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cord-260249-dkslt9ir	Vallejo, Benjamin M.	Policy responses and government science advice for the COVID 19 pandemic in the Philippines: January to April 2020	2020-06-18		.txt	text/plain	6138	325	52	title: Policy responses and government science advice for the COVID 19 pandemic in the Philippines: January to April 2020 We review the Philippine government's responses and introduce the complicating scientific, social, and political contexts for both questions and address proposals for strengthening the science advisory structures. These efforts while it has resulted in a positive outcome in suppressing COVID 19 infections reveal gaps in the channeling of science advice to government especially in crisis and the need for a more coordinated science policy structure for emergencies. We take off from two initial questions, "When can the ECQ be lifted?" and How can we foresee and be better prepared for the next pandemic?" and to identify policy options with their complicating social and political contexts in light of the epidemiological science outcomes which informs policy decisions. In the COVID 19 crisis the Philippine government and its public has immediately recognized the importance of the role of scientists providing science information in economic and political life.	./cache/cord-260249-dkslt9ir.txt	./txt/cord-260249-dkslt9ir.txt