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The Dove February 28, 2022
Rotary Club of Holy Spirit Club No. 69935 RI District 3780 Philippines
Vol. XIV No. 10
Rotaractors of Holy Spirit extend service at the frontline during COVID-19 booster vaccination drive During the COVID booster vaccination drive held at the DAHHA covered court on February 12, 2022, three (3) Rotaractors of the Rotaract Club of Holy Spirit volunteered to help doctors and nurses at the vaccination station by accomplishing the needed documentation work.
They were Rtrs Arleth Villocero, Jarius Jann, and Meriam Luis (a nursing student). The vaccination drive served a total of 220 recipients who were residents of Don Antonio Heights, Montville Place and Southville in Barangay Holy Spirit. They were administered
Astra Zeneca jabs. The service activity was organized by the Don Antonio Heights Homeowners Association whose President and Chairman is Marcia C. Salvador, past president and service projects chair of the Rotary Club of Holy Spirit D3780.
Rtr Arleth
Rtr Meriam
Oplan SOS of RC Holy Spirit continues to protect barangay health workers from potentially serious Covid-19 infection On February 12, 2022, RC Holy Spirit led by LCP JL Torre turned over 13 gallons of 70% isopropyl alcohol and 37 boxes of surgical face masks to the Betty Go Belmonte Super Health Center in Barangay Holy Spirit. These were received by midwife Jennifer Morales and community health workers in behalf of Dr Michele Sanorjo, medical officer of Vet-
erans Health Center. LCP JL was accompanied by Service Projects Chair PP Marcia Salvador and Community Service Projects Chair Rtn Joey Peralta. The donated items came from LCP JL, PE Joy Peralta, PP Angel Castro, PP Peth Rivera, PP Ric Salvador and PP Marcia Salvador.
The turn-over represented continuous implementation of the club’s Oplan SOS (Saving Our Saviors) which was launched at the beginning of last Rotary Year when the COVID-19 virus started to spread.
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Community projects of Rotary Club of Holy Spirit are featured in radio-TV broadcast nationwide In a phone-patch interview arranged by DZRH News Television mid-afternoon of January 27, 2022, well-known broadcast journalist Ms Mae Binauhan had opportunity to discuss the projects of RC Holy Spirit with RCHS Service Projects Chair PP Marcia Salvador, particularly on the Oplan Bangon Siargao. In a partnership with DZRH Operation Tulong and the Philippine Coast Guard District Northeastern Mindanao, RCHS sent
nails, handsaws, claw hammers and pairs of sandals to help in the rebuilding of damaged homes of Siargaonons who were greatly affected by Super Typhoon Odette. Also discussed during the interview were other impactful club projects such as the Human Milk Bank donated by RCHS to the Philippine Children’s Medical Center through a Rotary global grant, large-scale medical/dental/
diagnostic missions for indigent residents of Barangay Holy Spirit, Annual blood-letting campaigns disaster relief missions to typhoon-stricken areas in Southern and Northern Luzon.
Current projects like the Project TechnoAid (Tulong Para sa Online Learning) and Oplan SOS (Saving our Saviors) were also discussed.
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RC Holy Spirit is honored with GAWAD KAAGAPAY AWARD by QC Schools Division as recognition for continuing partnership with Holy Spirit National High School The Schools Division Office of Quezon City held the 2nd Gawad Kaagapay Virtual Awarding Ceremony on February 11, 2022 to recognize its outstanding stakeholders. The event congratulating the year’s awardees was successfully done via live streaming at the SDOQC Official
Facebook page. The awarding was done by congressional district and recognition was done by public elementary and high schools. The special recognition program was first launched in January 2021 to celebrate fruitful partnerships for education. RC Holy Spirit was recognized as an
outstanding stakeholder by its adopted high school, Holy Spirit National High School, for being a consistent partner in the school’s programs and activities and for its continued support for the youth. Stakeholders included private companies, foundations, alumni associations, philanthropists and civic organizations like Rotary.
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Presidential message Shekhar Mehta ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
President 2021-22 February 2022 At the start of the Rotary year, I challenged every club to plan and host at least one practical and action-oriented Rotary Day of Service. The event should address a challenge your community is facing that fits into one or more of Rotary’s areas of focus and should bring together volunteers from within and outside of Rotary. Rotary Days of Service can motivate Rotary, Rotaract, and Interact clubs to plan innovative and impactful projects. They can showcase your work as people of action and introduce prospective members to your club. I’ve been inspired by your response so far, and I want to share with you just one project that has captured my imagination. India is home to an estimated 74 million people with diabetes, a disease that is a leading cause of death. Furthermore, about 50 percent of those people remain undiagnosed. Rotary, together with the Research Society for the Study of Diabetes in India, saw the urgent need to diagnose, track, and treat people who have diabetes. Working together and with other organizations, we hosted a nationwide blood glucose testing camp on 29 September, which is World Heart Day. The camp was spread across more than 10,000 sites in India, with more than 2,000 Rotary and Rotaract clubs participating in the effort. More than 1 million blood-sugar tests were conducted in a day, an accomplishment recognized by the Asia Book of Records. But more important than breaking a record is the fact that tens of thousands of people learned that they may be living with
diabetes. They can now be treated for the condition, and they also have been made aware that they should take extra measures to shield themselves from COVID -19 and scores of other diseases that are caused or worsened by diabetes. This month, on 23 February, the anniversary of Rotary, let us celebrate with more service days, showcasing Rotary’s work in our areas of focus. I look forward to hearing about your Rotary Days of Service. Please share your projects on Rotary Showcase, or browse that webpage to find inspiration and project partners. In particular, I encourage you to execute projects that focus on empowering girls, as they have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic. The Empowering Girls initiative is resonating very well with members of Rotary as well as with non-Rotarians. The governments and NGOs in various countries are appreciating this meaningful effort. Let us keep focusing on it. I am also happy that the Each One, Bring One ethos is bringing fruitful results. Let us ensure that all club members introduce at least one person to Rotary, and that we then all work to engage new members and keep them in our clubs.
