President Duterte to Pfizer-favoring Filipinos: “Paano yung ibang Pilipino?”
President Rodrigo Duterte told Pfizer-favoring Filipinos that they can’t just demand the COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer because of the limited supply in the Philippines.
During his Talk to the People address on Wednesday, President Duterte said that he found it unfair that some people would be “selective” towards the said vaccine brand to the detriment of other Filipinos especially those in Mindanao and Visayas who also need the medication.
The President also reminded the public not to be choosy with the vaccine brand, saying that the best vaccine was the “one available for you”.
“Yung mga tao na would like to demand Pfizer at walang iba ay hindi puwede ‘yan kasi hindi naman lahat ng dumating sa atin puro Pfizer. You begin to demand exclusively ‘yung Pfizer sa inyo, how about the others? Kung ubusin ninyo ang Pfizer para sa inyo lang, walang nang iba, eh yung lahat ng Pilipino ng gusto ng Pfizer hindi mabigyan so I cannot administer exclusive Pfizer sa isang lugar to the exclusion of other Filipinos,” President Duterte said.
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President Duterte also said that having preferring one vaccine brand to the exclusion of other vaccine brands was “not feasible” in the current circumstances.
The Philippines had so far received over 190,000 Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine doses under the World Health Organization’s COVAX facility. Over 2 million Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine doses were expected to be delivered next month.
Meanwhile, the Food and Drug Administration said that the Philippine government was set to allow the use of the said vaccine for those aged 12 to 15 years.
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