Lockdowns may not be the best strategy to contain the spread of a virus during a pandemic, SA experts say.The experts say context is important, especially in highly unequal national contexts like SA.
South Africa’s national lockdown was announced on 23 March 2020, and more than two years after analysing the impact of these lockdowns and restrictions, experts believe that their benefits are questionable.
One of these consequences is unemployment. By 2021, restrictions had affected various sectors of the economy and led to a shockingly low 42% of the working population remaining employed. They say that, according to modelling, employment is likely to recover to peak 2018 levels by 2024–2026, adding: “All that a lockdown does, in a South African context, is delay the inevitable, so that is not the best strategy,” he said.when it came to vaccination rollout, noting that it didn’t engage early enough with pharmaceutical companies to ensure the acquisition of vaccines. Other factors such as accessibility hindered the rapid scaling-up of vaccination, he said.In the recent SAJS article, Madhi and Jansen reference data by DATCOV, which reports hospital-based admissions and deaths.
Health24com Now do Vaccines...
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Health24com Seriously, folks. Something must be done. These media whores need to be held accountable for what they've done. Where are the pitchforks and torches? What is WRONG with people? Every single Media24 employee should be lined up against a wall.
Health24com We all knew that. It's time that the media, who drove the fear mongering for clickbait, be brought to book for their role in the poopshow
Health24com Locking up healthy law abiding people never made any sense
emma_modiko Health24com This strategy paved a way for Ramaphosa to steal money
Health24com Gee wiz ? Who would have thought ?
Health24com …yet the MYANC crooks are clinging to their unconstitutional restrictions… for their own greedy reasons of course!
Health24com And we needed scientists to tell us this? Jeez, thanks.
Health24com Two-years-ago-conspiracy-theorists = current-day-prophets. Fuck me, who'd have thought. But hey, trust the science, hunker down and jab away.....🙄
Health24com Those of us who are woke knew this from the start.Lesson learn those people who still believe in governments will be led into slaughter house with their eyes wide open thinking they’re going into heaven
Health24com PanData19 said this from the get-go.
Health24com No shit, I could have told the government that!
Health24com Now CyrilRamaphosa ProfAbdoolKarim DlaminiZuma Minister of HealthZA Joe Phaahla and DrZweliMkhize and NCCC must be held liable for all the damage caused by their decisions and advices.
Health24com BUT you were advocating for and supporting the government with the lockdowns. You are complicit to the nonsense! Don't we forgot the role you played!
Leon_Schreib Health24com Could have told you that on day 1 of the lock down well done to the ultra conservative scientific community you have done nearly as much harm to our future as Zuma
Health24com Propaganda 24 trying its best to sound uncaptured!!!
Health24com ThomasKagisho you gonna pretend that you didn’t see this?
Health24com After publishing only hit-pieces on the organisation, look who sounds like PanData19 now? Due to funding links, you’ve still not quite understood the pointlessness of the injections, or their dangers, but soon, you won’t be able to deny that anymore either.
Health24com The media houses in SA got paid to shill on behalf of big pharma even if their journalists were too dim witted to realise or simply protected their jobs .
Health24com It happens when led by the clueless. Because of fear, they could not work out a good sensible plan, fear got the better of them.
Health24com So what now....?
Health24com We knew that from the beginning...
Health24com Oh good for you ! You can now stop calling me a conspiracy theorist and start calling me the motherfucker that was right. I think apologies to all of us Mofos that was right. You can start with me ,I'm waiting. 🐈ste
Health24com Some of us came to this conclusion 2 years ago. Never underestimate good common sense.
Health24com I think its time for class action suit🤔🤔
Health24com 🤡
Health24com Ao now u guy's can seee mxm
Health24com But... the WHO had good things to say about how SA handled the pandemic. You guys niyasdakelwa
Health24com Moral of the story never, ever trust 'scientists' who are backed by governments.
Health24com Really!
Health24com Now we cleared that up….can you tell us which politicians are being arrested for looting of the Covid funds
Health24com mithisa_motho You've been always ahead of your time. You should take over from that $ 4 mill nigga.
Health24com Back pedaling?
Health24com You don't fucking say
Health24com And News24 helped the Government to spread and false information ! Media= 😈
Health24com People were branded conspiracy theorists when they said these things. 😂
Health24com Economists warned at the start that the real poverty caused by stopping the economy will cause more deaths than covid 19. Also the massive inflation we're about to go through started because of the pause in economy. You don't shut the world down without consequences
Health24com Another 'No shit, Sherlock' conclusion.
Health24com Guess who pushed that harm news24 along with the deadly jab you lot are going straight to hell
Health24com “Flattening the curve and protecting the overrun hospitals” were taken to far with little evidence based on science.
