[ANALYSIS] Vax on, vax off: Exploring vaccine hesitancy in the COVID-19 pandemic
Apr 28, 2021 4:03 PM PHT
Niel Anthony Borja
As luck would have it, the Philippines now has vaccines, one of the most formidable weapons against COVID-19. Yet, oddly enough, some people refuse to be equipped with it, finding it more of a threat than the very virus itself.
The DOH defines vaccine hesitancy as “a delay in acceptance or refusal of vaccines despite availability of vaccination services.” In September 2020, a Social Weather Stations survey revealed that only two-thirds of Filipinos were willing to get the COVID-19 vaccine. In December 2020, the University of the Philippines recorded that 25% of people from Metro Manila stand in favor of the vaccine, 28% do not, and 47% were undecided. In March 2021, a Pulse Asia survey showed that a whopping 61% of Filipinos do not wish to be vaccinated.
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Five universities from across the Philippines have been awarded approximately P12 million ($244,000) worth of grants from the United States government to support their research and innovation and help address the challenges of the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.
USAID Mission Director Lawrence Hardy II delivers a message at the launching of USAID’s Widening Applications of Research within the Pandemic (WARP) grant. Joining him were university presidents and chancellors from University of the Philippines Visayas, Don
Mariano Marcos Memorial State University, University of San Carlos, Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology, and Mariano Marcos State University. (US Embassy)
DLSU, UP implement no-fail policy amid the pandemic
De La Salle University and the University of the Philippines have implemented a policy that promotes leniency and compassion for their students.
The University of the Philippines (UP) and De La Salle University (DLSU) are implementing a no-fail policy for students in consideration of learning challenges amid the coronavirus disease pandemic.
UP and DLSU were lauded by netizens for showing compassion to students who were made to adopt new modes of learning at home and away from school.
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The Philippines’ top universities have approved the policy for the ongoing term to ensure that no learner gets left behind due to challenges brought by the ongoing health crisis.
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