KONTROBERSIYA SA DENGVAXIA, PADAYONG MAKAPABALISA

The “dengvaxia report” of Senator Dick Gordon deserves full blown debate in the halls of the Senate. Notwithstanding its recommendation finding  former President Noynoy Aquino’s inclusion  in the list of government employees  to be charged with negligence for failing to identify the consequences of allowing dengvaxia vaccine to be used for the public despite its inherent risks, some senators have remained mum in not agreeing with the  finding. In fact, only 13 senators signed the report to be brought to the plenary for full-blown debate.

Well, in our country, where senators allied with former President Aquino still lording it over the helms of the Senate, the public in general  have  yet to see the end of the dengvaxia controversy. The parents of those children who died due to perceived dengvaxia side effects will continue to agonize  in silence and await the result of this latest projected deliberation in the Senate.

Now that Gordon's report has become ripe for debate, it is clear that people must be doubly vigilant  to whatever direction the discussion may lead them to. Otherwise, the identity of those government officials deserving to be charged in courts arising from this controversy will forever fall into the miasma of confusion.