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Health24com News24 you were complicit in this. You have become a typical mainstream media company.
Health24com China introduced the world to lockdowns .
Health24com No shit Sherlock!!
Health24com So basically, millions after people suffered because of 'The Experts' and 'Elected Officials', will anyone be held account and serve jail time or is this the privilege best bestowed upon peasants only!
Health24com So it took you this long to figure that out? The non scientists saw that from day one, they Just a stupid Bunch running around in their lab coats looking like the KKK and you act like them too taking innocent lives.
Health24com Where were they during those times ? Why didn’t they say anything ? We all saw
Tasko_twa Health24com please include yourself, for being a medium that helped spread fear, propaganda, anti-logic and not putting your independent journalism to play.
Health24com Scientists, just like politicians & journalists, enjoy atention & causing drama.
Health24com Wow now all of a sudden media is against the Venda boy mxm
Health24com I AM A SCIENTIST !!!!! YAY. SAID THAT FROM THE ONSET. OR MAYBE I AM A PROPHET?
Health24com Dear 'scientists'. All of you. Go fock yourselves. Gaan vlieg in jou vokken moer in. In future, you konts must sign your names on documents with all your proclamations on and be held accountable when it turns out you were full of kak for a buck.
Health24com Conspiracy theorists 76, experts 3
realwillowtree Health24com It was the same “experts” who recommended the banning of woolies chicken & jogging 🥴
Health24com A little to late for scientists to conclude after our lives have literally been ruined.
Health24com In the SA context, at a public level - only PANDA and Nick Hudson (banned here) came out against this… they’re really the only ones who have the right now to say ‘we told you so’. Yet they were (and still are) vilified in SA and abroad. Time to acknowledge their value.
ReneilweMolefe3 Health24com So what was the response to scientists who were opposed to lockdown in 2020?
Health24com And all this time NumbNuts24com bellowed the narrative like the ANC-puppydog it is. Entitled journalism? SomeKnowSomeKnew
Health24com When will journalists start shining a light on the harms of masking Children all day everyday? How long will this madness continue. Schools still spraying kids as they walk in and between classes. How toxic these hand sanitizers? Senseless, ongoing harming of children 😭😭
Health24com Yes and you guys at News24 did nothing but push this narrative too. Spineless journos who questioned nothing. Biggest Karrim fans u lot were. Hope you are ashamed.. Cc PanData19 the 'scientists' finally agree with what you guys were saying all along 👏👍🏻
Health24com And yet we are still masking and spraying harmful ‘sanitizer’ on our hands.
Health24com Because when people zol...
Health24com No shit!!! The likes of Nick Hudson and PanData19 were telling you from the beginning! And the likes of you and your journalists were complicit and pushed the propaganda! You all deserve to be locked up!!
Health24com Shocker. In the end we all had COVID, some survived and some did not. Those who survived faced loss for business and other hardships.
Health24com The waves will come and the waves will go, it was clear as daylight. The idiots was so scared of the waves they literally forbid us to swim in the sea.... 🏊🤦♂️
Health24com But you were pushing this all along Vax24, along with your 'experts' and 'scientists' 🤨
Health24com Mother foockers and the likes of Puke24 walking it back.
Health24com And we call them the smart ones
Health24com How?
Health24com It was just a mandate followed by government aimed at enforcing mass vaccination with vaccines that are less effective in preventing infections and transmission of the virus.
Health24com Why are we still wearing masks ?
Health24com It was just a mandate followed by government aimed at enforcing mass vaccination with vaccines that are less effective in preventing and transmission of the virus.
Health24com Even more for vaccinated people, eish since many people are no longer required
Health24com I thought science was the one that informed the form, shape and length of the lockdown. This actually sounds very convenient, ow that that the worst of the devastation of the pandemic has been contained. Peace time opportunists if u ask me. Well, if u ask.
Health24com Where the actual fuxk were these scientists and why did they not speak-out before or every patronizing Family Meeting lead by FrogBoiler Cyril Ramaphosa? Especially when the 'justified' their limitation of liberties in the name of science?!
Health24com How do they explain absolutely low transmission in insignificant “fully vaccinated” population and no lockdown restrictions environment and Mandatory vaccination by some Nazi companies, effectively practicing cruel medical experimentation malpractice last seen performed by Nazis.
Health24com So when can we drop this useless mask mandate?
Health24com Class action Law suits incoming... Start running Culprits!
Health24com While the President was butchering our wildlife for $4million while putting us on hard lockdown
Health24com Duh
Hendre Health24com That should read one scientist and one education professor, neither of whom have any data on a counterfactual ie what would have happened *without* a lockdown, and are comparing apples and oranges ie death to economic harm. So any “conclusions” are really just opinions.
Health24com You catch on too late shame!
