{"id":1365154,"date":"2022-03-08T15:01:05","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T20:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1365154"},"modified":"2022-03-08T15:01:08","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T20:01:08","slug":"fact-check-does-this-image-show-a-vaccination-exemption-card-in-the-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-image-show-a-vaccination-exemption-card-in-the-philippines\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Does This Image Show A \u2018Vaccination Exemption\u2019 Card In The Philippines?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-does-this-image-show-a-vaccination-exemption-card-in-the-philippines%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1365154&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/lDQUO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> allegedly shows a \u201cvaccination exemption\u201d card from the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Philippines\u2019 Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) stated the card was \u201cfake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Fact Check:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Philippines\u2019 \u201cNo Vaccination, No Ride\u201d policy barred the unvaccinated from using any form of public transportation in the city of Manila, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/01\/20\/1074500374\/how-the-philippine-capitals-no-vaccination-no-ride-public-transit-rule-is-going\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR<\/a>. The policy, enforced by the Department of Transportation, required people to show a copy of their vaccination or identification card to use transportation unless they are exempt or have permission to travel, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/live-news\/20220113-philippines-defends-no-vax-no-ride-on-public-transport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">France 24<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The policy was lifted on Feb. 1, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/news.abs-cbn.com\/news\/01\/30\/22\/no-vax-no-ride-policy-to-be-lifted-under-alert-level-2-dotr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ABS-CBN News<\/a>. Goddes Hope Libiran, a spokesperson for the Transportation Department, told the outlet that the policy would be lifted once the metropolitan Manila region de-escalated to Alert Level 2. Metro Manila and other areas have since gone to Level 1, the lowest alert level, and will remain so until March 15, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/coronavirus-pandemic-business-health-philippines-manila-c09209e1498cce5cc5d6bbb74ac0eccc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Social media users are sharing an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=1881565355369966&#038;set=g.1312004279239874\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">image<\/a> of an alleged exemption card that suggests the Transportation Department distributed these passes to those who do not wish to get vaccinated. <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/02\/22\/fact-check-canada-vaccine-passport-phone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>(RELATED: Do You Need A Phone To Show Proof Of Vaccination In Canada?)<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The alleged <span class=\"\">exemption<\/span>\u00a0card has a\u00a0green border with the words \u201cVaccination Exemption Card,\u201d along with a QR code that links to a Google Drive folder that contains <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/143R3W0k-raI6ig_W999KUkX73TAOYVT9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">flyers and leaflets<\/a> written in Filipino. The purported card also includes text that reads, \u201cI fully understand the risks of non-vaccination, hence, I prefer to practice safety guidelines to keep myself and the community safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The card is not real. The Transportation Department only allowed essential workers, people with medical restrictions and those traveling for essential purposes to be exempt, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pna.gov.ph\/articles\/1166212\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Philippines News Agency<\/a>. The article makes no mention of a vaccination exemption card.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Malaya, the undersecretary and spokesperson of\u00a0the\u00a0<span class=\"\">Department of the Interior and Local Government, confirmed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dilg.gov.ph\/news\/DILG-warns-public-vs-COVID-vax-exemption-cards-No-such-thing\/NC-2022-1010\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jan. 18<\/a> that the exemption card is \u201cfake.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe public is warned that there is no such thing as a \u2018vaccination exemption card.\u2019 This is not authorized, issued, nor recognized by the government. In other words, these are fake,\u201d Malaya said in the statement, adding that the government will \u201cnever issue nor recognize such cards\u201d since it would run counter to the country\u2019s vaccination program.<\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact reached out to the Department of Transportation for the Philippines and will update the article if a response is provided.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook allegedly shows a \u201cvaccination exemption\u201d card from the Philippines.Verdict: False The Philippines\u2019 Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) stated the card was \u201cfake.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1365154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1365154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1365154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1365154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1365154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1365154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1365154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}