Racism more dangerous than novel coronavirus – FilChi business group

XENOPHOBIA. Racism spreads alongside the novel coronavirus. Photo by Ben Nabong/Rappler

MANILA, Philippines– The Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry Incorporated cautioned the public not to resort to racism as the“Spreading fake news and racist, xenophobic messages can be more dangerous than the virus itself due to their negative effects of causing confusion, fears, rancor and instability,” FFCCCII said in a statement on Saturday, February 1.

The business chamber also reminded Filipinos that China is an important economic partner of the Philippines for a thousand years. “In fact, we should give moral support and encouragements to China in their valiant efforts to contain this ailment,” FFCCCII said. The group said it plans to donate a million or more face masks to Filipinos, although the World Health Organization already said that masks are not needed by healthy people with no respiratory symptoms. (READ:

The threat is real. The neighboring countries have acted in even more stringent manner. Hindi hakahaka ang danger. And you are generalizing. Your statement does nit have an iota if evidence of racism.

ayan na. Racism pa yan?

OA talaga ang mga dilawan at Philippine media. Sila ang mga nagi spread ng hate, fake news dahil pinupolitika ang coronavirus. Pathetic na mga nilalang.

iamkarendavila 👍🏻

PROTECTING OUR OWN CITIZENS FROM THE EPIDEMIC IS PATRIOTIC BUT DEFENDING CHINA JUST TO PLEASE THEM IS TRAITOROUS.

but do you really think it's racism, never had occur to you that people might be just really scared, afterall we're talking about a deadly virus here that was brought in by mainland chinese...well i honestly think it has nothing to do do with racism

Naglalabasan ang brown envelop media

Putang ina! Twisting thr issue

it won't cause you to collapse and die on an empty street though

Perhaps instructing and encouraging people in China to wash their hands with soap and hot water would actually save their lives But instead we hear 'racism' What about the Uigur Muslim people? a million are in Chinese prison camps

this is one of those really hard ethics decision...

The free distribution of face masks should make up for it? Let’s all disregard that China knew more about the virus and did not do what they were supposed to.

Racisim you say? Racisim is for a Chinese family living in the Philippines refusing their children to marry a Filipino. Chinese people think Filipinos are inferior to them and when the Philippines wants to temporary close border for safety you shout racism?! LOL!

Bakit sisihin niyo ang mga tao...sisihin niyo government sa inaction nila...isarado ang lahat ng entry point bago lumala ang problema

Is there or isn’t there a deadly virus that’s been spreading? Fact is the CoronavirusOutbreak originated from China. Just do what you can to contain it.

Know what else is dangerous? Governments lying about the spread of a deadly disease they knew about long before they informed the world.

It is not racist to protect your own people from any form of harm, injury, or death. Banning flights from and going to heavily infected regions is not a form of racism.

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