Doctors implicated in the Dengvaxia controversy alongside Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin are hopeful that their pending cases will get junked following the dismissal of a hundred such cases already.

Dr. Raymund Lo, a US-trained and certified pathologist, underscored that there was "no causal evidence linking the vaccine to the deaths" of the children who were administered with the vaccine.

That was, in fact, the reason why the Department of Justice (DOJ) dismissed the charges against 98 personalities, including former Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Garin.

DOJ Undersecretary Raul Vasquez said there were even "plenty of factors that supported that re-evaluation and re-examination" of the justice department when it decided to dismiss the cases.
Former health undersecretary Dr. Kenneth Hartigan-Go, an internist clinical pharmacologist toxicologist who was also implicated in the case, expressed his gratitude for the "enlightenment" on the case, and added that those "fake experts" should have their licenses cancelled.

"Itong issue ay complicated na even mga kasamahan namin na doctor or mga public health specialists ay naghirap sa pagpaliwanag sa publiko (This issue is so complicated that even our fellow doctors and public health specialists have a hard time explaining it to the public)," Hartigan-Go said.

"Ang mga nanlinlang, nagsinungaling, at nagpanggap na eksperto at nagkalat ng maling informasyon ay dapat tanggalan ng licensiya at paalalahanan ng kanilang ethical obligation (Those who deceive, lie and pretend to be experts and spread misinformation must have their license revoked and be reminded about their ethical obligation)," he added.

Vasquez said that for the vaccine to be considered a possible factor in the children's deaths, the interval between the last vaccination and the fatality must not exceed eight days.

“Lahat ng mga scientific evidence na sinumbit para magkaroon ng koneksyon ‘yung isang vaccination yan ay dapat mag-resulta ng pagkamatay within eight days from the last vaccination (For an evidence to connect the vaccination with the death, the death must be within eight days after the administration of the vaccine),” he said. He added that according to the evidence, some children died three weeks after their Dengvaxia vaccination, while some died after a year.

“Sa batas kasi natin, sa criminal procedure, dapat may (In our law, in the criminal procedure, there must be) cause-effect relationship. Be it a criminal negligence or intentional acts merong (there should be) direct causal relationship,” the DOJ official furthered.

Aside from these, Vasquez also mentioned the absence of proper explanation on why the respondents were negligent in allowing vaccination of Dengvaxia, and stressed that most of the pieces of evidence submitted were based on hearsay.

“Hindi ito personality-driven, ito ay base sa ebidensya lamang. At kami ay sumunod sa ebidensya, inaral namin ng mainam at ito ay lumabas na hindi masusuportahan ang present evidence (This is not personality-driven. This is just based on evidence. And we followed the evidence and carefully studied, so we came up with the present evidence) he said.

“Lahat ng mga ebidensya ay (All evidences were) hearsay evidence. Walang (There’s no) personal knowledge,” he stressed.