Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has warned its citizens that the unvaccinated people will not be allowed to leave their homes as a safeguard against the more contagious delta variant.
The President said, “To those people who do not want to be vaccinated, I am telling you don’t go out of your house, because 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. Let’s give it to the people who want it. Those who do not want it, well, for all I care, you can die anytime”. A video tweeted by@ Maajid Nawaz.
Reacting to the tweet some netizens wrote, “What the hell is happening to this world???”
Someone replied, “Coming to a democracy near you”.
One netizen wrote, But….that’s not how the vaccine works?!
Duterte said in televised remarks Wednesday night that there is no law mandating such a restriction but added he is ready to face lawsuits to keep people who are “throwing viruses left and right” off the streets.
