The West is Paying for its Sins as New Form of Covid 19 Spreads from Africa

@madan02 (510)
November 29, 2021 6:09am CST
Africa has a population of 1.2 billion but I understand only 6% of the population is vaccinated. In contrast the the developed countries have roughly vaccinated 60 to 70% of their population. Now the West is imposing a travel ban on people from Africa in the hope that the new virus which is supposed to be mutated in South Africa can be controlled. This is a very shortsighted policy and the West should have realized earlier that you cannot live in isolation and at the same time corner all the vaccines leaving nothing but crumbs for the African nations. They are forgetting that you cannot live in watertight compartments and humanity is one Whatever action the West may take it must understand that it cannot live in isolation and it should have helped the African nations more, otherwise despite all their plans the capitals from London to America will be flooded with the virus. I hope Africa is helped as these travel bans are going to lead nowhere.
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@LadyDuck (458053)
• Switzerland
29 Nov 21
First, the ban is for SOUTH Africa, Second, in South Africa 27% of the population is fully vaccinated and 24% had already at least one shot.
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@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
29 Nov 21
Aye Anna But its the continent as a whole causing concern due to low vaccination rates. For a country like South Africa to have so low rates of vaccination you get the impression they don't want to help themselves. And now they are playing down this new variation Shame on South Africa on a few different levels
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@LadyDuck (458053)
• Switzerland
29 Nov 21
@JimBo452020 The rest of Africa is too poor to can afford to buy the vaccine. South Africa could, I am pretty sure than only white South African are vaccinated.
@madan02 (510)
30 Nov 21
Anna, you will agree the rates of vaccination are pretty low.
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@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
29 Nov 21
If the vaccine really works No one is vaccinated fully Until the whole world is
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@Nawsheen (28644)
• Mauritius
29 Nov 21
There is a stress on the health system in many countries nowadays. I think Government are taking such bold decisions to prevent their health systems to crash
@marguicha (215405)
• Chile
29 Nov 21
This pandemia has not helped human beings get more generous or less racists. The richer countries give the poor ones only what is left. All my friends have the 3 vaccines in Chile and the children are being vaccinated now too. Yet in countries next to mine there are no vaccines for the population.
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