[OPINION] Acting local against COVID-19

'With a government that is not exceptionally wise, just, and benevolent, one nationally mandated decision can cause damage to all.' COVID19PH Opinion

Covid-19 casts a fresh light on the merits of unitary and federal governance systems.

States also lack the power, for instance, to waive the regulations of the federal Food and Drug Administration to speed up Covid-19 testing protocols. To suppress the pandemic in the US, the federal government needs the concurrence of the states to pursue nation-wide public health strategies but is currently controlled by a party resistant to such an intervention.

The identification and contact tracing of COVID-19 cases is probably best undertaken, anyway, at the lowest level of government, small enough for their leaders to get to know the people.spirit, nurtured by the interpersonal connections among kin and neighbors, also best thrives at the community level.This was the basic argument for federalism that over the last 3 years, the Duterte administration has been promoting to devolve governance and give more power to local government units.

This is the risk with a crisis management approach on a public health issue focused on law enforcement by police authorities.

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