We don't need Nayong Pilipino as a mega vaccination site

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Razon lashes out at Nayong Pilipino for opposing vaccination site.

The Nayong Pilipino Foundation opposes the vaccination facility, saying trees would be cut. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr responds that it is 'inappropriate for the NPF to equate the fate of 500 ipil-ipil trees' with Filipinos' lives. 

The tycoon said its management was putting more importance on easily grown ipil-ipil trees than the millions of Filipinos who would be inoculated at the proposed site.

Malacañang on Nayong Pilipino executives opposing construction of mega vaccination center: 

All GOCCs (government corporations) are under the supervision of the President and their decision should not contradict the important mission of saving lives.  

My thoughts :

Sa dinami dami ng lugar sa bawat city bakit sa Nayong Pilipino? Eh ang layu-layo nyan from cities. We need to protect the very few green areas in the Metro. Why not convert existing facilities instead? Stadiums, basketball courts, schools, etc? Imagine assigning the Veteran’s golf and Wack-Wack golf courses and even SM and Ayala malls as vaccination sites (instead of Nayong Pilipino, for example) Unless someone needs to make money.

Lack of planning on the vaccination sites will force us to cut down trees. 

We should not allow it ! It’s desecration of our nature and our Filipino tradition.

Of course, a billionaire who doesn't care about the environment and all he cares is money. Good luck preparing for climate change guys!!!

For someone with a surname that translates to 'reason' in English, Razon can't seem to give a well-thought reason to justify cutting down trees.

Try using your billions to look for other sites. Create mini vaccination centers across the metro, to better manage crowd control.  

Cutting down the trees planted in Nayong Pilipino is so freaking unnecessary when there are a lot of available venues that we can use for the vaccination site. This pandemic is just temporary, the effect of the trees we will lose are permanent.

Not only is a vaccination center a bad idea because of the big probability that the crowd it will draw will hasten the spread of the virus, cutting down a forest, especially in an urban area desperate for greenery, is dangerous for the environment. 

Let me reiterate, we should bring the vaccines to the people. These mega-vaxx hubs will just be a super-spreader of the virus if the people are concentrated in one place. Stop disguising that this is for the safety of the people when there are much better possibilities for wide vaccination.

I don't see any point of building a mega vaccination site, because only a few will have the capacity to go there... bakit hindi natin ilapit sa tao ang vaccine? Pwede naman po swab cab bakit po ba ilalayo pa po ang vaccine. Iba po balak ng mga yan. Pagkakakitaan na naman nila yan.Kasi Razon and Galvez is thinking Long term plan. Nayong Pilipino Casino.

Why build a mega vaccination site from scratch? Can’t we rent existing venues like Araneta and MOA? Why cut 500 trees for this? 

e. g. LGUs distributing the vaccines to their respective barangays. Hence, the residents won't have to travel up to Nayong Pilipino under the scorching sun, avoiding the increase in the risk of infection.

Why need to centralize everything? They always want what's easier for them, but harder to reach for people. Where is the inclusivity?

Matrapik na nga yung lugar, ipagdidiinan pang ilagay duon. samantala, ang daming bakanteng lupa next to SM Mall of Asia! besides, it's only temporary.

Ifi indeed Mr. Razon's intention is pure why not open the Enrique Razon Sports Complex in DLSU Taft or better yet the Solaire Resort and convert these facility into a mega vaccination Site. Jaan walang ikacut na trees and ready and available na agad.

Razon et al should not be thinking of bringing hundreds of thousands of people into one place just to get inoculated. That’s impossible.

If only those trees in Nayong Pilipino could express their feelings. Sayang yung mga puno! Sino kaya nag plano? Mukhang hindi pinag isipan ng mabuti, Magkapera lang! Sinong baliw nag suggest putulin mga puno doon?

A vaccination site no one can get to is useless. New Nayong Pilipino is currently one of the least-accessible locations 

Raz/on is plainly just looking for parking rights on the land to build a casino later. Playing along with that is stupid, complicit or both.

Having multiple, tiny vaccination distribution points is the best way to deploy vaccines. It limits people moving around instead of, “Ok! Let’s go to Nayong Pilipino!” 

If each barangay has a distribution point then people don’t need to travel. They just need to *walk*

Yan ang issue ko with manila vaccination roll out Dami tao sa pila nakakatakot though you can't blame them kulang sa tao.

Ang daming walang job… we could not train them to jab? And the government can’t spend money on it?  2-in-1 economic stimulus?

We don’t have vaccines yet so there is time to train. May time sila to do those ridiculous simulations, but none to hire people or setup the necessary infrastructure to distribute vaccines? 

I’m sure there are a multitude of ways to do it better.

It's also stupid at this point to build a mega-vaccination center anywhere because you're essentially wasting time and money on infra rather than actually delivering vaccination.

Wala or very little kickback kasi if they use existing venues. If they build a new buildingg na overpriced plus equipments na overpriced imagine how much money they can steal. Kaya gigil na gigil sila. Sobrang sama ng politika talaga. Garapalan!

Actually brgy halls, basketball courts are the best places to do it. bring the vaccines to the people, not the other way around. you limit people movement, limit exposure of people with comorbidity to possible asymptomatic people, etc. Also keep the numbers small para Hindi maging crowded at virus super spreader..

It should be mobile vaccination, which is  faster and  no heavy lines,  no palakasan, because every street would be served faster without skipping a home.

It's such a dangerous, slippery slope to justify cutting trees with crude arguments like this. There is a way to grow and develop our society without this utter contempt for the environment - sorry, the language drips with it.

Let's make some noise! 

1. Urge Mr. Enrique Razon to utilize existing structures in his properties as mega-vaccination centers - Demand Mr. Enrique Razon utilize malls, gymnasiums, and other already existing built structures, like Solaire Theater as vaccination facilities.

2. Contact the DOT and Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat to save the urban forest and be more practical

3. Question DOT regarding the use of government land by private entities, citing Presidential Decree No. 1445 the Government Auditing Code of the Philippines.

4. Pressure DOH, DENR, DPWH, and IATF, and Congressmen and Senators.

5. Post why it’s important to save an urban forest and heritage space for future generations, rather than spend on a temporary facility, which will go against social distancing. - Use the hashtags #SagipinAngNPFUrbanForest #SavetheNPFUrbanForest

Metro Manila already has terribly few urban green public spaces - necessities to ensure a livable and breathable city. Not only that, but a lot of these remaining green spaces in the metropolis are only accessible to the privileged and the elite.

The general public needs such open spaces as well to spend time outdoors while maintaining social distancing and COVID-19 protocols. When these spaces are taken away, the public resorts to other existing, less safe spaces. Remember Gubat sa Ciudad in Caloocan?

Also, Metro Manila as a concrete jungle certainly does not help with climate change and pro-environment approaches. We NEED trees and green spaces like this to survive. 

To encourage people to plant trees while destroying such green spaces is quite ludicrous, don't you think?

Instead of wasting resources and destroying green spaces like this, I say we open such spaces to the public and utilize existing facilities with vast interior spaces such as malls and casinos as COVID facilities.

Not only do we get to keep green open spaces, but we also get to use facilities underutilized because of the pandemic. 

The stupidest thing about this discussion is that Nayong Pilipino was never an accessible destination even before the pandemic. The only people who can get there easily are those with cars. Who can go to this mega vax site anyway.? Only the rich like Razon and Galvez...and their families.

Well, having good judgement has never been known as a characteristic of this government.

Clowns are running this circus, what else can we expect?

Panginoong mahabagin,

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