The Philippine Presidential candidate Ferdinand Marcos has underscored the need for vaccination for safe and stable economy.
“Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. said proper vaccination and vaccine rollout will result in the safety of the people and stable economy ton pave the way for recovery after the pandemic.
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Marcos stressed that the government has to make sure that the population achieves herd immunity so “the economy would be revitalized and people’s lives normalized.”
Marcos said the country has to come back even stronger after managing the pandemic. He said there is need to slowly work on ways to bring back the economy and get the people back to work.
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He said it can be done by revitalizing the micro, small and medium enterprises as well as small businesses that comprise 95percent of the businesses and 60 percent of our employment.
Asked about the necessity of implementing another round of lockdowns, Bongbong said, “no more lockdowns because we cannot afford it anymore. The Filipinos have been through so much hardship. There have been a lot of talks about violations of protocol but they just shrug it off and say ‘It doesn’t matter when I get sick as long as I have a job.”
