in , ,

Pres. Rodrigo Duterte likened to Internet Explorer after only realizing importance of COVID-19 testing nine months after lockdown

Vice President Leni Robredo has proven again that she’s a better leader than Duterte could ever be

Pres. Rodrigo Duterte had the public frustrated after he revealed that he just realized the importance of COVID-19 mass testing.

In a televised address to the nation, Duterte directed Health Secretary Francisco Duque III to find a way to make testing free for the Filipino people.

“You know, what’s really important, and I realized now, it’s the testing, the swabbing, the test. It’s expensive,” Duterte told Duque on Monday.

“So maybe if you can give me a figure, see if there’s money, and we will just buy [testing kits]. And in all government hospitals or in health centers, we will give [tests] free of charge,” he added.

He also ordered Duque to roll-out the testing in 2021’s second quarter.

The president last month ordered the Department of Health and the Department of Trade and Industry to not overcharge testing.

The joint order of the two agencies allows private laboratories to only charge P4,500 to P5,000 per test.

Netizens found it funny at the same time sad that Duterte decided to prioritize COVID-19 testing only now.

It has almost been a year since COVID-19 was characterized as a pandemic.

And as always, Vice President Leni Robredo has proven that she’s a better leader than Duterte could ever be.

Late last April on her radio show, Robredo highlighter the need for mass testing, citing how South Korea at the time was already opening up stores even with over 10,000 recorded cases thanks to their testing capacity.

“Kahapon yata iyong first day na nagbukasan na iyong mga tindahan. Hindi pa yata lahat, pero nagbukasan na iyong mga tindahan. Pero iyong analysis nila, kaya na nila itong gawin kasi mayroon na silang mass testing,” she said.

Also last April, Robredo’s office allotted P14 million of its 2020 budget for test kits developed by scientists from the University of the Philippines-National Institute of Health.

https://twitter.com/mrsunlawyer/status/1335955917523841031?s=20

On top of all the insults, netizens also likened Duterte to the Internet Explorer, a web browser subjected to jokes about being slow in searching and processing information.

https://twitter.com/eltiburongrande/status/1336213453292204032?s=20

https://twitter.com/brtmrtnz0/status/1336205761928556545?s=20

The said browser trended for a while.

https://twitter.com/manong_giroy/status/1336207892416872450?s=20

Robredo is just so much better than the president, says a netizen.

https://twitter.com/makeway4naddie/status/1335979121273257985?s=20

Written by Charles Teves

Plantation Bay’s sorry-not-sorry apology did not sit well with Karen Davila, John Lapus, netizens

Atom Araullo slams Pres. Rodrigo Duterte’s recent statement on human rights with ‘whiplash-inducing headlines’