COVID herd immunity eyed in malls, factories, workplaces The local business community is seeking an expansion of operational capacity once safe spaces in malls, factories and other workplaces have been created. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion talks to Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez and testing czar Vince Dizon on the sidelines of the COVID vaccine rollout for workers at the SM Mall of Asia on June 7, 2021.(Ali Vicoy| Manila Bulletin) Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion has proposed the establishment of safe spaces in the workplace when 80 percent of the workers have been fully vaccinated. Owners of malls and buildings have thrown support for the safe space proposal. We would like to propose to the government to allow us to implement safe spaces with an increased workforce capacity as soon as we reach 80% vaccination or herd immunity in our respective buildings, Concepcion said in a statement Tuesday, July 6. Creating safe spaces will allow us to stop transmission, the spread of new variants, and even indirectly provide immunity to the unvaccinated, he added.