EVARISTO, Christian Lee Avin B.

BSLM 1 – A
ETH 101 | Mr. David Floyd Roxas June 03, 2021

Summary Outline on:

VOX: A Multi-Disciplinary Discussion on the Proposed Construction of the Mega
Vaccination Facility [in the Nayong Pilipino grounds]

1. What is Nayong Pilipino?

- Government Owned and Controlled Corporation
- Established with the Presidential Decree No. 37
- Tasked with perform research and development in the fields of social sciences and
humanities. Additionally, Nayong Pilipino also creates parks and recreation centers for
promoting tourism.
- Have facilities in Pasay, Clark (Pampanga), and Parañaque.

2. Proposal of the “Mega Vaccination Facility”

- Proposed by Enrique K. Razon Jr.
- The blueprint of the project claims that the facility can vaccinate up to 12,000 people
per day within a 1 year operation span.

3. Legal and Environmental Issues of the Proposed Facility

- The site is protected by the Ramsar Convention treaty
- The designated area to be used is a critical habitat for the survival of threatened
restricted range and congregatory species of birds.
- The Mega Vaccination Facility offers a question of protecting biodiversity within the
country versus the health emergency.
- Attorney Domingo believes that there shouldn’t be a conflict of choosing between the
two. He proposes that a large-scale vaccination and quarantine center can still be
established in a more secure area where environmental issues won’t arise.
4. Technical Requirements for a Vaccination Center
- The DOH Department Memo 2021-0116 specifies that an offsite vaccination center
should be linked with a licensed health facility.
- Minimum public health standards should be observe
- The physical layout of a vaccination center should have: (1) an open ventilation, so
that there’s free circulation of air within the facility; (2) only one entrance and exit, so
there’s only one flow of traffic; (3) a wash area in the entrance; and lastly (4) the
vaccination center should have PWD ramps.

5. Key Issues in COVID 19 Mass Vaccination

- 2 main strategies in mitigating the worst effects of the pandemic: (1) minimizing the
number of deaths and (2) slowing the rate of infections.
- The aforementioned strategies can be done through “herd immunity” or also called as
population immunity.

5.1 What is Herd Immunity?

- It occurs when a large portion of a community becomes immune to a disease, making
the spread of said disease from one person to another very unlikely.
- The 2 ways to achieve it are: (1) when a large proportion of the population (70%)
either gets infected or (2) gets protective vaccines.
- The worst case possibility that can occur from: (1) additional waves of surging
infections; (2) the virus killing and infecting more people before the vaccination program
can reach most of the populace; and (3) when death is not only the problem.
- The best case possibility can occur when the state can easily vaccinate large number
of people and the society at-large still maintains their compliance to the health protocols
for the virus.

6. Strategy in the Development and Distribution of Vaccines

- The vaccines should first and foremost be authorized by WHO;
- The product of vaccines should be done in large scales as to cater to a large number
of people;
- The end project should be affordable as to sustain the flow of vaccines and
implementation of vaccination programs;
- The vaccines should be available to all people and there ought to be infrastructures
enabling efficient distribution;
- If the strategies in development and distribution of COVID 19 vaccines are properly
implemented and executed then the public can have confidence in it.
- In regards with the Philippines, it is expected that we can reach herd community by
late 2023 or early 2024.