Malacañang Spokesman Harry Roque indirectly swiped at Kapamilya comedian-host Vice Ganda over issues on the COVID-19 vaccine.
In a statement on Monday, January 18, Roque chided Vice Ganda saying people should believe medical experts more than comedians.
“Kung hindi naman po natin pagtitiwalaan ang mga experts…sino ang ating pagtitiwalaan? Siguro po hindi mga komedyante,” said Roque.
While Roque did not mention any name, his latest comment is a response to Vice Ganda’s recent tweet about the government’s COVID-19 vaccine program.
Vice Ganda’s tweet highlighted that Filipino’s are ‘choosy’ toward laundry or detergent soaps; all the more people should be discerning when it comes to getting a COVID-19 vaccine shot.
“Sa sabong panlaba nga choosy tayo e sa bakuna pa kaya. Ano to basta may maisaksak lang?! Vaklang twoooaahhh!!!” Vice tweeted.
Sa sabong panlaba nga choosy tayo e sa bakuna pa kaya. Ano to basta may maisaksak lang?! Vaklang twoooaahhh!!!
— jose marie viceral (@vicegandako) January 12, 2021
Due to millions of Filipinos to be vaccinated for free, Roque previously asked the public not to be ‘choosy’ on what brand of vaccine they should be getting from the government.
“Totoo po, meron tayong lahat na karapatan para sa mabuting kalusugan pero hindi naman po pwede na pihikan dahil napakaraming Pilipino na dapat turukan.
“So tama lang naman po ’yan, walang pilian kasi hindi naman natin makokontrol talaga kung ano ang darating at libre po ito,” Roque said.
Netizens have heavily criticized the government’s vaccination program after insisting on China’s Sinovac vaccine. The China vaccine has the least efficacy rate and higher prize than other vaccines from Pfizer and AstraZeneca.
Meanwhile, Roque argued that it is wrong to compare vaccines from detergent soap since they differ in the number of supplies.
“Mali naman na ikumpara ang bakuna sa sabong panlaba. Ang katunayan po, wala nang supply na ganun karami. Nag-aagawan nga po tayo sa 18% na available supply. Pangalawa, hindi lang naman po ito gagamitin para sa damit. Kaya nga po hindi lang isa, hindi lang dalawa, kundi taltlong grupo pa ng eksperto ang mag-susuri kung ang mga bakuna ay ligtas at epektibo,” Roque added.
