Above: a sign in the back of a car on the N1 Freeway, Cape Town
Janice Kew, S’thembile Cele – Bloomberg Nov 24, 2021
-> Government says drugmakers should delay sending doses
-> South Africa has fully innoculated about 35% of adults to date
South Africa asked Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer Inc. to suspend delivery of Covid-19 vaccines as it now has enough stock, an illustration of how plunging demand is undermining the country’s rollout ahead of a potential fourth wave of infections.
Africa’s most developed economy has fully protected just 35% of adults, more than six months after doses were first made available to the public. About 120,000 people received shots on Tuesday, less than half the daily peak.
“We have over 16 million doses in country, or more than 150 days at present consumption,” Nicholas Crisp, deputy director-general of the Department of Health, said by text message Wednesday. “It makes no sense to stockpile and risk expiry when others are desperate for supplies.”
The move contrasts with the country’s position earlier in the year, when the government was heavily criticized for being slow to secure vaccines ahead of a devastating mid-year surge. It also comes as most of Africa remains chronically short of doses, partly because richer countries rushed to tie up vast quantities of stock.
Hesitancy Challenge
“It is entirely owing to hesitancy,” Crisp said. “We have plenty vaccine and capacity but hesitancy is a challenge. Unfortunately it means that many unvaccinated people may have an unhappy festive season and will possibly result in hospitals being congested.”
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has accused developed countries of hoarding shots, and been a lead figure in a campaign to force pharmaceutical companies to share vaccine recipes with poorer nations. Yet the government will not be redistributing excess doses around the continent, said Foster Mohale, a spokesman for the Department of Health.
“If other countries require vaccines they go directly to the manufacturer — they won’t come to us,” he said. “There is currently no discussion on donating or selling stock to elsewhere.”
The government originally had a target of inoculating about two-thirds of adults by year-end, but will fall a long way short. Ramaphosa has also said he envisaged 300,000 vaccines being consistently administered a day, another goal that hasn’t been met.
The number of weekly vaccinations fell to 609,180 in the week ended Nov. 21 from a peak of 1.09 million in the week ended Oct. 17, according to government data
It “would be wise” to use the excess shots as boosters, tweeted Shabir Madhi, Professor of Vaccinology at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. “Let those who willing to be vaccinated benefit.”
The story was first reported by News24.
Cue sanctions and ‘regime change’.
Yeah, “Let those willing to be vaccinated benefit”. Benefit, hahaha!After promising the people of South Africa, a few months ago, that no-one would be forced to take the jab, Ramaphosa has now established a task team to investigate mandatory jabs. Another lying politician! Madhi, mentioned above, has vested interests in Big Pharma. He’s a regular talking head for Covid on the TV. Things are going to get interesting. Many people in South Africa are wise to what is going on and are not “vaccine hesitant” – they plainly reject the jabs and will continue to do so, whatever the government says or does. They are also tired of being locked down. The people of South Africa are no strangers to resistance and the ANC government has lost much of its credibility, as the recent local elections showed.
I expected a severe lockdown when they “discovered” the new strain. Phew!
Notice how South Africa isn’t planning draconian measures because South African sheeple won’t stand for it. Death in South Africa is very normal, it’s in your face daily. They don’t fear the police or regime. The CIA can whine all they like, ordinary South Africans won’t put up with police state abuse, they are so used to it, any more and they’ll have a civil war.
It is a surprise to see how far up in politics the ignorance goes, changing the stupidity/evil ratio in our perception.
“Let those who willing to be vaccinated benefit.” :)))))
Corona crazies use the term “vaccine hesitancy”, when it REALLY is
clotshot hesitancy!
Just say NO to being murdered!
Nobody should be surprised if the President of South Africa suddenly commits suicide or dies in a plane or car accident. Look at other African leaders and the leader of Haiti who opposed the vaccines. Clearly, any leader who opposes the vaccine is going to be removed. This is the evil world we live in.
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The vaccine kills the immune system by cutting dna to pieces with crispr then cutting cells to pieces with graphene nano sheets.Whats left of a jabbed individual is a person with zero immune system and zero chance of recovering from any infection. Death labeled as covid.And the genocide continues.The potent inheritly desigened killing effect of this vaccine is 100% thanks to Fauci and Wuhan.It takes time to play out the mass culling event blamed on new variants.Not the vax.The vax kills 70 to 80% of your cells and dna over time then u die.Its a slow process.But death is 100% ensured.