Interesting. I thought the Philippines had govt hospitals and for the rich, private hospitals. The former had enormously long queues.
Phils and SA both have young life expectancies. Until a variant moves things leftward on the age graph, the concept of dying before Covid can get them is in play.
SA 203 today, that is below same day last week by a handful.
Northern hemisphere moving into springtime. The virus will have all sorts of reservoirs. Time will pass, seasons change, vax will age. No telling when the next surge arrives.
Philippines does have gov’t hospitals, but, as you said, the queues are crazy long unless you can bribe somebody, which takes more money than most people can easily come up with. One of my sisters in law is a barangay captain and was fairly sick (she’s the “always sick” person). She rode it out at home, apparently figuring she’d either be mostly recovered or critical by the time she could get in at the hospital.