“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” -Albert Einstein There seems to be a strong presumption that the ultimate answer to the COVID-19 pandemic is a vaccine. People are made to believe that a magical vaccine is in the offing and the world will be...
The novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) that is threatening modern civilization today is a disaster that was bound to happen mainly because of human folly. This is an inevitable consequence of the dominance of a neoliberal, national security state doctrine with a...
Ang sumusunod ay siyentipikong opinyon ni Romeo F. Quijano, M.D., isang retiradong propesor ng Department Of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Medicine, University of the Philippines Manila Ito ay bilang reaksyon sa pahayag ng World Health Organization na iwasan...
The polio outbreak that authorities are drumming up rabidly are exaggerated and misdirected. The assertion that the polio outbreak in the Philippines is due to the “Dengvaxia scare” resulting in low immunization rates, is not supported by consistent scientific data...
The Dengvaxia tragedy inflicted by corporate hijacking of the health care system go unabated and even threatens to expand. The increase in dengue incidence and deaths over the last several months have given Big Pharma and their cohorts another chance to push Dengvaxia...
The real underlying cause of deaths in the measles epidemic is the dysfunctional health care system brought about by chronic socio-economic underdevelopment, not the loss of vaccine confidence due to the “Dengvaxia scare.” Failure to understand the true nature and...
The deeper malady beneath the Dengvaxia fiasco is being buried under the lies, theatrics and hypocrisy of various elements in the ruling and privileged classes of the present unjust and oppressive social system. The proximate cause of this Dengvaxia fiasco is...
The Dengvaxia fiasco is just a symptom of a deeper malady of the US-modeled health care system which is driven by market forces rather than by people’s actual health needs. This illustrates starkly the danger of putting health in the hands of profit makers rather than...
The Supreme Court (SC) decision banning field trials of genetically modified eggplant, also known as Bt talong, and stopping applications for (GMOs) is a wise decision. It upholds the people's basic right to health and to a healthful environment as guaranteed by the...