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Medical martial law? Debating with critics of COVID-19 vaccination pointless, says expert

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Medical martial law? Debating with critics of COVID-19 vaccination pointless, says expert

WHILE PEOPLE have the right to free expression, those who staged the Liwasang Bonifacio protest against mandatory vaccination last January were arrested or were bombed with water cannons. However, the individuals who protested against what they called “medical martial law” were dispersed not for expressing what is now an unconventional…

Shooting the shot: Addressing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among Filipinos

THE GOVERNMENT has sought to vaccinate at least 70 percent of its total population to achieve herd immunity—the perceived solution against the untamed pandemic—when mass COVID-19 vaccination started last March. From March to September, a total of 21.3 million Filipinos or 19.59 percent of the whole Philippine population were fully…

The waiting game: Thomasians outside Metro Manila still seeking access to COVID-19 jabs

THE UNIVERSITY of Santo Tomas (UST) has become one of Manila's vaccination sites, giving Thomasians and their families—Manileño or not—access to what everyone hopes will end the pandemic. But for students residing in the province, the means to travel and the quarantine protocols in the Philippine capital pose a problem.…

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