EVERY one of us is affected by this global pandemic. But it is a fact that we suffer differently and that some people are suffering more or are more exposed to risks. These are the people who have very little in life even before the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019. They include those whose livelihoods have been disrupted, and those who lost their sources of income and have nothing left except to rely on relief goods and government dole-outs.
Also affected because of being more at risk are those who are immuno-compromised and those who work on the frontlines, from the medical personnel who risk their lives as they stare face to face with the disease to those working in the essential sectors that remained open if only to give us a semblance of normalcy — the staff of drugstores, groceries and supermarkets; the janitors, drivers and delivery personnel; and those who work at the checkpoints, including village and other local government workers.
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