Health24com You guys backed this narrative all the way since the beginning. Spreading the 'safe and effective' message. People have lost their lives, jobs and families because of this. We will NEVER forget. 🖕🏽
TimModise Health24com Benefits of hindsight.🙊...and they (scientists) advised on this lockdowns...poor politicians are to be blamed🤣...lenna vele I blame them.
Health24com Class action law suits NOW!!!!
Health24com That’s Ramaloota for you, a legacy of corruption and destruction CyrilRamaphosa. Let’s hope Arthur the hutt is onto something
Health24com Motherfuck$ ruined me
Health24com Argued so much with some people who don’t mind encroachment on their basic freedom. We are never getting to zero virus!! The best way is to encourage a healthy lifestyle and live your life. We also never needed scientists to come to this conclusion.
Health24com Hello,but that was the plan Please can they all be tried!!
Health24com Which you guys, eNCA amd other media houses supported wholeheartedly like obedient little dogs!
Health24com These 'experts' who put the economy above people's lives. Brazil didn't have lockdowns, go check how it worked for them
Health24com Are thwy talking about the strategies that were not followed by South Africans
Health24com Hindsight is....?
Health24com 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Health24com but no one listens! Not even the man calling himself our president.
Health24com They came to the conclusion that open-toed shoes weren't supposed to be banned?
Health24com Where are the heads that must roll? Especially that karim guy and his rama friend, they must pay dearly
Health24com How does this get fixed now?
Health24com In 2 more years they'll admit what they and every rational mind already know: the mask wearing and especially the so called vaccines did more harm than good.
Health24com Does that mean when you labeled me a conspiracy theorist you actually defamed me and I can now sue you ala Johnny Depp style?
Health24com Later on the same is going to be said about the fucksine 🙄🙄
Health24com Conspiracy theorists were right though 🤌🏾
Health24com The local 'scientists' needs to be prosecuted with the NCCC, Cabinet and Media that failed SA.
Health24com Well this is a surprise 🙄🙄
Health24com Someone didn't have brains as lockdown was lies
Health24com I think this is the most useless piece of info, during the pandemic-the house was on fire-no one new the best exit. We have nothing but an OPPORTUNITY to pick up the pieces, fix what we can and restore the house-SA. Finger pointing will only hold us back..! PutSouthAfricaFirst
Health24com My family and I were saved from further infection during lockdown though there were challenges associated. Anyway the whole world locked down.
Health24com We were called conspiracy theorists. Those who called us toilet researchers hope now they will apologize since their scientist are saying what we said, since they only believe commercial scientist
Health24com Look as a country we not worried about stupid corona we worried about ANC and fuel prices
Health24com Lol
Health24com Mxm
Health24com SA must have the world's dumbest scientists if that's the case,i honestly thought it was pretend stupidity
SizweLo Health24com Bheki Cele must be arrested for damages caused in Black business. He's mouthless now. Crime was also done in Ramaphosa farm by Ramaphosa as per Mr Fraser but Cele unable to arrest him.
Health24com JoePhaahla come this side
Health24com Same experts who were advocating for it?
Health24com These scientist are covid deniers & not following the science. These lockdowns were recommended by science which we trust
Health24com Oh yeah. People are still wearin nappies. That's what's makin them sick besides the cxvid juice
Health24com Lol So a bunch of experts needed scientists to conclude this 🙆🏾♂️ Dankie mpilo, what a time to be alive 🙏🏾 🙇🏾 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 😀😃😄😁😆😅🤣😂🤭
Health24com F$ck scientists, we were told to follow what scientists says and stay home and now $hit like this is said 🙄
Health24com
Health24com That was nonsense of the highest order! Never again!😡mxm!
Health24com We told you it was a load of BS 2 years ago and what did you do sweet fo
Health24com same scientists who suggested this? 😂
Health24com Never needed an 'expert' or 'scientist' to tell us that.. But then of course a staff writer of yours did refer to CR as 'Majestic' when he inflicted this BS on us
Health24com And people were called conspiracy theorist when they asked questions 🦮🦮
Health24com No shit
Health24com You don’t say. This was pretty obvious to many people along the way. And a clear result silencing dissenting opinions with ‘follow the science’ instead of allowing opposing views and debate. We’ll no doubt hear similar admissions about other mandates in time
Health24com No fck Sherlock
Health24com You really needed 'experts' to tell you what anyone with common sense has been saying for 2 years?
Health24com And was part & parcel of the false Covid narrative. Mainstream, leftard media created the hysteria & cancelled people outright who saw through all the Covid bullshit. Don't trust any of this left wing media!
Health24com So, the experiment took 2 years, great 👍please inform us next time we're having an experiment so we can opt out
Health24com Will this article bring back those guys that committed suicide because they weren't allowed to work and just got no support? Gosh journos are evil beasts.