In whatever we do, remember that we must push ourselves to grow more, do more as we Serve to Change Lives.
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RI president-elect announces 2022-23 presidential theme by Ryan Hyland
Rotary International President-elect Jennifer Jones wants members to imagine the possibilities in the change they can make to transform the world. Jones, a member of the Rotary Club of Windsor-Roseland, Ontario, Canada, revealed the 2022-23 presidential theme, Imagine Rotary, as she urged people to dream big and harness their connections and the power of Rotary to turn those dreams into reality. “Imagine, a world that deserves our best,” Jones told incoming district governors on 20 January, “where we get up each day knowing that we can make a difference.” Jones, who will make history on 1 July by becoming Rotary’s first female president, gave a live online address to precede Rotary’s annual training event for district governors from around the world, the International Assembly. The assembly was rescheduled because of the COVID-19 pandemic and will now be held virtually 714 February. Jones told the incoming governors about a chance she took when a member asked for assistance in getting a young peace activist out of Afghanistan during the U.S. troop withdrawal last year. At first unsure how she could help, she relied on “that certain Rotary magic” and contacted a former Rotary Peace Fellow she had met a few years earlier. Less than 24 hours later, the activist was on an evacuation list, and soon she was on her way to Europe. Engaging members through meaningful responsibility To better engage members, Rotary needs to “adapt and retool,” Jones said, using her hometown as an example. Windsor was once the automotive hub of Canada. But after plant closings left thousands without work, the city needed to retool, in the same way an auto plant would, preparing for new parts or a new model. Now, Jones said, Windsor is a leader in agribusiness and medical and aerospace technology.
“It is our offer of hands-on service, personal growth, leadership development, and lifelong friendships that creates purpose and passion,” Jones said. Embracing change also means embracing new club models, Jones said, as she asked the incoming governors to form at least two new innovative or cause-based clubs during their term. “Let’s make sure we engage our members so they love their clubs and their Rotary experience,” she added. Jones also announced the appointment of a Rotaract member as a Rotary public image coordinator and said that she has included Rotaractors on several committees and will assign some Rotaractors as president’s representatives. “We have been entrusted with leadership in our great organization,” Jones said. “Now it is up to us to be brave and intentional in our actions, and let others help us lead.” Jones noted that Rotary has little time left to achieve the RI Board of Directors’ goal of having women make up 30% of Rotary’s members by 2023. Rotary has achieved this in more than 110 countries, she said, but it has a long way to go. She pointed out that Rotaract has already achieved 50% female members. To raise Rotary’s profile, Jones plans to hold a global impact tour that will include talking with leaders about working together to address the world’s most pressing challenges. “Rotary opens these doors and we need to harness our connections, to deepen these relationships and create new partnerships,” Jones said. “And the best part is, this can happen at every level of leadership.” Jones closed her address by saying that although we all have dreams, acting on them is a choice we make. When an organization like Rotary dreams about big things like ending polio and creating peace, she said, it becomes our responsibility to make them happen. “You don’t imagine yesterday,” Jones said, “you imagine tomorrow.”
For Rotary, “finding the right ‘part’ to engage each member should be our core function,” Jones said. “It comes down to the comfort and care of our members.” Engaging members is crucial to retaining members, she said, adding that we need to ask members what they want to get from Rotary and give them meaningful responsibilities.
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SERVICE ABOVE SELF
February 2022
Ideas for strengthening membership
The Four-Way Test OF THE THINGS we think, say or do
1) Is it the TRUTH? 2) Is it FAIR to all concerned? 3) Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? 4) Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
Rotarian’s Pledge I am a Rotarian I will always uphold the TRUTH. I am a Rotarian I will always strive to be FAIR in all of my dealings with my fellowmen. I am a Rotarian I will always endeavor to build GOODWILL and UNDERSTANDING in my community, among my countrymen and people of all nations. I am a Rotarian I will always seek to promote the greatest good for the greatest number of people in the spirit of ROTARY SERVICE. I am a Rotarian I will always uphold the Rotary International Motto, SERVICE ABOVE SELF.
