The White Guy; Tocumen Hit Hardest; Gas Prices; Peru; Sun Tzu

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

“Can I call you ‘white guy’?”, he asked.  

An unusual call this morning; my first call of the day.  Jim and I have been friends for a while and as always, I really didn’t know what he meant.  That’s usually more my fault than his, but in all fairness, this time the only thing he said before this was

“Hey, good morning!”.  

You see, Jim’s a really smart guy.  His only problem is that he’s usually 10 steps ahead of himself in his own thought process.  At the time that most people are thinking about getting out of bed in the morning, when Jim wakes up, his mind is already organizing what he has to put in his car even before his toothbrush touches his mouth.  

Not having had my coffee yet, I was still barely processing the fact that I had my cell phone to my ear.  

“Yeah, sure, why not?”, I answered as I still laid there wondering if I needed to sit up and sound proper, or if the raspiness of my voice from snoring for 6 hours was good enough for him.  

“I just needed to ask a white guy if I could call him “white guy” without it hurting his feelings.”, he said.  

Now I was intrigued; “Well, of course it hurt my feelings.  You should refer to me as ‘sexy white guy’!”  

Jim laughed and then went on to explain that another friend of ours had just talked to him and stumbled over how to refer to Jim in basic conversation.  Oh yeah, if you didn’t already figure it out, Jim’s a black guy.  (Hi Jim!)  Our other friend who’s a bit of a “poopoo scaredy-cat”, asked that his name not be mentioned, but instead to use an alternate name if needed.  So, for the sake of this report, we’ll call him “Sally”.  Apparently Sally wanted to say something like, “Hey Jim, what’s the name of your other black friend that went with us to Ecuador?”, but instead he did everything in his power to avoid using the word black to “avoid offending Jim”.  I understand that he ended up saying something like, “What’s the name of that other guy of similar skin tone yet not quite like yours but perhaps with more eumelanin and maybe a bit more African-Americanish than you that went with us to Ecuador?”  

In my mind, there was a long dramatic pause and then Jim said, “Dude, really?”.  

“Yes, dude, just... …just tell me his name, you know who I’m talking about.”, Sally stuttered.  

“Nope, not until you enunciate ‘Black Guy’. Say it like you mean it!  Say, Blaaaaacckkk Ggguuuyyyy”, he pressed.  

“I can’t say that, Jim.”  

“Why the hell not?”, Jim was flustered at this point.  He knew why, or thought he knew why, but needed Sally to just come out with it.  

“Because, I’m trying not to offend you.”, he muttered.  

I know at this point, Jim probably face-palmed himself, sighed and then told him the name of their friend.  They talked a bit longer, but the end of the conversation still ended awkwardly, so Jim decided to call me and rope me into all that.  Jim and I are former military from different periods and different countries; that still makes us brothers.  Sally wasn’t military, but we love him as a brother just the same.  

With phone still clutched in hand, I cumbrously slipped on my shorts and lumbered toward the kitchen for the coffee I so very much needed.  Jim needed an answer and when Jim needed answers, Jim was intense.

It took two full cups of brew from my favorite Wisconsin mug, but I think we hashed it out.  Sally wasn’t trying to “not offend” Jim, he had been conditioned (most likely inadvertently) to feel uncomfortable when talking to those abundant in eumelanin (AKA “black guys”), even when noted black guy was a good friend.  

The good news is that Sally means well.  We know that there isn’t a mean bone in his body.  In short, we shouldn’t blame the Sallys of the world.  If anyone is to blame it’s all them folk out there trying to get other folk to twist their words so THEY don’t get offended.  It’s ludicrous.  The world essentially started off on one end of the spectrum where early humans oppressed everything they could conquer.  Then, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, they started to come around and everyone was singing “Get together” by the Youngbloods.  (You may not recognize the name of the band, but you know the words, “Come on people now, Smile on your brother, Everybody get together, Try to love one another, Right now”) Comedy was also embraced and lauded with the likes of Blazing Saddles.  These were good times.

However, nowadays, there seem to be these groups who are reverting back to oppression but perhaps inversely?  I don’t mean they’re taking us back to racism or classism, I think the term I’m talking about would be “Anti-Linguisticism”.  It seems that for every inch of “freedom” delivered in the form of a government-sponsored benefit within a society, there are these annoying groups who feel a need to oppress others by controlling vocabulary one inch at a time.

It’s one thing to be offended by someone who intentionally insults your family, yelling from the top of a castle, “Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.”  But if I’m talking to and Israeli, that person shouldn’t be offended if I ask if they’re Jewish.  Sure, it’s very possible that they could be Muslim or Christian, but in the spirit of curiosity, there should be no offense taken to my question.  Then again if I snarled at him and asked if he were “another one of those dirty Jews”, delving in to the constructs of antisemitism, then we’d have something worthy of offense.  And that’s really what’s at the heart of this; it’s all in the intention of the question or statement.

I’ve always tried teaching those who dared to pay attention to me, that you should always strive to be a better person, literally every day.  What does that actually mean, “a better person”?  For the longest time I had no one else to guide me, except for me.  I had my mother and a few other family members as good examples towards being a good person, but I was striving to become a better person.  

Although I was never a big fan of it in high school, I decided to start reading again as I went down this path.  One such book that I still admire is “As a Gentleman Would Say” by Bridges and Curtis.  The concept of the book is to better the reader’s grasp on how to be more proper in any given situation.  It’s a way of bettering your interpersonal relationships, allowing your listeners to feel more at ease with your choice of words.  (Interestingly enough, I just found it comfortably snuggled between two other interesting books, “Practical Aspects of Interview and Interrogation” and “Freakonomics”.)  

Here’s an extract from this book:

When a friend tells a gentleman that he is gay or that she is a lesbian:

Don´t say to him, “Funny, you don’t act gay.”  Or to her, “I bet the right man could change that.”

Instead, the book suggests saying, “I appreciate you feeling comfortable telling me that.”

The book guides the intentional reader to enhance their awareness of empathy and to structure their response by avoiding their immediate impulse and instead projecting a positive, meaningful response that’s soothing to their immediate company.

But now it seems that instead of finding ways to enhance our betterment, these groups in society are pushing in a demanding manner to warp our teachings towards their own selfish agendas, branding it as being “politically correct”.  

