro and here goes my speech: One of the crisis that we’re facing today
is the COVID-19 Pandemic. Almost 2 years has passed since the ECQ (Enhanced Community Quarantine) was first implemented
here in the Philippines. Do you still remember back when the media and the government announced that there was a suspension of
classes because of the first local transmission of the virus here in our country? Do you also still remember the happy feeling you felt
when classes were suspended because going to school is exhausting, without knowing that it would be the last time that you’ll
spend time with your friends and classmates? If you would ask me, I remember it all too well.
The COVID-19 made a big impact to the lives of the Filipino citizens. A lot of Filipinos struggled, lost their jobs and
was unemployed due to the pandemic. The Philippine Government along with the Local Government Units, stepped in and provided
food packs, government aid, and assistance to their respective constituents. The Philippines' response to the COVID-19 pandemic
included a number of declarations of emergency, the closure of schools, lockdown implementation, and other measures aimed at
slowing the virus's spread. The Philippine Government also mandated all the citizens to wear face masks and face shields. After
knowing that face shields were mandated, the first thing that went into my head is, “Who needs face shields anyway?” It’s really
unnecessary. Face shields are only useful in a healthcare setting and only in areas with possibilities of liquid splashes. Otherwise,
they are useless. Also, while other countries are busy procuring vaccines, the government has been stuck long in defining mass
vaccination instead of procuring vaccines. Failure to procure vaccines because of delay and lack of supply is different from
incompetence and mistakes. Apart from that, students are struggling mentally, emotionally, and physically because of the draining
learning system under the failed pandemic response of the government. Instead of having safe resumption of classes, we’re being
stuck in this system. Implementation of lockdowns should also stop because if this will continue, our economy will not prosper and it
will sink. And they should also make a way to persuade the citizens to get vaccinated because in the future, we’ll also be the ones
With all of these actions being mandated and taken by the Philippine Government, the overall pandemic response of
the country is very low. I mean, I know that there is no perfect government but some of our current government officials are very
incompetent and corrupt. If only they had made a pandemic plan and preparedness in the first place, we would not have taken this
long to recover from the COVID-19 Pandemic. We need to wake up and realize that we need better governance. And to all those
people who are eligible to vote, your vote is your choice but please know that your decision matters more than you think so vote
wisely because history might repeat itself. What we have experienced is enough. Never again.