Rotarian Code of Conduct As a Rotarian, I will 1) Act with integrity and high ethical standards in my personal and professional life 2) Deal fairly with others and treat them and their occupations with respect 3) Use my professional skills through Rotary to mentor young people, help those with special needs, and improve people’s quality of life in my community and in the world
Working toward the Rotary Citation helps strengthen clubs The Rotary Citation is an award that recognizes the hard work that members do throughout the year to strengthen their clubs. Clubs earn the citation by achieving smaller goals that add up to the larger goals of increasing club membership, developing sustainable service projects, giving to The Rotary Foundation, and building awareness of Rotary. When clubs take action to achieve the citation’s goals, they engage their members, stay relevant in their communities, and function more efficiently. Their work also contributes to the overall health and culture of Rotary for generations to come. To learn more about the Rotary Citation, review our Rotary Citation FAQ. New resources Creating an inclusive club culture is an important first step when building a diverse club. Otherwise, prospective members may not feel welcome, and new members, and even longtime members, may not feel that they fully belong. Take this new online course (My Rotary login required) for guidance, including tips for talking about diversity, equity, and inclusion, recognizing what shapes our perspectives, and making the changes that are needed to make your club more inclusive. The newly revised Club Health Check (PDF) helps Rotary and Rotaract clubs identify and address their problem areas so they can stay relevant, both to members and to the community. Updates to this resource include space for comments in each section and a Next Steps section at the end where you can tally your club’s score and create an action plan. The Rotary Award for Excellence in Service to Humanity The Rotary Award for Excellence in Service to Humanity recognizes nonmembers, including the partners of members, who have demonstrated exemplary humanitarian service in accord with Rotary’s ideals. District governors can nominate candidates throughout March. Nominees who are selected for the award will receive an engraved crystal and lapel pin. Write to riawards@rotary.org if you have any questions.
4) Avoid behaviour that reflects adversely on Rotary or other Rotarians
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Rotary projects around the globe February 2022
by Brad Webber United States While jogging on Memorial Day weekend in 2020, Patrick Shairs discovered a holiday-appropriate spot for a break: the old City Cemetery in his hometown of Franklin, Tennessee. Shairs, a member of the Rotary Club of Downtown Franklin, was dismayed by the multitude of badly stained and unreadable headstones. That fall, the club started a project to restore several historic cemeteries in the area.
About a year later, 127 volunteers, including members from other area Rotary clubs and students from local schools, had cleaned 560 headstones and footstones and 140 plot pillars, using brushes and spray bottles filled with a biological solution recommended by a preservation organization. They identified 81 people buried in one cemetery who were not listed in the town’s official burial register, something that would have gone undiscovered if not for their efforts.
Canada Island Park in Portage La Prairie,
Manitoba, has been a meeting place for more than 100 years. In 2019, the Rotary Club of Portage La Prairie outlined a strategy for a phased, $150,000 effort to revitalize an area within the popular lakefront park, where the club also sponsored a disc golf course. “The club felt that we could rejuvenate the duck pond to its
England After a pandemic-induced hiatus, an annual dragon boat race sponsored by the Rotary Club of Skipton lured more than 150 enthusiastic paddlers in September. Thirteen teams — with sobriquets such as the Komodo Dragons, Craven Ravens, and Rainbow Rockets — collected pledges and raised about $17,000 for the competitors’ chosen charities. Club member Andrew Gold noted that the compe-
old glory as well as add new features,” says club member Preston Meier. Since 2020, the club has redesigned and rebuilt a waterfall, added fencing and lighting, and constructed a deck with a pergola for special events. “We wanted a project that we could get our hands dirty in and have our fingerprints on — a little blood, sweat, and tears in addition to the fundraising,” Meier says.
25 % of the planet’s wetlands are in Canada
titions in 2018 and 2019 had raised a combined $30,000. The event was conceived by 2017-18 Club President Mark Ludlam as a tribute to his late father, Brian, a past club president who had arranged a dragon boat race. About half of the club’s 40 members helped steward the 200meter race.
300,000 dragon boat racers in Europe
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Rotary projects around the globe . . . India More than 250 youths from schools and Interact clubs across several Indian states put paint and crayons to paper in a poster competition sponsored by the all-female Rotary Club of Ahmednagar Priyadarshini.
The Freedom from Polio art contest stressed the “importance of taking polio drops to help our world get freedom from polio forever,” says Bindu Shirsath, a club member who was among the five judges. The club recruited district PolioPlus committee chairs and tapped Facebook and
Philippines Mangroves form an integral part of the coastal ecosystem of the Philippines. They serve as a source of medicines, alcohol, and timber; a haven for coral reef fish; and a buffer against typhoons. In a two-pronged effort to shore up the maritime trees and buttress a fishing village’s ecotourism drive, in November the Rotary Club of BacolodMarapara teamed with the Rotary Club of Victorias, the Rotaract Club of Marapara, the Pasil Fisherfolks Association, and other local organizations. They planted some 1,000 mangrove seedlings and provided the fishers with bamboo to construct two cottages in the native style for rental to tourists.
WhatsApp groups to publicize the inaugural project. “Since it was an online competition, the club did not incur costs except for making the e-certificate for winners and publicizing the results in local newspapers,” Shirsath adds, resulting in an affordable way to conjure creativity with a message.
110 million Indian children immunized over three days in January 2021
“Around the world, mangroves are threatened, but they are important,” says Rolando Corona, president of the BacolodMarapara club. “Their protection and restoration should be a high priority.”
This story originally appeared in the February 2022 issue of Rotary magazine.
80 % of Philippine provinces feature mangroves
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Rotary Information - HISTORY OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL Rotary’s reputation attracted presidents, prime ministers, and a host of other luminaries to its ranks — among them author Thomas Mann, diplomat Carlos P. Romulo, and composer Jean Sibelius. As Rotary grew, members pooled their resources and used their talents to serve their communities. The organization's dedication to this ideal is best ex-
pressed in its motto: Service
Above Self.