I don’t know about you, but I just can’t see anything “correct” about today’s politics!  In yesteryear, there was many an uttering of derogatory words and catchphrases meant to belittle others.  I’m all for changing my mindset and showing my good intentions through the empathetic restructuring of my own vocabulary.  Instead of calling someone a “Tramp” or a “Bum”, I agree that I should change my mindset and refer to them as a “Homeless Person”.  Especially in today’s world, there are more and more homeless people for no fault of their own.  However, if someone commits a crime, they’re a criminal.  It’s not a derogatory term, it’s the word that describes very factually a person who has committed a crime.  However, the “politically correct” would rather hear me say, “behaviorally challenged individual”.  Nope, you done messed up there “Aa-Ron”!  Adhering to that madness would only divert my goals of being a better person and instead take me down a path towards inadequacy and irrelevance.  I’m also not supposed to say, “Job Loss”; instead it should be “Job Restructuring”.  Bro, he lost his freaking job!  There’s no “restructuring” about it.  And whether it was or was not that person’s fault, the job is gone.  “Restructuring” refers to a reorganization with a focus on achieving greater efficiency and profit.

Here are a few other “favorites” that these groups actually take seriously, but truly only deteriorate the very structure of linguistics in their attempt to gain further control through oppression:

BAD WORD	GOOD WORD
Insult	Emotional Rape
Lying	Economical with the truth
Vomiting	Vomiting Unplanned re-examination of recent food choices	(nah, I made that up)
Robbery	Wealth redistribution
Dishonest	Ethically disoriented
Murder	Unauthorized Termination of Life

There is no betterment in this whatsoever. What’s next? Should we refer to a meth dealer as an “undocumented pharmacist”.

At this point, we’ve come full circle and have landed back to my conversation of this morning about Jim and our mutual friend Sally.  Due to the oppressive constructs of anti-linguisticism, our good friend Sally, intending on becoming a better person, has instead fallen victim to the paltry psychological efforts of these groups and their agenda.  So much so, that he feels anxious and embarrassed at describing a friend’s physical appearance.  But Sally, because we care, we will work with you brother.  It all starts with you recognizing that this isn’t, or shouldn’t be, normal, dodging well-meant words to avoid offending someone.  In the wise words of Oscar Goldman, “we can rebuild him, we have the technology”.

TOP NEWS and TIDBITS

Learning to face, cope and take care of the coronavirus has involved a great emotional challenge, impacting in one way or another, the other areas that make up our lives (personal, family, social, work, academic, physical, spiritual). Along the way we have been facing challenges and challenges. We have had to learn to assume new roles or relegate some, work and study from home, establish new routines, adjust budgets, discover and carry out other activities, set aside certain customs and lifestyles, to gradually learn and develop new patterns.

Said adjustment and adaptation process is particular in each person, which clearly shows us that the perception and style of coping about the pandemic goes beyond having a common initial cause (Covid-19). Each person has experienced it differently due to the meaning attributed to it, in addition to other equally important factors such as personality, previous experiences and bereavement, life situation before the start of the pandemic, available financial resources, quality of interpersonal relationships, among other. In turn, this experience has been able to awaken in some people, changes in their sleep habits, diet, mood and perception of life itself.

The truth is that beyond how each one has lived it up to now, finding ourselves currently in the stage that they have named “return to the new normality”, can generate for many, mixed feelings. On the one hand, a great relief to feel that we are closer to returning, in some way, to the free life we ​​knew and to which we were accustomed. On the other hand, the feeling of anxiety and uncertainty is accentuated by not knowing if we are prepared to go out and feel protected.

Although they are not minor issues that we are going to face as a society, it is important to remember that human beings have the ability to learn and unlearn, in order to adapt and regulate ourselves in the different situations that life presents us.

In addition to having a solid support network, it is important to educate ourselves on mental health as a key tool to face the emotions that this life experience awakens in us and to return with new adaptations and learning.

If along the way we identify that the help of our loved ones is not enough to cope with the situation and the emotions that arise from them, it is important to seek the support of a suitable professional. In this way, we will work on strengthening and optimizing our mental health and once again enjoying a good quality of life.

The author is a psychotherapist and psycho-oncologist: Becky Malca

AT LEAST 100 SAILORS REMAIN CONFINED IN PANAMA WATERS

Nearly 100 foreign seafarers have been stranded and remain confined to their vessels in Panamanian waters, before which the Panama Maritime Chamber calls on the authorities to expedite health protocols so that these citizens can receive their relays and return to their homes.https://www.telemetro.com/nacionales/2020/05/20/al-menos-100-marinos-permanecen-confinados-en-aguas-panamenas/2877675.html

MINSA SUSPENDS THE MASS OF THE 498 YEARS OF NATÁ FOUNDATION

The authorities of the Ministry of Health suspended the mass to be held in the Santiago Apóstol Minor Basilica, for the 498 anniversary of the foundation of Natá de Los Caballeros, the event would have the participation of about 100 people. The Regional Director of Health, in the province of Coclé, Mario Lozada specified, specified that the mayor of Natá Tomás Herrera, at no time coordinated this religious event with the health authorities, nor with the National Police.

The regional director of the Minsa in Coclé, Mario Lozada, also explained that due to the pandemic that the country is experiencing, massive acts are prohibited and in addition, the measures imposed in decree 472, in force since March 13, 2020, must be complied with.https://www.panamaamerica.com.pa/provincias/minsa-suspende-la-misa-de-los-498-anos-de-fundacion-de-nata-1163895

MINSA TRIES TO DECREASE COVID-19 CONTACTS IN SAN MIGUELITO WHERE THERE ARE 1,126 CASES

The regional director of Health of San Miguelito, Yaritzel Ríos, detailed this Wednesday the actions that are being implemented in that district with the aim of mitigating the spread of COVID-19, since to date around 1,126 cases are registered.

He indicated that the high number of cases could be due to different factors, among which he mentioned overcrowding conditions and non-compliance in the use of masks.

“We have been in meetings with the authorities, the Mayor, representatives, the police to see how we can reduce these cases. We are in the communities distributing masks, explaining the importance of putting on their masks when leaving the house, we are also dealing with temperatures and trying to ensure that people who cannot have good insulation in their homes then offer them the hotel,” said Ríos.

