Herd Immunity
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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…
How one policy change could curb two airborne epidemics in South Africa
South Africa must make dramatic shifts in its Covid-19 prevention strategies to include new evidence that Sars-CoV-2 spreads mainly through the air
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’
Covid: Masks, sanitisers the future norm
Even if herd immunity is finally reached in South Africa, non-pharmaceutical measures are necessary
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
DA calls for elections to be held in October, EFF wants them postponed to March 2022
The electoral commission heard that delaying local government elections will be an assault on democracy and that people’s lives should not be put at risk during the Covid crisis
South Africa’s not reaching herd immunity. Our new goal is containment
South Africa’s stop-start roll-out is not the only reason herd immunity is unrealistic for 2021. A constrained vaccine supply and new variants also play a role
Top vaccinologist defends government’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout
A group of scientists has criticised the decision to sell SA’s AstraZeneca vaccine and says herd immunity mean vaccines will play a lesser role
The plan to ramp up South Africa’s vaccination drive
Although the country got off to a slow start, experts are hopeful SA’s Covid-19 inoculation drive will scale up soon
Richard Calland: Fascism is the post-pandemic threat
Conditions in South Africa and elsewhere are fertile ground for big-man authoritarian populism to take root
Herd immunity once 40-million have been vaccinated – Ramaphosa
Easing lockdown regulations and allowing alcohol, the president said the majority of vaccines will arrive between April and June
WHO warns coronavirus herd immunity unlikely this year
Infections numbers are surging around the world, especially in Europe where nations have been forced to ramp up virus restrictions even as vaccines are rolled out.
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’
This is how medical aid schemes will help to fund SA’s vaccines
Medical aid schemes and businesses will help the government with the cost of acquiring enough vaccines for the South African population to achieve herd immunity
Unpacking the myths and misunderstandings in the Covid-19 vacuum
The basics of epidemiology will help explain why some of the believable but incorrect propositions about the pandemic are wrong.