The first four Rotarians (from left): Gustavus Loehr, Silvester Schiele, Hiram Shorey, and Paul P. Harris, circa 1905-12. Paul P. Harris, an attorney, wanted to create a professional group with the same friendly spirit he felt in the small towns of his youth. On 23 February 1905, Harris, Gustavus Loehr, Silvester Schiele, and Hiram Shorey gathered at Loehr’s office in Room 711 of the Unity Building in downtown Chicago. This was the first Rotary club meeting. They decided to call the new club “Rotary” after the practice of rotating meeting locations. Within five years clubs had formed across the country, from San Francisco to New York. In August 1910, Rotarians held their first convention in Chicago. The 16 clubs that existed at that time united to form the National Association of Rotary Clubs. In 1912, the name changed to International Association of Rotary Clubs to reflect the addition of clubs in other countries. The name Rotary International was adopted in 1922.
Paul P. Harris HISTORIC MOMENTS Explore Rotary’s history in these stories featuring photos, video, and audio from our archives: Rotary Mottoes The First Four Rotarians Paul Harris Fellow Recognition
Women in Rotary Friendship Trees
By July 1925, Rotary had grown to more than 2,000 clubs and an estimated 108,000 members on six continents.
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History Moment: PAUL P. HARRIS DIES; FOUNDER OF ROTARY CLUBS Text of article from Chicago Tribune – Monday 27 January 1947 Paul P. Harris, founder of Rotary International, and its president emeritus, died yesterday in his home, at Comely Bank, 10896 Longwood dr. He was 79, and had been in failing health in recent years. He was a lawyer in private life. Mr. Harris founded Rotary in 1905, and since then had seen it grow from a single club with a few members in Chicago to 5,638 clubs in 75 countries with more than 259,000 members. A spirit of loneliness influenced Mr Harris in part to create the world-wide organization. He was born in Racine, Wis., but reared at in Vermont. He was educated at Princeton and the University of Iowa in 1891. For five years he roamed, working as a newspaper man, an actor, and a salesman. He worked on fruit farms, and twice worked his way to Europe on cattle boats. Beginning of Rotary. In 1896, Mr. Harris settled in Chicago and began the practice of law. Although friendly by nature, he had few friends and he saw others, like himself not native to the city, in similar situation. One day in 1900 Mr. Harris had dinner with a lawyer friend, and later the two strolled the neighbourhood where his colleague introduced Mr. Harris to several neighbourhood merchants as his friends. Up to then, Mr. Harris had not made social friends out of his business friends, or clients. The neighbourhood experience gave him an idea. Mr. Harris decided to organize a club of representative business and professional friends in fellowship and
friendship. Three of his clients, Silvester Schicle, Gustavus Loehr, and Harry Ruggles joined with him. They met periodically in the old Mme. Galli restaurant, often called the birthplace of Rotary, where over the dinner table they discussed plans for the club. Essence of Rotary’s purpose was and is – serve; high standards in business, professional and community life. Other clubs formed. On February 23, 1905 Rotary was born, and was so called because its members met in rotation at their several places of business. The idea spread, and similar clubs were formed in other cities. Source of news clip: Vol. 111 Issue 45, 28 Jan 2016 Gyrator of RC Chicago
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Rotary Information - HISTORY OF ROTARY IN THE PHILIPPINES Rotary was almost fourteen years old when Leon J. Lambert, then one of the leading businessmen of Manila and president of Lambert Sales Co., inspired by what he had heard of Rotary, started to correspond with President John Poole of the International Association of Rotary Clubs, now known as Rotary International. As a result, on January 12, 1919, Lambert entertained Rotarian Roger D. Pinneo, a member of the Rotary Club of Seattle who had been sent to Manila with a commission to assist in the organization of Rotary Clubs in the Far East, at a luncheon in his home in Pasay with Messrs. E. E. Elser, James Geary, A. W. Beam and F. N. Berry, prominent businessmen of Manila. The five constituted themselves into a committee to proceed with the preliminary steps incident to the organization of a Rotary club. Lambert was elected as chairman, and Berry as secretary of this committee. Informal meetings were held on January 14, 16, and 24, before the organization of the new club was completed with 38 charter members, two of whom were Filipinos (Gabriel Lao and Gregorio Nieva), one was Chinese (Alfonso SyCip), and the rest Americans. A provisional board of directors was formed and served until June 1919, when the first annual meeting was held. Elected as the first officers were –
LEON J. LAMBERT - President ALFONSO SYCIP - Vice President E. E. ELSER - Secretary WALTER A. BEAM – Treasurer
Before the end of January 1919, a cablegram was sent to the International Association of Rotary Clubs in Chicago, advising it of the formal organization of the Rotary Club of Manila (RCM), the first club in Asia, with a membership of 38. The first office of the RCM was located in the office of the Benguet Consolidated Mining Co. at Kneedler Building, where further meetings were held and additional members elected. The Charter No. 478 was not granted however until June 1, 1919. From 1919 to 1935, RCM was under the direct supervision of the International Association of Rotary Clubs.