He added that they are also conducting talks in the communities about the importance of following all the measures recommended by the authorities.https://www.telemetro.com/nacionales/2020/05/20/minsa-trata-disminuir-contagios-covid/2876505.html

TOCUMEN REMAINS AS THE CORREGIMIENTO WITH MORE CASES OF COVID-19; IN CHIRIQUÍ THE FIGURE CONTINUES TO INCREASE

The township of Tocumen, Panama district, is the one that registers the most cases of Covid-19, surpassing 550 infected people, according to the latest report from the Ministry of Health (Minsa).

According to Minsa’s report on Tuesday, nine new cases were registered in Tocumen to reach 554.

According to these statistics, other townships in the capital city that number 300 or more infected people are 24 de Diciembre (352), Juan Díaz (303) and Pedregal (300).

On the other hand, in recent years the Health authorities have intensified controls in several communities in the country, due to the high incidence of the virus, including two from the province of Chiriquí.

The Chiricana province added 30 new cases on Tuesday, to reach 273. The main sources are in the communities of Divalá with 67 and Nuevo Mejico with 64.

So far, Minsa has maintained an epidemiological sweep plan to counteract the advance of the coronavirus.https://www.prensa.com/sociedad/tocumen-se-mantiene-como-el-corregimiento-con-mas-casos-de-covid-19-en-chiriqui-la-cifra-sigue-aumentando/

CALL ON COSTA RICA TO ALLOW HUMANITARIAN ROUTE FOR TRUCKERS AFFECTED BY COVID-19

The Unitary Truckers of Panama asked the Costa Rican authorities on Tuesday to provide an epidemiological humanitarian route for all Central American truckers affected by COVID-19. This request seeks to allow, through this humanitarian health corridor, carriers affected by COVID-19 to safely reach all their countries and there they can be attended by their authorities for this disease. The measure would be applicable to truckers from Panama, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala, who are positive to COVID-19 and who wish to return to their countries, to be allowed through Costa Rica. The truckers, who since last Sunday in Paso Canoa proceeded to close the border of Panama with Costa Rica to the transport of cargo, assured that they remain firm in this measure, but they hope that the authorities of Costa Rica, out of humanity, decide to accept this corridor humanitarian. “We are still waiting for the talks at the highest level of the representatives of the governments of Central America and Panama. We are going to wait the 48 hours that they asked us, but we continue with the border closed,” said Manuel Levigion, the transport leader.https://www.tvn-2.com/nacionales/Piden-Costa-Rica-humanitaria-COVID-19_0_5582441781.html

COMPANIES MUST NOW REGISTER COMMITTEES FOR THE PREVENTION AND CARE OF COVID-19

The Ministry of Health (Minsa) of Panama and the Ministry of Labor and Labor Development (Mitradel), signed this Wednesday the basic guide for the creation, registration and operation of the special health and hygiene committee for the prevention and care of the new coronavirus COVID- 19.

SEE HERE THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS FORM

https://www.gacetaoficial.gob.pa/pdfTemp/29028_A/78496.pdf

The guide with the guidelines for the return to normality of companies is available on the pages of both institutions and these committees must be registered.

To register the committees, companies must enter the website www.mitradel.gob.pa to click on the Create the Health and Hygiene Committee button, create their user, complete the form and send the requested documents. The process must have the approval of Mitradel and Minsa to obtain the “Healthy Panama” certification. According to the document, the committee will be made up of a minimum of 2 to 6 workers, depending on the size of the company. If there is a union within the company, a representative of this social organization will form part of the Committee.

The members must verify through daily meetings compliance with the health regulations and application of the protocol.

https://www.telemetro.com/nacionales/2020/05/20/empresas-deberan-registrar-comites-prevencion/2877978.html

THE PANDEMIC HAS INCREASED MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS IN THE POPULATION

With the pandemic caused by COVID-19, new cases of people with a mental health problem have increased, especially in the vulnerable population, such as health personnel who have been subjected to the stress of caring for patients with the virus. Also, the elderly, who have not been able to leave before, like children and adolescents, said the director of Mental Health of the Ministry of Health (Minsa), Juana Herrera. In fact, he details that according to the World Health Organization (WHO), there are 300 million people with depression in the world; more than 270 million with anxiety; 50 million people with epilepsy or some type of psychosis. In reference to the cases in which people go through a bereavement situation, the specialist said that they should be allowed to express their emotions, such as denial, anger, depression or sadness. Recommend to friends and family to express support for those who are going through a grieving situation and not see them with grief.

“It must be a process of helping the person to overcome the grief for losing a family member.”

In the cases of calls that reach 911, due to a situation that occurs with people who have a mental health problem, they are passed to the Mental Health Institute for follow-up. If it is a case where a person has expressed a desire to harm themselves, then they are served by 911. The phone numbers you can call in case of an emergency or if a family member suspects that something is wrong are: 523-6813 or 523-6846.

https://www.tvn-2.com/nacionales/salud/Coronavirus-en-Panama-pandemia-incrementado-problemas-mental-poblacion_0_5583191639.html

COLON FREE ZONE ENTERPRISES MAKE AN APPEAL TO THE GOVERNMENT TO SEEK SOLUTIONS IN THE FACE OF THE ECONOMIC CRISIS

The president of the Association of Users of the Colon Free Zone (AUZLC), Daniel Rojas, concerned about business and the difficult commercial situation in the Colon Free Zone, which has worsened due to the COVID-19 pandemic, makes a strong call to the Government to create a public-private working table to look for solutions to the current economic crisis.

“In 2012 we made a turnover of $ .30 billion, that to date has been gradually decreasing year after year, a constant fall year by year, until 2019 we had a drop of 40.2% of that grand total. In addition to this, the first quarter of this year reflected a drop of 17% versus 2019, which was also bad, that is significant and serious,” explained Rojas.

The substantial drop in the commercial movement of the Colon Free Zone is reflected at the end of the first quarter of 2020, which totaled $ .3,368.5 million, which compared to $ .4,446.0 million in the same period of 2019, reflected a balance of -17.4% .

“The administration has to listen to the private businessmen of the free zone, the one who works there, the one who invests their capital in that sector needs to be listened to because they know what they need in order to be productive and that is not being done,” he said.

Red. The businessman stressed that this work table must be installed urgently in the Free Zone and it must be mixed, where the private company and administration-government participate.

“Companies earn less every day due to the global economic opening and electronic commerce in which the Free Zone has not been able to participate.”

