12/06/2020
Celebrating independence day in the time of Covid-19.
There is some irony in celebrating a national holiday about regaining our freedom from foreign rule since that very freedom has been compromised as a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Because most countries affected by the highly contagious and still incurable coronavirus were forced to declare lockdowns (or in our case, enhanced, modified enhanced and later, general community quarantines) in order to stop or at least minimize the spread of COVID-19 and eventually, “flatten the curve,” so to speak, many people have been confined to their homes for as far back as March.
Also let us not forget, our freedom is also won and subsequently defended by our national heroes. It is just fitting, therefore, that Independence Day celebrates our modern-day heroes in our frontliners and even our backliners.As a matter of fact, no less than the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) has recognized the “sacrifices of time, energy, expertise, and even their own lives” of these frontliners in this year’s celebration.
We were not just remembering and saluting those heroes who fight for our freedom, as well as our MODERN HEROES TODAY.
TAG someone who should be recognized this day.
OUR MODERN HEROES WHO're FIGHTING TO SAVE OUR LIVES AND PROTECT US DURING THIS WAR AGAINST COVID-19.
SALUTE AND A VIRTUAL HUG FROM EACH AND EVERYONE OF US.
YOU DESERVE TO BE ACKNOWLEDGE.
