Aquino slams PAO’s so called expert who got diploma in Recto

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The Dengvaxia saga continues…

And now they attack the person whom they think is a rallying a point in this mess the former administration did. In the continuing hearing of the Dengvaxia in the House of Representatives, former President Benigno Aquino III made an attack on the personalities whomn he called “so-called experts.”

The former president slams the “so-called experts” for making opinions on the Dengvaxia vaccine and accused them for politicizing the issue.  

In his opening statement before the House investigating the issue, Aquino suggested that only experts from the medical field should talk about the issue.

"Masakit po nito: Lahat na lang po may opinyon, kwalipikado man o hindi, lalo na po 'yung isang maingay na ang certification ay tila antas lang lamang sa nabibiling diploma sa Recto," Aquino said.

Cabral intimated that PAO should leave the investigation to the experts of the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH).

The former president did not name who is the person behind his statement, but rumors quickly spread in the floor that Aquino is referring to the forensic expert of the Public Attorney’s Office Erwin Erfe is a bogus expert.

"May nagsiyasat sa certification niya, at nagsulat ng artikulo. Galing po ang certification ng maingay na ito, sa kwestyunableng kurso kung saan manonood ka lang raw ng video ng isang oras kalahati, saka mag-exam na open book, at matapos mong magbayad ng 660 dollars ay certified ka na sa forensics," Aquino added.

Former Secretary Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral in a previous statement questioned the  autopsies done by the Public Attorney’s Office on children believed to have died because of the Dengvaxia vaccine.

Dr. Erfe, made public his findings in the autopsies done on the children and made a statement that there is a “pattern” that is common in all the patients such as as bleeding and swelling of certain vital organs.

The medical community from all over the country, however, had called out the PAO for causing hysteria due to their pronouncements on the issue.

The former President described that Filipinos now are afraid to be vaccinated, because of the hysteria that was caused, even if the vaccines to be given are protections that have been traditionally been given and totally different from the anti-dengue vaccine.

"Katumbas noon ang posibilidad ng karamdaman, at karugtong noon ang lahat ng uri ng problema: gaya ng pagpapa-ospital, kawalan ng kita, at posible rin ang kamatayan. Baka di ito ang sadya ng mga namumulitika, pero narito na po tayo ngayon," Aquino said.

Source: Philstar