Last week, it was reported that 45 members of the Presidential Security Group (PSG) are on quarantine for testing positive for COVID-19. All of them were asymptomatic, and they have supposedly been vaccinated less than six months ago. We’re not sure if this is the total number of infected members of the PSG or just the batch confirmed last week.
In a series of commentaries (“Doctor suggests six urgent steps that may help turn health crisis around,” 3/22/21; “More pragmatic solutions, not mass vaccination, while there’s surge,” 3/23/21; “My rejoinder on vaccination and ivermectin,” 3/30/21), we expressed two concerns, namely, that: (1) mass vaccination in hotbed areas with uncontrolled…
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