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RCM organized its first daughter club, the Rotary Club of Cebu, in 1932, followed by the Rotary Club of Iloilo in 1933. Both were also under the direct supervision of the International Association of Rotary Clubs. In 1935, these three clubs were included in the district of China up to 1938, when the Philippine District No. 81 (changed to District 48, then to District 385, and now to Districts 379, 380, 382, 385, 386 and 387) was created. Two years later RCM organized the Rotary Clubs of Bacolod and Baguio. In 1939, through the initiative of then R.I. Vice President Carlos P. "Romy" Romulo, the Rotary Club of Guam, was organized as RCM's first overseas daughter club. During World War II all the clubs in the Philippines ceased to function. The last meeting of RCM was held on the island of Corregidor on May 6, 1942, to induct Gen. Douglas MacArthur as honorary member. However, some Manila Rotarians occasionally met in groups, whenever possible. The club was formally reorganized on September 13, 1945, with Gil J. Puyat reassuming the club presidency. Subsequently, RCM established the Rotary Clubs of Lucena and Malolos (1949), Batangas and San Pablo (1950), Cavite (1952), Kalookan and Pasay (1959), and Quezon City (1960). The Rotary Club of Manila, being the premier service club of its kind in Asia, has had an outstanding record of leadership in service to the community. In its 79-year history, it has pioneered various projects covering the whole spectrum of the four avenues of Rotary service. Among the organizations pioneered in the Philippines by the Club are the Boy Scout movement, Community Chest Foundation, Philippine Band of Mercy, Philippine Safety Council (forerunner of the Safety Organization of the Phils.), Philippine Cancer Society, Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Philippine Tourism Association, Welfareville, TOWER (The Outstanding Workers of the Republic) Awards Foundation, RCManila Foundation, RCM Medico-Surgical Missions Foundation, Philippine Rotary Pacemaker Bank Foundation, Sagip-Kabataan (Save the Children) Foundation, RCM Eyebank Foundation, several school and community-based Rotaract and Interact youth clubs, and others. Aside from these, RCM has been an invaluable source of support to a host of other service projects and organizations.
Source: Rotary Club of Manila D3810
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How long does omicron last on surfaces and in the air? Alix Martichoux, Nexstar Media Wire Posted: JAN 22, 2022 Customers wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus shop at the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022
(NEXSTAR) – Most of us stopped wiping down our groceries and disinfecting all our possessions much earlier in the pandemic when we learned the real risk of COVID-19 transmission was in the air. Does the arrival of the omicron variant change that calculus? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, respiratory transmission is still the primary concern. “It is possible for people to be infected through contact with contaminated surfaces or objects (fomites), but the risk is generally considered to be low,” the agency says. “I have no reason to expect that omicron will act any differently (than other variants) with risk of transmission via surfaces,” said Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease specialist at the University of California, San Francisco. How long can the virus last on surfaces? If the surface is
porous, like cotton, for example, “Studies report inability to detect viable virus within minutes to hours,” says the CDC. If the surface isn’t porous, like glass, stainless steel or plastic, studies have been able to detect the virus after days or weeks. Under “typical indoor environmental conditions,” studies have found a 99% reduction in infectious coronavirus in three days or 72 hours. That timeline speeds up by a lot when you factor in ventilation, like an open window. Disinfectant solutions have been proven to work against the virus, as well, but experts don’t believe that cleaning should be the main focus. The risk of fomite transmission (getting sick from a surface that has virus particles on it) is very low, the CDC says, and the risk of respiratory transmission (getting sick from breathing in virus particles) is quite high — especially in indoor environments where people aren’t wearing masks.
Can the virus survive in the air even after an infected person has left a room? Research suggests the answer is yes: Particles can linger for anywhere from minutes to hours, the CDC says. It all depends on the air flow in the room, the temperature, humidity and other factors. “I don’t get nervous, when I go into a room, about who’s been in the room before me,” said Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, chair of UCSF’s epidemiology and biostatistics department in an interview with CapRadio. “But I do get nervous anytime I’m inside a room that’s not that well ventilated, with people who are across the room, or people who might be much further from me than I would generally think about. Because the air that’s there is just not circulating in the way that is really designed to keep me safe. Those viral particles are sort of hanging in the air.”
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3M expects to sell fewer COVID-19 masks this year ChannelNewsAsia.com
3M is the latest company to forecast fewer mask sales in 2022. (File photo: AFP/Angela Weiss)
15 Feb 2022 NEW YORK: After seeing sales of medical masks soar during the COVID-19 pandemic, US manufacturer 3M warned on Monday (Feb 14) that demand is expected to slow sharply this year. The warning echoes that of other companies like vaccine -maker Pfizer and the CVS drugstore chain that have said pandemic-related sales are likely to soften. After COVID-19 broke out in 2020, 3M, a conglomerate that makes a wide range of products from Post-it notes to air filters, quickly ramped up output of face masks, which became ubiquitous.
the jabs would slow in 2022. But in its quarterly earnings report on Monday, 3M forecast a "decline in COVID-related respirator demand" which it said will weigh on overall sales growth and also dampen earnings. Honeywell in early February said it sold fewer masks in the fourth quarter compared to the same period in 2020, and sees the slowdown continuing this year, hitting the company's overall sales. Pfizer, whose vaccine developed with German company BioNTech was the first approved in the United States to counter the deadly virus, warned last week that sales of
But the US pharmaceutical group expects to see sales of its COVID-19 treatment pill to jump to at least US$22 billion. Meanwhile, CVS, which conducted 32 million COVID-19 tests and administered more than 59 million vaccines in 2021, said last week it is expecting vaccinations to drop by 70 to 80 per cent and testing to fall by as much as 50 per cent. CVS Chief financial officer Shawn Guertin told analysts the chain should see a "modest" uptick in sales of over -the-counter test kits.
