The government’s planned three-day national vaccination drive from Nov. 29 to Dec. 1 is the “booster shot” needed to spike inoculation numbers, which nine months after the first shot was administered have yet to hit 50 percent of target, Senator Joel Villanueva said.
This “one time-big time” approach is what we need, Villanueva said, adding that “grand mobilizations” can draw “the hesitant and the unreached” to vaccination centers.
The veteran legislator said one priority group should be workers and job applicants “as their getting a job hastens the financial recovery not only of their families but of the entire economy as well”.
One way of reaching unvaccinated people who are “outside the digital wall” is for the government to launch vaccination caravans that will sweep through workplaces and neighborhoods “with no or poor broadband connectivity”.
“The turnout will be bigger if every presidential candidate will command their followers.”
The seasoned lawmaker believes the turnout will be bigger “if every presidential candidate will command their followers to support the planned three-day event”.
“’Yan po ang araw na pwede magkaroon ng caravan at motorcade ang mga supporters ng mga presidentiables na hindi lang magpapalaganap ng impormasyon, pero pwedeng maghatid-sundo na rin sa mga magpapabakuna,” the senator suggested.
“Vaccination transcends political lines and color.”
“Vaccination transcends political lines and color, and the combined persuasive powers of aspirants for the highest office of the land can break down vaccine reluctance,” he concluded.