Once the free zone is allowed to open, the number of companies that closed their operations will be known, either because of the bad economic situation and that was complicated by the arrival of COVID-19 or the depression experienced by international trade.

“There are businessmen who are willing to lose their goods, their warehouses and they are going to leave because they will not be able to recover if we do not give them an incentive that can help them organize, and that is a request that we have presented to President Laurentino Cortizo,” Red.

Regarding the issue of electronic commerce that various companies have implemented, Rojas described as valuable the strategy to reactivate commerce in the free zone.

The Free Zone located in the Atlantic sector of Panama, is an autonomous institution that in recent years has contributed approximately B / .15 million per year to the coffers of the Central Government, also generates about 20 thousand direct jobs.

https://www.panamaamerica.com.pa/economia/empresarios-de-la-zona-libre-de-colon-hacen-un-llamado-al-gobierno-para-buscar-soluciones

FUEL PRICES IN PANAMA WILL INCREASE FROM THIS FRIDAY MAY 22

Starting this Friday, May 22 and until June 5, fuel prices in Panama will reflect an increase in the demand for these products in the international market, as a result of the progressive liberation of important segments of the world economy, according to the National Secretary of Energy.

The Secretariat under Resolution No. 4741, published in the Official Gazette, makes the increase official.

Given this, for the provinces of Panama and Colon, 95 octane gasoline will be sold at 0.56 hundredths per liter, increasing its price per liter to 0.05 hundredths; while 91 octane gasoline will sell at 0.53 hundredths per liter, for an increase of 0.04 hundredths per liter. While diesel will cost 0.43 cents a liter, increasing 0.02 cents per liter.

The Secretariat’s statement explains that the variation in the prices of gasoline and diesel is mainly due to the fact that there is a tendency to use private vehicles for the mobilization of citizens, which has increased the demand for this particular.

“The oil and oil derivatives market is undergoing positive changes in the supply-demand dynamics, as it is on the way to recovering its equilibrium prices, as the containment measures are lifted in most of the global economies, leaving behind the problems of instability and uncertainty due to the pandemic,” reports the Secretariat on the increase.

https://www.telemetro.com/nacionales/2020/05/20/precios-combustible-panama-aumentaran-viernes/2877834.html

MAYOR OF PANAMA HAS DELIVERED MORE THAN A THOUSAND LICENSE PLATES AT HOME AS A MEASURE BEFORE COVID-19

A total of 1,511 vehicle circulation plates have been delivered to the taxpayer’s office by the Mayor of Panama, a measure that seeks to avoid crowds and contribute to minimizing the spread of COVID-19. The delivery is made free of charge, the capital municipality detailed in a statement released on Wednesday, May 20. To request free delivery to the home, those interested must have their vehicle checked up to date and have complied with the payment of the plate, and then enter www.mupa.gob.pa,

Taxpayers can pay their plate through online banking, ATMs or at the Treasury and Collection offices of the Mayor of Panama, located in the Hatillo, Pedregal and La 24 de Diciembre building, at 8:00 a.m. at 12:00 p.m. The Plates Center, located in the Francisco Arias Paredes Park, is closed following the indications of the Ministry of Health (Minsa). The municipal treasurer, Isaías Pineda, explained that they are working on the adaptations and suggestions dictated by the World Health Organization and the Minsa to be prepared when the service is resumed and enabled on site, so that they can approach to remove their plate safely, orderly and without crowds. One of the actions is the soon implementation of a dating system.

https://www.tvn-2.com/nacionales/Coronavirus-en-Panama-Alcaldia-entregado-placas_0_5583191655.html

QUICK RESPONSE TEAMS, RESPONSIBLE FOR FINDING THE QUIET VIRUS

So far in the pandemic, they managed to detect 97% of Covid-19 cases in the country, almost 9 thousand of those registered so far. Their task is not easy, because in addition to fear of the virus, they had to face rejection by the population, shootings in violent neighborhoods and even riots in prison centers.

They are the rapid response teams created by the Ministry of Health (Minsa) to find cases in people’s homes. These groups started with about 40 people, but as the new coronavirus gained strength in Panama, the health authorities expanded them to more than 125 members.

Each team is made up of a doctor, a nurse, a driver, a National Police agent and even a dentist, who work in taking samples in the communities.

They work with the Virtual Automatic Health Operative Response (ROSA) virtual platform and in the Metropolitan Health Region alone, they make up to 200 swabs per day for possible carriers of the virus.

Leonardo Labrador, head of Public Health of the Metropolitan Health Region and coordinator of these teams, stressed that detecting cases house by house is a “complex task” because it involves great effort and daily risk.

Labrador narrates that during their work they have had to face somewhat uncomfortable situations, because, in some communities, their residents have asked them to move away or withdraw, because they fear being infected.

Also in Curundú they had to witness a shooting and, even, they were trapped in the Cecilia Orillac Women’s Rehabilitation Center in Chiari, during a riot of the inmates when they took the samples.

“My team is a committed and sacrificed group. We do what we like and we have a vocation,” said the official.

According to the head of Public Health, since the pandemic began on March 9, two of the conglomerates of cases that have caught their attention and that they were able to detect in time were those that emerged in the National Police (125 cases) and in the community of Koskuna, in Veracruz (96 cases).

He said that the next big challenge for everyone will be to detect and control eventual outbreaks in companies, now that some economic activities have reopened.

https://www.prensa.com/impresa/panorama/equipos-de-respuesta-rapida-los-encargados-de-encontrar-al-sigiloso-virus/

CSS INSTALLS EQUIPMENT WITH THE CAPACITY TO PERFORM THOUSAND 300 COVID-19 TESTS

The Social Security Fund (CSS) reported the installation of the COBAS 6800 equipment, which has the capacity to perform up to 1,300 daily tests to detect or rule out cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus.

This, in order to “correct the current limitations of the delay in the processing of nasopharyngeal swab tests for the diagnosis of COVID-19,” said the entity.

After a press conference on Tuesday, Lourdes Moreno, head of epidemiology at Minsa reported that they were awaiting the results of 1,400 tests carried out by the CSS.

According to the CSS, the team offers the results in less time, with higher performance, “achieving greater efficiency and the flexibility to adapt to new needs.”

