“I was asked the other day, whether the ex-president and secretary of health is liable for this one. My answer is basically, if the bad science or wrong information has been fed to the president, how could you blame the President if he was fed by wrong information and even WHO (World Health Organization) or even (former Health) Secretary (Janette) Garin?” Dr. Anthony Leachon told the panel. The problem, Leachon said, was that when this particular problem was brought to Aquino, “he thinks this has a sense of urgency.”“And then policy makers will interfere with the experts and scientists, that’s the problem,” Leachon said. “So, we cannot mix science and health and politics. But it all started with the bad science and deceptive or wrong information, Sir,” he added.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 14, 2017 04:04 UTC