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Hotelier accuses scientists of ‘fearmongering’ over new Covid-19 variant

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Hotelier accuses scientists of ‘fearmongering’ over new Covid19 variant

Marc Wachsberger, MD of The Capital Hotels and Apartments which owns several luxury establishments in SA, said in a statement that variant hunters analyse data, check vaccine efficacy and then announce if there is any concern.

“Do they not understand that this fearmongering is directly taking food out of people’s mouths, with more than 300,000 overseas tourists now no longer able to come into SA and bring our travel and related industries back to life?

 

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