To date, the CSS has carried out 12 thousand 164 tests of COVID-19. Currently, the institution takes samples in several of its care units, completing the process at the Dr. Arnulfo Arias Madrid Hospital Complex.

https://www.telemetro.com/nacionales/2020/05/20/css-instala-equipo-capacidad-realizar/2878154.html

PERU’S CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE WAS ‘RIGHT ON TIME’ – SO WHY ISN’T IT WORKING?

Brett’s Comments:  Yesterday, one good friend sent me an article on what Israel is doing right with this pandemic.  Today, his brother sent me this article on what Peru is NOT doing right with this pandemic.  The contrasts between the two are obvious and even before I read the article, I already knew what it said.  There’s a pattern that has grown all too blatantly.  The countries that are surviving this are the ones with disciplined and responsible citizens.  Peru is NOT one of those countries and neither is Panama for that matter.

Peru was one of the first Latin America countries to go into lockdown – but the jump in new cases is undeniable, and experts say it’s due to people’s behavior

Peru seemed to be doing everything right.

Its president, Martín Vizcarra, announced one of the earliest coronavirus lockdowns in Latin America on 16 March.

In stark contrast to his Brazilian counterpart, Jair Bolsonaro – who has deliberately undermined social distancing and quarantine measures – Peru’s leader strictly adhered to the World Health Organization’s coronavirus recommendations and mobilized the police and army to enforce a stringent quarantine.

But more than two months later the country is one of the region’s worst-hit by Covid-19 and has been unable to flatten the curve of infections. Peru now ranks second only to Brazil in Latin America with 104,020 confirmed cases and a death toll of 3,024 according to official figures on Tuesday.

‘We are living in a catastrophe’: Peru’s jungle capital choking for breath as Covid-19 hits

Vizcarra said on Friday that Peru had carried out 600,000 coronavirus tests – “more than any other country in the region”. But while Peru’s numbers could reflect increased and better-targeted testing rather than an underlying trend, the jump in new cases is undeniable. In the past week, the number of new Covid-19 cases logged each day rose from more than 3,000 to above 4,000 a day, hitting a record 4,550 new cases on Tuesday.

“Peru’s response was right on time,” said Elmer Huerta, a Peruvian doctor and trusted broadcaster on public health matters for Latin American audiences. “It was the first country in Latin America to respond with a lockdown.

“But the problem was people’s behavior,” he said. “The fact that on the eighth week of confinement you have thousands of people who are positive [for Covid-19] means that those people got the virus while the country was in lockdown – which means they did not respect the law.”

Deadly outbreaks on Peru’s northern coast and Amazon regions – where social distancing was routinely flouted – laid bare the gaping holes in Peru’s chronically underfunded healthcare system. Covid-19 hit Peru’s largest Amazon city, Iquitos, with deadly force before spreading to Pucallpa, on the country’s eastern border with Brazil.

“It’s just heartbreaking,” said Miguel Hilario-Manenima, a local university professor, who said Pucallpa’s public hospitals had shut down and speculation had quintupled the price of an oxygen cylinder. “We feel abandoned by the central government and ignored by the local government,” said Hilario-Manenima, an indigenous Shipibo-Konibo leader.

“For the communities further in the forest, it’s as if they were sentenced to die,” he added. “For the poorest of the poor, what can they do?”

As elsewhere, the coronavirus has hit the poorest hardest. In one Shipibo-Konibo community living in Cantagallo, a riverside settlement of wooden shacks in Lima, tests revealed 72%, or 476 people, had Covid-19 after three died from the virus.

The coronavirus has also hit those on the frontline of the pandemic. More than 4,000 police officers have contracted the virus and 82 have died. The virus has killed 180 prison inmates and 12 guards – and also claimed the lives of dozens of doctors and nurses.

In Lima, the city hailed as South America’s gastronomic capital, food markets have emerged as major hubs of infection, as spot tests showed most traders were asymptomatic carriers of Covid-19.

“We are so proud of our culinary tradition, our cooking methods and the freshness of our ingredients,” said Hugo Ñopo, a lead researcher at Grade, a development thinktank. “But we forgot the objective was not just to minimize our journeys outside but also to maximize our social distancing.”

Ñopo pointed out that despite Peru’s fast-growing economy more than 70% of its labor force work in the informal or unregulated economy and about 40% are self-employed, the highest rate in the region.

“Some may be living the entrepreneurial dream but many are Uber drivers. For these kinds of workers there is no lockdown,” he said. While figures from the Google mobility project indicated a significant reduction in movement in Peru, the quarantine may not have been as effective as intended.

Tens of thousands fled the capital to their rural home towns on foot as the lockdown left them jobless and unable to pay rent. A huge financial stimulus package worth $26bn – about 12% of Peru’s GDP – which included roughly 7m payments to poor families reportedly failed to reach more than half of them.

Despite having Latin America’s lowest debt-to-GDP ratio before the pandemic began, Peru has long had one of the region’s lowest levels of public investment in education and healthcare, which has fatally undermined its ability to respond to the pandemic, said Huerta.

“These are not failures of the healthcare system, these are the consequences of a neglected healthcare system over decades,” he said.

Ñopo said the historic lack of investment in public institutions left Peru vulnerable in the face of the pandemic.

“Our social contract was broken and nobody bothered to fix it. Now it’s exploding in our faces,” he said.

STATUS UPDATE:

PANAMA REGISTERS A TOTAL OF 9,977 CASES AND 287 DEATHS DUE TO COVID-19.

• 9,977 positive cases
• 110 new cases
• 287 deaths
• 3,164 home isolation (680 hospital hotels)
• 332 are hospitalized (264 in ward / 68 intensive care)
• 6,194 clinically recovered

