And were the construction workers to be left to the mercy of the virus? And that should include the construction industry where construction workers, who constitute one of the poorest segments of the workforce, are making a living. Or how the poor have struggled in the Philippines, picking themselves up by the thousands to earn a living overseas. In these pandemic times, herd immunity has been discussed as a possible long-term defense against the coronavirus. In the Philippines, there is a handy fodder — the poor — who can easily absorb the required 80 million infections for herd immunity to work.

Source: Manila Times May 05, 2020 16:20 UTC