The Penalty of Mobility in Manila during Periods of Public Health Crises

• Main Author: Pante, Michael D.
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2020
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol68/iss3/10; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/phstudies/article/1060/viewcontent/The_20Penalty_20of_20Mobility_20_5Bvol._2068_20nos._203_E2_80_934_20_282020_29_20477_E2_80_9392_5D.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Mobility seems to impose a paradoxical penalty on individuals based in Metro Manila. Looking at the experiences of public health crises during the American colonial period and the present-day Covid-19 pandemic, this essay focuses on the inordinate restrictions on and blame assigned to the least mobi...