Coronavirus statistics from Day 1

Daily COVID-19 Cases

Date	Cases	Difference	Percentage of Cases
2023/07/23 - 2023/07/29	1047696	375	3.5%
2023/07/16 - 2023/07/22	1047321	321	4.6%
2023/07/09 - 2023/07/15	1047000	485	6.6%
2023/07/02 - 2023/07/08	1046515	663	7.8%
2023/06/18 - 2023/07/01	1045852	1909	10.0%
2023/06/11 - 2023/06/17	1043943	1312	11.8%
2023/06/04 - 2023/06/10	1042631	1302	11.1%
2023/05/28 - 2023/06/03	1041329	1099	11.3%
2023/05/21 - 2023/05/27	1040230	835	10.3%
2023/05/14 - 2023/05/20	1039395	753	8.9%
2023/05/07 - 2023/05/13	1038642	664	7.4%
2023/04/30 - 2023/05/06	1037978	654	5.8%
2023/04/03 - 2023/04/29	1037324	591	5.3%
2023/04/16 - 2023/04/22	1036733	633	4.9%
2023/04/09 - 2023/04/15	1036100	743	4.9%
2023/04/02 - 2023/04/08	1035357	627
2023/03/26 - 2023/04/01	1034730	949
2023/03/19 - 2023/03/25	1033781	3123
2023/03/18	1030658	108
2023/03/17	1030550	123
2023/03/16	1030427	112
2023/03/15	1030315	121
2023/03/14	1030194	144
2023/03/13	1030050	43
2023/03/12	1030007	51
2023/03/11	1029956	74
2023/03/10	1029882	86
2023/03/09	1029796	85
2023/03/08	1029711	91
2023/03/07	1029620	90
2023/03/06	1029530	25
2023/03/05	1029505	55
2023/03/04	1029450	65
2023/03/03	1029385	50
2023/03/02	1029335	91
2023/03/01	1029244	73
DIFFERENCE IN NUMBER PUBLISHED BY MINSA	1029171	-221
2023/02/28	1029392	110
2023/02/27	1029282	31
2023/02/26	1029251	38
2023/02/25	1029213	63
2023/02/24	1029150	66
2023/02/23	1029084	42
2023/02/22	1029042	14
2023/02/21	1029028	38
2023/02/20	1028990	14
2023/02/19	1028976	22
2023/02/18	1028954	53
2023/02/17	1028901	60
2023/02/16	1028841	50
2023/02/15	1028791	58
2023/02/14	1028733	78
2023/02/13	1028655	23
2023/02/12	1028632	34
2023/02/11	1028598	93
2023/02/10	1028505	67
2023/02/09	1028438	71
2023/02/08	1028367	76
2023/02/07	1028291	77
2023/02/06	1028214	35
2023/02/05	1028179	25
2023/02/04	1028154	87
2023/02/03	1028067	73
2023/02/02	1027994	70
2023/02/01	1027924	93
2023/01/31	1027831	112
2023/01/30	1027719	35
2023/01/29	1027684	43
2023/01/28	1027641	103
2023/01/27	1027538	100
2023/01/26	1027438	117
2023/01/25	1027321	104
2023/01/24	1027217	116
2023/01/23	1027101	51
2023/01/22	1027050	49
2023/01/21	1027001	112
2023/01/20	1026889	115
2023/01/19	1026774	138
2023/01/18	1026636	134
2023/01/17	1026502	163
2023/01/16	1026339	58
2023/01/15	1026281	69
2023/01/14	1026212	126
2023/01/13	1026086	172
2023/01/12	1025914	201
2023/01/11	1025713	221
2023/01/10	1025492	83
2023/01/09	1025409	104
2023/01/08	1025305	118
2023/01/07	1025187	190
2023/01/06	1024997	271
2023/01/05	1024726	358
2023/01/04	1024368	240
2023/01/03	1024128	115
2023/01/02	1024013	76
2023/01/01	1023937	153
2022/12/31	1023784	319
2022/12/30	1023465	346
2022/12/29	1023119	404
2022/12/28	1022715	460
2022/12/27	1022255	165
2022/12/26	1022090	104
2022/12/25	1021986	268
2022/12/24	1021718	360
2022/12/23	1021358	425
2022/12/22	1020933	689
2022/12/21	1020244	236
2022/12/20	1020008	582
2022/12/19	1019426	205
2022/12/18	1019221	320
2022/12/17	1018901	516
2022/12/16	1018385	675
2022/12/15	1017710	731
2022/12/14	1016979	1029
2022/12/13	1015950	1033
2022/12/12	1014917	398
2022/12/11	1014519	608
2022/12/10	1013911	1142
2022/12/09	1012769	1096
2022/12/08	1011673	400
2022/12/07	1011273	1742
2022/12/06	1009531	1245
2022/12/05	1008286	495
2022/12/04	1007791	598
2022/12/03	1007193	1104
2022/12/02	1006089	1260
2022/12/01	1004829	1378
2022/11/30	1003451	1615
2022/11/29	1001836	610
2022/11/28	1001226	513
2022/11/27	1000713	611
2022/11/26	1002102	1105
2022/11/25	1000997	1223
2022/11/24	999774	1210
2022/11/23	998564	1103
2022/11/22	997461	1023
2022/11/21	996438	350
2022/11/20	996088	421
2022/11/19	995667	731
2022/11/18	994936	624
2022/11/17	994312	446
2022/11/16	993866	459
2022/11/15	993407	571
2022/11/14	992836	98
2022/11/13	992738	174
2022/11/12	992564	307
2022/11/11	992257	102
2022/11/10	992155	231
2022/11/09	991924	260
2022/11/08	991664	309
2022/11/07	991355	98
2022/11/06	991257	65
2022/11/05	991192	115
2022/11/04	991077	69
2022/11/03	991008	172
2022/11/02	990836	157
2022/11/01	990679	175
2022/10/31	990504	77
2022/10/30	990427	73
2022/10/29	990354	175
2022/10/28	990178	118
2022/10/27	990060	114
2022/10/26	989946	144
2022/10/25	989802	138
2022/10/24	989664	52
2022/10/23	989612	64
2022/10/22	989548	99
2022/10/21	989449	114
2022/10/20	989335	73
2022/10/19	989262	109
2022/10/18	989153	120
2022/10/17	989033	39
2022/10/16	988994	49
2022/10/15	988945	110
2022/10/14	988835	98
2022/10/13	988737	109
2022/10/12	988628	123
2022/10/11	988505	184
2022/10/10	988321	53
2022/10/09	988268	48
2022/10/08	988220	109
2022/10/07	988111	105
2022/10/06	988006	121
