Lapid’s technical ‘expertise’ bared

In October 2008, a senator filed a bill on a highly technical subject: Lymphatic Filiarisis Research. To make the subject matter more understandable to the layman, the author explained that “lymphatic filariasis shall refer to the parasitic and infectious tropical disease that is caused by thread-like parasitic worms of the type filarial nematode.” Got it?

He also explained the need for a research and information campaign on this subject: “The elimination of lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem in the Philippines is a 20-year strategic plan for the world community, with the vision of all endemic communities to be free of transmission of lymphatic filariasis by 2020 and with the commitment to ensure the delivery of quality technologies and human services to eliminate lymphatic filariasis worldwide through a multi-stakeholder global alliance of all endemic countries.”