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People wearing face masks line up at a testing centre for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Hong Kong, on Feb 23, 2022. (Photo: REUTERS/Lam Yik)
MALAYSIA 28,835 THAILAND 21,648 SOUTH KOREA 139,039 MYANMAR 3,218 PHILIPPINES 1,424 VIETNAM 61,120 SINGAPORE 18,325 INDONESIA 52,591 Source: Johns Hopkins University
Foreign domestic workers who have tested Covid-19 positive line up for medical care and isolation or quarantine facilities of the HK government. OFWs from the Philippines afflicted with Covid19 rose to 140 as of Feb 26.
Hong Kong rolls out vaccine passport and tighter COVID-19 measures HONG KONG: Hong Kong rolls out a vaccine passport on Thursday (Feb 24) that requires people aged 12 and above to have at least one COVID-19 vaccination and also tightened restrictions in a city that already has some of the most stringent rules in the world. Residents will have to show their vaccine record to access venues including supermarkets, malls and restaurants. They will also have to wear masks for all outdoor exercise and will not be allowed to remove masks to eat or drink on public transport. On Wednesday, Hong Kong reported a record 8,674 new COVID-19 infections as the global financial hub prepares for compulsory testing of its 7.4 million people - part of its "dynamic zero COVID" strategy similar to mainland China. "Hong Kong is now facing a very dire epidemic situation which continues to deteriorate rapidly," the government said in a statement on Thursday. "Hong Kong's healthcare system, manpower, anti-epidemic facilities and resources, etc. will soon be insufficient to handle the huge number of newly confirmed cases detected every day." 18
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7-Day Moving Average from March 2020 to Feb 24, 2022
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MALAYSIA 27,663 THAILAND 19,708 SOUTH KOREA 121,887 MYANMAR 3,135 PHILIPPINES 1,587 VIETNAM 52,222 SINGAPORE 18,246 INDONESIA 54,979 Source: Johns Hopkins University
Temporary testing site set up in Seoul, South Korea, February 16, 2022. REUTERS/ Heo Ran South Korea prime minister calls for calm as COVID-19 cases hit new record of 170,000 SEOUL: South Korea's prime minister on Wednesday (Feb 23) called on people not to panic about a major increase in COVID-19 infections as new daily cases surged past 170,000 for the first time. Serious cases and deaths are at manageable levels despite record cases caused by the highly infectious Omicron variant, Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum told a pandemic response meeting. "Although our awareness and implementation of anti-COVID rules should not be loosened, there is no reason at all to fear or panic about the numbers of new cases as in the past," he said, according to a transcript. South Korea reported 171,452 new coronavirus cases for Tuesday, another daily record and a sharp increase from 99,573 a day before, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said on Wednesday. Deaths have slowly ticked up, reaching a near-record high of 99 on Tuesday, but South Korean authorities say real-world data shows people infected with the Omicron coronavirus variant are nearly 75 per cent less likely to develop serious illness or die than those who contract the Delta variant.
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COVID-19 in Asia
7-Day Moving Average from March 2020 to Feb 20, 2022
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MALAYSIA 25,098 THAILAND 16,998 SOUTH KOREA 87,458 MYANMAR 2,438 PHILIPPINES 2,340 VIETNAM 36,545 SINGAPORE 16,611 INDONESIA 28,971 Source: Johns Hopkins University
SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 15,836 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Saturday (Feb 19), comprising 15,699 local and 137 imported infections. There were also four fatalities. This takes the death toll from coronavirus complications to 941. There are 1,491 patients in hospital, according to the latest infection statistics on the MOH website. The number requiring oxygen supplementation remained at 182. Forty-three patients are in the intensive care unit, compared to 39 on Friday.
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COVID-19 in Asia
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MALAYSIA 4,943 THAILAND 7,986 SOUTH KOREA 14,899 MYANMAR 196 PHILIPPINES 16,878 VIETNAM 17,135 SINGAPORE 5,146 INDONESIA 9152 Source: Johns Hopkins University
Russia sees more than 100,000 daily COVID-19 cases for first time. MOSCOW: Russia reported more than 100,000 daily coronavirus cases for the first time on Saturday (Jan 29) as the country weathers a surge of infections driven by the highly contagious Omicron variant. A government COVID-19 portal registered 113,122 new cases over 24 hours, nearly double the number of daily infections just a week ago. Following a strict but brief national lockdown at the beginning of the pandemic, Russia has held back on curbs hoping instead to protect its struggling economy. But with four vaccines widely available for months, Russians remain reluctant to get jabbed with just under half of the population fully vaccinated. 21
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ALERT Level 1 in NCR, other areas from March 1 to March 15 NCR reverted to Alert Level 2 from Feb 1 to 28
Tightened to ALERT LEVEL 3 Jan 1 until Jan 31 ALERT LEVEL 2 from Nov 5 until Nov 30 extended to Dec 31. ALERT LEVEL 4 in NCR Sept 16-Oct 15, to ALERT LEVEL 3 Oct 16 until Nov 4