2022/10/05	987885	138
2022/10/04	987747	111
2022/10/03	987636	42
2022/10/02	987594	41
2022/10/01	987553	108
2022/09/30	987445	92
2022/09/29	987353	96
2022/09/28	987257	128
2022/09/27	987129	150
2022/09/26	986979	76
2022/09/25	986903	97
2022/09/24	986806	156
2022/09/23	986650	147
2022/09/22	986503	167
2022/09/21	986336	175
2022/09/20	986161	221
2022/09/19	985940	67
2022/09/18	985873	119
2022/09/17	985754	169
2022/09/16	985585	218
2022/09/15	985367	280
2022/09/14	985087	270
2022/09/13	984817	323
2022/09/12	984494	122
2022/09/11	984372	198
2022/09/10	984174	314
2022/09/09	983860	337
2022/09/08	983523	383
2022/09/07	983140	393
2022/09/06	982747	497
2022/09/05	982250	192
2022/09/04	982058	296
2022/09/03	981762	406
2022/09/02	981356	487
2022/09/01	980869	614
2022/08/31	980255	629
2022/08/30	979626	770
2022/08/29	978856	296
2022/08/28	978560	439
2022/08/27	978121	717
2022/08/26	977404	762
2022/08/25	976642	913
2022/08/24	975729	974
2022/08/23	974755	1077
2022/08/22	973678	339
2022/08/21	973339	539
2022/08/20	972800	919
2022/08/19	971881	958
2022/08/18	970923	969
2022/08/17	969954	1157
2022/08/16	968797	976
2022/08/15	967821	479
2022/08/14	967342	563
2022/08/13	966779	845
2022/08/12	965925	1031
2022/08/11	964894	1119
2022/08/10	963775	1167
2022/08/09	962608	1233
2022/08/08	961375	441
2022/08/07	960934	634
2022/08/06	960300	897
2022/08/05	959403	1046
2022/08/04	958357	905
2022/08/03	957452	1010
2022/08/02	956442	1099
2022/08/01	955343	413
2022/07/31	954930	561
2022/07/30	954369	800
2022/07/29	953569	930
2022/07/28	952639	904
2022/07/27	951735	1052
2022/07/26	950683	1160
2022/07/25	949523	502
2022/07/24	949021	548
2022/07/23	948473	838
2022/07/22	947635	944
2022/07/21	946691	1002
2022/07/20	945689	1184
2022/07/19	944505	1160
2022/07/18	943345	534
2022/07/17	942811	728
2022/07/16	942083	1137
2022/07/15	940946	1182
2022/07/14	939764	943
2022/07/13	938821	1424
2022/07/12	937397	1713
2022/07/11	935684	704
2022/07/10	934980	863
2022/07/09	934117	2007
2022/06/08	932110	1578
2022/06/07	930532	1693
2022/06/06	928839	1762
2022/06/05	927077	1137
2022/06/04	925940	686
2022/06/03	925254	926	16.9%
2022/06/02	924328	1338	17.1%
2022/06/01	922990	1626	18.3%
2022/06/30	921364	1624	13.9%
2022/06/29	919740	1828	18.3%
2022/06/28	917912	1989	18.8%
2022/06/27	915923	886	18.0%
2022/06/26	915057	1125	18.9%
2022/06/25	913932	1584	18.0%
2022/06/24	912348	1826	19.3%
2022/06/23	910522	2130	19.7%
2022/06/22	908392	1957	18.7%
2022/06/21	906435	2080	19.0%
2022/06/20	904355	826	18.6%
2022/06/19	903529	1143	19.0%
2022/06/18	902386	2053	19.2%
2022/06/17	900333	1451	14.9%
2022/06/16	898882	1958	19.1%
2022/06/15	896924	2080	18.7%
2022/06/14	894844	2389	19.5%
2022/06/13	892455	1106	18.5%
2022/06/12	891349	1389	18.3%
2022/06/11	889960	2323	19.1%
2022/06/10	887637	2591	19.5%
2022/06/09	885046	2793	20.5%
2022/06/08	882253	3244	21.2%
2022/06/07	879009	3523	21.9%
2022/06/06	875486	1692	20.6%
2022/06/05	873794	1942	20.5%
2022/06/04	871852	3056	22.4%
2022/06/03	868796	3296	22.3%
2022/06/02	865500	3789	22.7%
2022/06/01	861711	3443	22%
2022/05/31	858268	3819	22.6%
2022/05/30	854449	1842	22.2%
2022/05/29	852607	2123	21.1%
2022/05/28	850484	3109	22.4%
2022/05/27	847375	3678	24.1%
2022/05/26	843697	3951	24.4%
2022/05/25	839746	3825	22.7%
2022/05/24	835921	3876	24.3%
2022/05/23	832045	1758	20.8%
2022/05/22	830287	2167	20.7%
2022/05/21	828120	3203	22.7%
2022/05/20	824917	3417	20%
2022/05/19	821500	3842	22%
2022/05/18	817658	3506	20.7%
2022/05/17	814152	3910	22.2%
2022/05/16	810242	1799	21.4%
2022/05/15	808443	2166	20.8%
2022/05/14	806277	3054	21.8%
2022/05/13	803223	3248	23.3%
2022/05/12	799975	3514	21.7%
2022/05/11	796461	3324	21.5%
2022/05/10	793137	3307	21.5%
2022/05/09	789830	1359	22.4%
2022/05/08	788471	1615	21.1%
2022/05/07	786856	2672	21.6%
2022/05/06	784184	1919	20.5%
2022/05/05	782265	2117	18.4%
2022/05/04	780148	1838	17.9%
2022/05/03	778310	652	14.3%
2022/05/02	777658	538	11.9%
2022/05/01	777120	700	13.3%
2022/04/30	776420	932	12.1%
2022/04/29	775488	939	12.3%
2022/04/28	774549	874	12.2%
2022/04/27	773675	845	11.2%
2022/04/26	772830	744	9.9%
2022/04/25	772086	267	7.1%
2022/04/24	771819	481	6.3%
2022/04/23	771486	481	7.6%
2022/04/22	771005	542	8.4%
2022/04/21	770463	487	7.9%
2022/04/20	769976	519	7.4%
2022/04/19	769457	479	6.7%
2022/04/18	768978	184	5.4%
2022/04/17	768794	200	5.1%
2022/04/16	768594	124	5.0%
2022/04/15	768470	271	6.2%
2022/04/14	768199	364	6.3%
2022/04/13	767835	397	6.1%
2022/04/12	767438	371	5.5%
2022/04/11	767067	136	4.0%
2022/04/10	766931	254	4.2%
2022/04/09	766504	327	4.8%
2022/04/08	766177	247	5.4%
