Anti Vaxxers
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The Gospel According to Saint MoMo
If the former chief justice can cure HIV/Aids, surely he can unvaccinate the vaccinated? But not before he’s president
Editorial: The West dithers, but South Africa has to take some responsibility for this wave
We can’t bury our heads in the sand: there is no way to overcome the Covid-19 pandemic other than vaccination. South Africa — and the rest of Africa — still has a long way to go
Dean Mcpherson: The poster boy for whiteness
Paddy Harper finally got his second Covid-19 jab, but he feels that it’s pity there’s no vaccine for stupidity — or arrogance
Gift of the jab: Six tips for when you speak to the Covid unvaxxed
Vaccination campaigns that promote how having the Covid-19 vaccination will benefit individuals rather than society are more effective to convince people who are neutral or…
Vaccine passports, masks and herd immunity. Bhekisisa asks Dr Anthony Fauci
We ask the infectious diseases specialist 18 questions about the Covid-19 pandemic: from how to counter vaccine hesitancy to whether life will ever return to ‘normal’
Vaccine hesitancy is harmful
In a rebuttal to an opinion piece, Philip Machanick says while there is a distrust of Big Pharma and some medical bodies and research has been proven wrong, throwing out all of…
Vaccine hesitancy is a real problem we need real answers to. Muzzling debate is not one of them
Vaccines save lives. But why don’t we want to hear why people do not want to get the Covid-19 vaccine? It is important we get the right messaging across for us to achieve herd…
‘Exciting’ ramp-up for Covid jabs
As more vaccines arrive in the country, South Africa could administer 420 000 doses a day
We have lost more than three years of life expectancy during the pandemic
Covid deniers and anti-vaxxers seem to want more excess deaths and a shorter life span
No vaccine superheroes or supervillains: Fix the system
Is Gates a superhero or a supervillain? That’s the wrong question. The right question is: How it is that one person can have so much influence over world health?
Surveillance capitalists overthrow the sovereignty of individuals
Disinformation — turbocharged by social media algorithms — buries lies and propaganda in ‘facts’.
Whoever switches off the lights should run the vaccine roll-out
We can’t be sure about dud drugs, divine intervention, or Sona promises but we can be sure the power will go off exactly on time
We are staying on adjusted level three — Ramaphosa
Although South Africa’s variant of Covid-19 does not cause more severe illness, the country, according to the president, must be ‘diligent, vigilant and compliant’
Do you have to take the Covid-19 vaccine or not?
The South African law does not make it mandatory for citizens to be vaccinated, and the same will apply for Covid-19 immunisation. But experts say people still have the…
Should health experts use social media? Here’s why it can be your own printing press
Public health officials and journalists are like two peas in a pot — they need each other.