Continent has limited confirmed virus fatalities but experts warn it is too early to draw conclusions
— Read on www.ft.com/content/e9cf5ed0-a590-4bd6-8c00-b41d0c4ae6e0
Some of us have been suggesting for some time that the risk profile of Africa may differ from that of other regions. It is too early to draw firm conclusions but there is good reason to seek a stronger evidence base for extreme lockdown measures given their cost.
Preventive medicine and public health expert Dr David Katz on Real Time with Bill Maher: https://youtu.be/Lze-rMYLf2E
Also shares interesting views about his experiences as a volunteer physician in Bronx hospitals
https://worldisraelnews.com/back-to-school-australian-study-suggests-kids-arent-corona-spreaders/
Interesting that the retort from another academic, criticising the study, also included this: “Is this the work of some politician somewhere who doesn’t like their own kids and don’t want them at home? I don’t know.” Well, obviously she doesn’t know, because it’s a rhetorical question she made up to add rhetorical force to her (perfectly reasonable) critique, and to personally attack the authors of the study by suggesting they are politically motivated. Scientists should leave this sort of junk to the politicians, except where they actually do know.
And you have to ask what would have happened if there had been no filming.
https://m.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/pics-protest-over-food-parcels-erupts-in-johannesburg-20200428
You know it’s real when people protest in bad weather (seriously, it’s a real factor in turnout, as anyone who has tried to organise a protest will attest)
The Institute for the Future of Knowledge at the University of Johannesburg has partnered with Picturing Health to make a short documentary depicting the impact of severe lockdown measures on those living in poverty in the developing world.
COVID on the Breadline from PICTURING HEALTH on Vimeo.
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