July 29, 2021
ANGER-INDUCING ORDER. Monday, July 26, Mayor Junard Ahong Chan issued Executive Order #2021-040 that says only vaccinated persons shall be allowed entry to public and private markets, including department stores, supermarkets, grocery and convenience stores. Requirement for entry: the individual s vaccination card.
The order drew a flood of comments on social media 12,000 as of 5 p.m. that day, a newspaper reported and Mayor Chan in a Facebook post said he was still in his office at 1:13 a.m. the following day, Wednesday, poring over the comments.
Negative comments included criticisms that it (a) would hurt people who have no money to stock up on food and must buy their subsistence needs each day and (b) would disregard sentiments of those who fear, didn t trust, or even hate vaccination and the public officials who force it on them.