Restrictions Under ALERT LEVELS 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 on Trial in NCR
MECQ for METRO MANILA Aug 21 to Sept 15 ECQ for METRO MANILA Aug 6 to 20 Aug 1-6: GCQ with enhanced restrictions in NCR, Bulacan, Laguna, Cavite, Rizal July 16-31: GCQ with enhanced restrictions in NCR, Bulacan, Rizal, Cavite, Quezon, Batangas, Laguna July 1-15: NCR + Bulacan + Rizal (GCQ with some restrictions) Cavite + Laguna (GCQ w heightened Restrict) NCR Plus: GCQ (with Heightened Restrictions) from May 15 to May 31 to June 15
MECQ from Apr 12 to Apr 30, 2021 to May 14
ECQ from Mar 29 to Apr 11, 2021 History of Quarantine Restrictions for NCR
GCQ NCR from Aug 19, 2020 to Mar 28, 2021
MECQ from Aug 4 to Aug 18, 2020 GCQ NCR from June 1 to Aug 3, 2020
ECQ Lockdown Entire Luzon from Mar 17 to May 30, 2020 22
System of Community Restrictions Imposed in 2020—2021
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PH
951
New cases. Since Mar 2020: Cases 3,661,997; Recoveries 3,553,367; Deaths 56,451; Active Cases 52.2 In PH 951 new Covid-19 cases on Feb 28, 2022. (NCR– 231, Reg.6- 93 Reg4-A—136)
Reported Cases and Deaths by Country & Territory Feb 28, 2022
WORLD Total 436.8 M
New: 928,852
Deaths 6.0 M
Recovered 367.7 M
Active Cases 63.1 M
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PH 1,019
New cases. Since Mar 2020: Cases 3,654,284; Recoveries 3,541,840; Deaths 55,776; Active Cases 56,668 In PH 1,019 new Covid-19 cases on Feb 22 is Lowest since Jan 1, 2022. (NCR– 197, Reg4-A—124, Reg 1—85)
Reported Cases and Deaths by Country & Territory Feb 22, 2022
WORLD Total 427.5 M
New: 1,247,384
Deaths 5.9 M
Recovered 355.0 M
Active Cases 66.6 M
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PH 1,923
New cases. Since Mar 2020: Cases 3,650,748; Recoveries 3,532,608; Deaths 55,607; Active Cases 62,533 In PH 1,923 new Covid-19 cases on Feb 19 is Lowest since Jan 1, 2022
Reported Cases and Deaths by Country & Territory Feb 19, 2022
WORLD Total 423.4 M
New: 1,468,128
Deaths 5.9 M
Recovered 348.2 M
Active Cases 69.3 M
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PH 3,574
New cases. Since Mar 2020: Cases 3,619,633; Recoveries 3,459,462; Deaths 54,621; Active Cases 105,550
Reported Cases and Deaths by Country & Territory Feb 8, 2022
WORLD Total 400.2 M
New: 2,024,653
Deaths 5.8 M
Recovered 320.0 M
Active Cases 74.8 M
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PH 14,546 Jan 31
New cases. Since Mar 2020: Cases 3,560,202; Recoveries 3,315,381; Deaths 54,003; Active Cases 190,818
OMICRON surges trigger lockdowns in Europe. New daily cases in PH - 14,546
Reported Cases and Deaths by Country & Territory Jan 31, 2022
WORLD Total 377.2 M
New: 1,750,504
Deaths 5.7 M
Recovered 298.5 M
Active Cases 73.0 M 28
PH 39,004 Jan 15
New cases. Since Mar 2020: Cases 3,168,379; Recoveries 2,834,708; Deaths 52,858; Active Cases 280,813
OMICRON & Delta surges trigger lockdowns in Europe. New daily cases in PH - 39,004
Reported Cases and Deaths by Country & Territory Jan 15, 2022
WORLD Total 325.2 M
New: 1,018,748
Deaths 5.6 M
Recovered 265.9 M
Active Cases 53.7 M 29
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168 New cases. Since Mar 2020: Cases 2,837,719; Recoveries 2,777,541; Deaths 50,794; Active Cases 9,384
Dec 21.
OMICRON & Delta surges trigger lockdowns in Europe. LOWEST new daily cases in PH - 168
Reported Cases and Deaths by Country & Territory Dec 21, 2021
WORLD Total 276.4 M
New: 624,298
Deaths 5.4 M
Recovered 248.0 M
Active Cases 23.0 M
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PH 3,410 New cases. Since Mar 2020: Cases 2,787,276; Recoveries 2,698,871; Deaths 43,172; Active Cases 45,283 Oct 31 FIFTEEN days from Oct 16 start of ALERT Level 3 with localized “Granular Lockdowns” in NCR PH
Reported Cases and Deaths by Country & Territory Oct 31, 2021
WORLD Total 247.4 M
New: 247,788
Deaths 5.0 M
Recovered 224.0 M
Active Cases 18.3 M
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Reported Cases and Deaths by Country & Territory October 30, 2020
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Confirmed Cases and Deaths by Country and Territory On 3-29-2020 the Philippines with its 110 Million population, exhibited 1,418 COVID-19 positive cases and 71 deaths, still remarkable “containment-of-virusspread” among nations (13 cases per 1 M pop)
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Roster of RC Holy Spirit Presidents
Rotary Theme
Year
District Governor
Club President
2022-23
Florian Enriquez
PE Joy Vistan Peralta
Life Changing Year
2021-22
Edgardo Ayento
John Lerrie Torre
Transforming Year of Svc
2020-21
Johnny Gaw Yu
Martin Mariñas
Champions of Service Year
2019-20
Bernadette H. Dy
Alberto Sevilla
Inspiring Year of Service
2018-19
Pastor Mar Reyes
Fernando JR Delgra
The Great Rotary Year
2017-18
Chito Borromeo
Ric Salvador
All Stars Rotary Year
2016-17
Dwight Ramos
Peth Rivera
World Class Rotary Year
2015-16
Rey David
Angel Castro
Best Class Rotary Year
2014-15
Samuel Pagdilao
Marites Nepomuceno
First Class Rotary Year
2013-14
Francis Rivera
Eui Bong Jung
Peace
2012-13
Penny Policarpio
Marcia Salvador
Silver Year of Service
2011-12
Jess Cifra
Ped Condeno
Global
2010-11
Ambo Gancayco
Dodgie Osabel
Hands On Service
2009-10
Dulce Coyukiat
Linda Palattao
2008-09
Alex Cureg
Dodgie Osabel
2007-08
Danny Fausto
Nides Respicio
2006-07
Dan Espinosa
Nides Respicio
2005-06
Benjie Bacorro
Nides Respicio
