The Philippine president told unvaccinated people 'for all I care, you can die anytime' as he continues his brutal threats against vaccine deniers

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The president of the Philippines is continuing threats against those who deny coronavirus vaccines.

He said to people who don't want the vaccine: "For all I care, you can die anytime."

He added that police may restrict their movements, having previously threatened to jail them.

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The president of the Philippines said he didn't care if people who deny the coronavirus vaccine died from the virus.

Rodrigo Duterte said in a national address on Wednesday: "For those who do not want it, well, for all I care, you can die anytime."

He added that he wanted the police to restrict the movement of people who refuse coronavirus vaccines: "To those people who do not want to be vaccinated, I am telling you, don't go out of your house.

"If you go out of your house, I will tell the police to return you to your home. You will be escorted back to your house because you are a walking spreader."

Only 6% of the country is vaccinated, according to Reuters.

Duterte previously threatened to jail people who refuse to get a coronavirus vaccine.

Supply delays have also slowed the vaccination rate in some parts of the country, Bloomberg reported.

joedenpaolo on August 1st, 2021 at 01:14 UTC »

Filipino here.

He's deflecting. The govt has so far not yet secured enough vaccines to shield the population. He's shifting blame from their fuck-up to the citizens to cover his ass.

okaywedidit on July 31st, 2021 at 23:19 UTC »

The vaccine isn’t even readily available in the Philippines yet…

ThatOneKrazyKaptain on July 31st, 2021 at 22:46 UTC »

Isn't this the same guy who said the way to solve drug problems was just to start indiscriminately murdering every drug user in the country?