2022/04/07	766177	247	4.3%
2022/04/06	765930	253	4.0%
2022/04/05	765677	340	5.1%
2022/04/04	765337	124	3.5%
2022/04/03	765213	159	3.4%
2022/04/02	765054	223	4.0%
2022/04/01	764831	295	4.8%
2022/03/31	764536	293	4.8%
2022/03/30	764243	310	4.5%
2022/03/29	763933	325	4.2%
2022/03/28	763608	125	3.4%
2022/03/27	763483	203	4.0%
2022/03/26	763280	255	3.7%
2022/03/25	763025	290	4.3%
2022/03/24	762735	341	4.8%
2022/03/23	762394	386	5.5%
2022/03/22	762008	365	4.8%
2022/03/21	761643	135	3.7%
2022/03/20	761508	193	3.6%
2022/03/19	761315	311	4.7%
2022/03/18	761004	269	4.4%
2022/03/17	760735	330	5.1%
2022/03/16	760405	300	4.5%
2022/03/15	760105	323	4.6%
2022/03/14	759782	146	4.0%
2022/03/13	759636	175	4.1%
2022/03/12	759461	237	4.3%
2022/03/11	759224	301	5.0%
2022/03/10	758923	310	4.5%
2022/03/09	758613	301	4.6%
2022/03/08	758312	382	5.2%
2022/03/07	757930	362	5.4%
2022/03/06	757568	81	4.7%
2022/03/05	757487	426	6.5%
2022/03/04	757061	522	7.1%
2022/03/03	756539	454	6.3%
2022/03/02	756085	232	6.3%
2022/03/01	755853	355	6.6%
2022/02/28	755498	236	5.6%
2022/02/27	755262	357	7.8%
2022/02/26	754905	543	7.7%
2022/02/25	754362	668	8.1%
2022/02/24	753694	787	8.2%
2022/02/23	752907	734	8.2%
2022/02/22	752173	932	9.2%
2022/02/21	751241	481	10.7%
2022/02/20	750760	673	10.6%
2022/02/19	750087	952	11.4%
2022/02/18	749135	1219	13.6%
2022/02/17	747916	1221	12.5%
2022/02/16	746695	1328	12.5%
2022/02/15	745367	1714	13.3%
2022/02/14	739770	799	13.9%
2022/02/13	742854	1203	14.5%
2022/02/12	741651	1881	15.9%
2022/02/11	739770	2111	17.5%
2022/02/10	737659	2424	19.0%
2022/02/09	735235	3028	20.0%
2022/02/08	732207	3180	17.8%
2022/02/07	729027	1614	19.9%
2022/02/06	727413	2345	21.1%
2022/02/05	725068	3589	21.0%
2022/02/04	721479	4308	24.2%
2022/02/03	717171	5210	24.2%
2022/02/02	711691	6081	26.2%
2022/02/01	705880	5606	21.6%
2022/01/31	700274	3150	26.6%
2022/01/30	697124	4490	27.2%
2022/01/29	692634	7004	28.9%
2022/01/28	685630	7502	30.4%
2022/01/27	678128	8268	30.9%
2022/01/26	669860	10481	35.5%
2022/01/25	659379	9241	36.2%
2022/01/24	650138	5455	37.6%
2022/01/23	644683	7164	36.3%
2022/01/22	637519	10629	36.3%
2022/01/21	626890	11933	36.3%
2022/01/20	614957	12351	34.3%
2022/01/19	602606	10763	36.3%
2022/01/18	591843	11519	33.2%
2022/01/17	580324	5468	37.4%
2022/01/16	574856	7278	36.0%
2022/01/15	567578	8902	35.3%
2022/01/14	558676	9530	33.4%
2022/01/13	549146	9074	33.0%
2022/01/12	540072	6513	27.6%
2022/01/11	533559	4105	25.0%
2022/01/10	529454	3139	23.0%
2022/01/09	526315	4066	23.0%
2022/01/08	522249	4804	20.2%
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2020/05/16	9449	181
2020/05/15	9268	150
2020/05/14	9118	274
2020/05/13	8944	161
2020/05/12	8783	167
2020/05/11	8616	168
2020/05/10	8448	166
2020/05/09	8282	212
2020/05/08	8070	202
2020/05/07	7868	137
2020/05/06	7731	208
2020/05/05	7523	136
2020/05/04	7387	190
2020/05/03	7197	107
2020/05/02	7090	370
2020/05/01	6720	188
2020/04/30	6532	195
2020/04/29	6378	178
2020/04/28	6200	179
2020/04/27	6021	242
2020/04/26	5779	241
2020/04/25	5538	200
2020/04/24	5338	172
2020/04/23	5166	174
2020/04/22	4992	171
2020/04/21	4820	162
2020/04/20	4658	191
2020/04/19	4467	194
2020/04/18	4273	63
2020/04/17	4210	194
2020/04/16	4016	265
2020/04/15	3751	177
2020/04/14	3574	102
2020/04/13	3472	72
2020/04/12	3400	166
2020/04/11	3234	260
2020/04/10	2974	222
2020/04/09	2752	224
2020/04/08	2528	279
2020/04/07	2249	149
2020/04/06	2100	112
2020/04/05	1988	187
2020/04/04	1801	128
2020/04/03	1673	198
2020/04/02	1475	158
2020/04/01	1317	136
2020/03/31	1181	106
2020/03/30	1075	86
2020/03/29	989	88
2020/03/28	901	115
2020/03/27	786	112
2020/03/26	674	116
2020/03/25	558	115
2020/03/24	443	98
2020/03/23	345	32
2020/03/22	313	68
2020/03/21	245	45
2020/03/20	200	63
2020/03/19	137	28
2020/03/18	109	23
2020/03/17	86	17
2020/03/16	69	14
2020/03/15	55	12
2020/03/14	43	7
2020/03/13	36	9
2020/03/12	27	13
2020/03/11	14	6
2020/03/10	8	7
2020/03/09	1	0

This is a list of the number of cases per day since the first case was discovered in Panama

ENDNOTES

This has already been painstakingly lengthy.  Instead of adding further pages, instead I leave you with the following:

These are the six ways of courting defeat:

1. Neglect to estimate the enemy’s strength
2. Want of authority
3. Defective training
4. Unjustifiable anger
5. Nonobservance of discipline
6. Failure to use picked men

The consummate leader cultivates the moral law, and strictly adheres to method and discipline; thus it is in his power to control success.

​Sun Tzu

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