South African Covid-19 News and Discussions 3

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

Loads of plans...no implementation. The illiterate EWN reporter also needs to know that the correct spelling is Pfizer....

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1359404738874376197

 

[Gordon_R]

Loads of plans...no implementation. The illiterate EWN reporter also needs to know that the correct spelling is Pfizer....

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1359404738874376197

News24 at least employ a fact checker:

Covid-19: Phase 1 of vaccine rollout plan will continue with Johnson & Johnson - Mkhize | News24

South Africa's vaccine rollout will commence with Johnson & Johnson after the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine was found to be less effective against the dominant Covid-19 501Y.V2 variant in the country.

www.news24.com

 

[pinball wizard]

Loads of plans...no implementation. The illiterate EWN reporter also needs to know that the correct spelling is Pfizer....

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1359404738874376197

KFC Cooler bag and an ice brick?

 

[dualmeister]

NO test result are available to confirm that the Sputnik and J&J is effective against the SA variant.
So, this is just abunch of idiots clinging to the only straw in the pond.

Govt evaluating Sputnik V vaccine, mulls China's Sinopharm offer - Mkhize

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize will speak to the World Health Organization (WHO) in another attempt to figure out how government can still use the AstraZeneca vaccine after a study confirmed that it offered minimal protection against mild to moderate symptoms of the second variant.

ewn.co.za

 

[JohnStarr]

Govt evaluating Sputnik V vaccine, mulls China's Sinopharm offer - Mkhize

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize will speak to the World Health Organization (WHO) in another attempt to figure out how government can still use the AstraZeneca vaccine after a study confirmed that it offered minimal protection against mild to moderate symptoms of the second variant.

ewn.co.za

...adding another BRICS...erm, brick?...into the wall there.

 

[Gordon_R]

Seems 2021 is going to be as bad as 2020 in many respects:

2021 Comrades Marathon cancelled in centenary year over fears of third Covid-19 wave | Sport

Covid-19 has claimed another massive sporting event, this time in the form of the Comrades Marathon, that has been cancelled for the second year in succession.

www.news24.com

 

[Lupus]

Seems 2021 is going to be as bad as 2020 in many respects:

2021 Comrades Marathon cancelled in centenary year over fears of third Covid-19 wave | Sport

Covid-19 has claimed another massive sporting event, this time in the form of the Comrades Marathon, that has been cancelled for the second year in succession.

www.news24.com

so will 2022 at the rate things are going.

 

[dualmeister]

I think it will be at least another 2 years before we mask free.

 

[daveza]

I think it will be at least another 2 years before we mask free.

By then 5G will have modified our DNA so we can breathe from the rectum.

 

[Lupus]

By then 5G will have modified our DNA so we can breathe from the rectum.

Some already do.

 

[ViciousClone]

I think it will be at least another 2 years before we mask free.

We do hope so...
Probably longer seeing how things are going at the moment with this government and the vaccine rollout

 

[pinball wizard]

I think it will be at least another 2 years before we mask free.

Sad that people accept this.

 

[noxibox]

We do hope so...
Probably longer seeing how things are going at the moment with this government and the vaccine rollout

In all likelihood by then everyone would have had it already.

 

[pinball wizard]

We do hope so...

We do? WTF? Why aren't we hoping for something better?

 

[surface]

Govt evaluating Sputnik V vaccine, mulls China's Sinopharm offer - Mkhize

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize will speak to the World Health Organization (WHO) in another attempt to figure out how government can still use the AstraZeneca vaccine after a study confirmed that it offered minimal protection against mild to moderate symptoms of the second variant.

ewn.co.za

Did these (russian & chinese) get a nod from WHO yet? I must have missed the news.

 

[MiW]

Covid: WHO backs Oxford vaccine 'even if variants present'

Its use in people over 65 as well as in countries where variants are circulating is recommended.

www.bbc.com

Lets see what our gov will do with that...

 

[MiW]

 

[Geoff.D]

Covid: WHO backs Oxford vaccine 'even if variants present'

Its use in people over 65 as well as in countries where variants are circulating is recommended.

www.bbc.com

Lets see what our gov will do with that...

What do you believe? Local evaluations, or some or other averaging evaluation done by a committee sitting in luxury in Geneva?

Their latest "recommendations" are just a typical compromising joke.

 

[Paulsie]

'J&J prevents severe Covid and death'
'AZ doesn't prevent mild and moderate cases'

Imo this statements say exactly the same, AZ should work on their marketing skills.

I though vaccines were there to prevent death and severe illness, not eliminate covid altogether?

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

Covid may have killed 1 in 300 in the Eastern Cape – perhaps the worst rate in the world | News24

South Africa has now seen almost 138,000 more deaths than in a "normal" year since the start of the pandemic.

www.businessinsider.co.za