Click here to view Recognition and Awards received by RC Holy Spirit from RY 2009-10 to RY 2020-21
RCHS Chartered by RI on June 29, 2005
George Howard SFDM
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Club of Holy Spirit About THE DOVE THE DOVE is the official newsletter of the Rotary Club of Holy Spirit, Rotary International District 3780. The digital publication features “hyperlinks or web-links” which make it a true electronic newsletter/e-bulletin. Distribution: THE DOVE is published in 3 versions: printed, digital PDF, and online. PDF version sent by email to nearly 1,000 addressees, Rotarians and non-Rotarians in the club, in the district, in Philippine Rotary and outside. Posted on social media networks and groups Printed copies for reports First issue of THE DOVE: 4 June 2009 (Vol I, No. 1) Editorial team: Marcia Salvador, TORY 2018-19 Editor
Ric Salvador ,TORY 2013-14 Asst Editor
Contributors
There will never be a postCovid world P U BLI SH E D TH U, J A N 20 2022 C N BC
Michael Dell, CEO of Dell Technologies KEY POINTS
The first confirmed case of Covid-19 in the U.S. was announced by the CDC on January 20, 2020. Today, any notion of a post-Covid world is a mistake as a starting point to think about future opportunities, writes Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell. We are a global society living with Covid for the long-term and learning ways to make it a manageable, reasonable risk in life and at work.
Vaccines are normal. Masks are normal. Remote work, travel, entertainment and interaction are all normal.
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Less Deodorant, Fewer Showers, No Makeup: The Nine Extra Minutes Some Americans Sneak By Working Remote Jena McGregor Forbes Staff 2-02-2022 workplace coverage
As the is-this-going-to-ever-end stage of the pandemic drags on, we all know the ways people are saving money by working from home. They’re shopping less for pricey professional wardrobes. They’re covering their gray less, getting fewer manicures and making fewer stops at the spa or esthetician. But they’re also saving time each morning by cutting out more mundane—and more expected— aspects of their personal grooming routines. According to a new update to a survey of nearly 4,000 U.S. workers who work from home, people spend nine fewer minutes on personal “grooming” when they’re not commuting, as they cut out deodorant, shaving or even brushing their teeth on the days they don’t travel to the office.
“People focus on the commute, but it’s also [less] personal grooming” that saves people time, says Nicholas Bloom, a Stanford University economics professor whose research focuses on remote work, in an interview with Forbes. While the results won’t surprise anyone who’s finally showered at 5 p.m. after a day of back-to-back Zoom calls or turned off the camera rather than wasting precious minutes applying makeup, the survey data is a reminder of how much the pandemic has changed our dayto-day habits, potentially on a permanent basis. “Brushing teeth is relatively stable, thank god—you’d hope so,” says Bloom. In the survey, part of an ongoing study since May 2020 of
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monthly data about working from home, Bloom and his colleagues at the University of Chicago and ITAM found that 95% of people said they brushed their teeth on commuting days, compared to 91% on remote days. But just 82% said they wore deodorant while working from home (compared with 93% on commuting days) and only 72% said they wore fresh clothes (compared with 94% on days in the office). The percentage of those who say they bathe or take a shower dropped from 85% to 73% on work-from-home days. Overall, survey takers reported spending nearly 28 minutes getting ready for work when they commute, but just 19 when they work from home, with a substantial percentage cutting out shaving (40%, compared to 52% on in-person days) and makeup (27% applied it on remote days, compared with 44% to prepare for the office). In total, Bloom tweeted, people who work from home save about 70 minutes a day—60 minutes commuting back-and-forth, and nearly 10 minutes on grooming. On average, however, about half of that saved time goes back into doing more work, helping to prop up the productivity gains many employers have reported during the pandemic. Bloom said he got the idea to ask about grooming habits after seeing news reports that sales of deodorant were falling during the pandemic,
as well as from his own habits. “I personally fit the data pretty well,” Bloom wrote in a follow-up email. “If I’m WFH I don’t always shave or shower in the morning.” Instead, he says he sleeps in a little, which also fits the data. Bloom’s survey finds that on days when people travel to work, 88% set alarm clocks. On remote days, just 77% do. Bloom’s tweets about the data sparked more than 200 comments from people debating the merits and drawbacks of working from home, with several wondering if some people were inflating their work-fromhome hygiene habits. (”Who are these people shaving and putting on fresh clothes to work from home?!”) Or as one wrote: “39% of WFH shave? Feels high:)” Jena McGregor I am a Senior Editor at Forbes, leading our coverage of the workplace, careers and leadership issues. Before joining Forbes, I wrote for the Washington Post for more than a decade covering workplace issues, corporate management, leadership and governance.
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