Health24com It was planned to destroy the midday class.any idiot would have told them it wouldn't work. They censorsed all the ones that told them it didn't work. So what did they expect.? PLANdemic
Health24com Truth.. a drunk barfly with basic math skills could have predicted this. .. news24.. enemy of the people.. asslickers extraordinaire. you and the rest of sa's 'news' should be utterly ashamed for pushing death and ruin.
Health24com When do kopdoek and the communist control committee she leads 'follow the science'? They keep telling us they are, but they are lying.
Health24com Who remembers EFF's ' we should go back to level 5 economy be damned'. Good times.
Health24com After receiving R500 billion from his dark, global overlords, there was no way Ramaphosa was going to go against their orders regarding lockdown!! The question now is, just when is this ridiculous mask mandate going to end!!
Health24com Was so very obviously an abomination of an idea. Depraved communist trick planning and thinking.
Health24com Not very good scientists, hey? A bunch of us randos, no fancy qualifications or anything, figured out the scam long before our alleged intelligentsia got even a sniff. Pathetic. And you're peddling this because your masters have An Agenda.
Health24com Thanks for admitting that you helped destroy many a livelihood with your shitty takes and pushing pure government uselessness. 👏
Health24com They rushed to copy and paste what other countries did... we have no experts in SA govt and their 'advisors'... covid was just a cluster f%$ up worldwide the way it was handled...
Health24com Duh.
Health24com Is this an apology, ? You were at the front line attacking and silencing anyone who said this for the last two years...
Health24com How do we punish silly Cyril Ramaposa, and that magogo Dlamini Nkosazana Zuma they destroyed livelihoods of South Africans these two, how do we punish them?
the same scientists who said 'follow re science'. The same scientists who said the jab is safe and will stop covid. Then came the booster and another booster and.......
Health24com Of course it did. Do you need a scientist to confirm what your eyes see for free.
Health24com What in the world did they think was going to happen. These are the same strategists that can’t stop the unemployment in the country. Educated an all they can’t solve problems
Health24com Who will take responsibility for jobs lost, small businesses closed down, record unemployment, suicides, youth depression and anxiety, hospitality industry decimated? Who? I want to know who will take responsibility whilst the laptop class cheered on lockdowns
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Health24com Damn...I really thought that this along with banning the sales of flip flops and Barbie dolls would've made all the difference 🙄
Health24com Remember the next time you want to take away my ciggies🖕🏻
Health24com Now if you were half decent journos you would've asked for an opinion from scientist from the other side of the fence but you just parrot what you heard from the one with the loudest speaker
Health24com No Shit Sherlock!
Health24com Can we lodge civil claims against the government because some people lost jobs, mental illnesses increased and people lost their lives because restrictions impacted them negatively?
Health24com And from the beginning i have been saying lockdown will not work. Even the masks won't work. Still does not work
Health24com Also again and again it was proven through science that fully vaxed people do transmit the virus in drones (high numbers). Yet SA is chasing its own tail by spending billions on shit that does not work 🤔 COVID_19_ZA CyrilRamaphosa GovernmentZA
Health24com We told you.... 🤮 VoetsekANC VoetsekCyril 🤮 🤮
Health24com 👀🤣
Health24com Wheres that grinning genius ProfAbdoolKarim?
Health24com
Health24com We are waiting for an apology and some more in depth reviews where you point out what a disaster it was that you were supporting. All the data is freely available although twitter etc still censors some of it
Health24com Will read similar warnings of harm about the mask wearing and Covid vax soon (if you search, they have been reported already).
Health24com We said it from the beginning of the scandemic
Health24com You don't need scientists to tell you something that is plain common sense. I am still waiting for the politicians and journalists to be held accountable for these gross crimes.
Health24com The people who pointed this out at the time were silenced and threatened. This was obvious from the start. All those complicit must be held individually liable for the damage caused. It’s criminal- and these criminals must pay.
Health24com Time to hold the experts and media accountable. It’s no less than you deserve after you shunned and ridiculed everyone who knew it would do more harm from the beginning.
Health24com Ordinary people (who are not scientists) could have told them so (and some even did) before the first lockdown was effected. Governments nevertheless insisted: 'Follow the science!'
Health24com us normal folk could have told these 'scientists' that.
Health24com been cheerleading covid restrictions all the way... You all got what you asked for, now quiet hiding under rocks, petrol at all times high, economies F%cked.. Still we walk around with masks on like bots.. what a joke
Health24com There were many people saying this from the beginning, but you were happy to just let your “journalists” parrot the narrative! I suggest you start reporting the truth about covid vaccines now!!! YOU OWE SOUTH AFRICA AN APOLOGY! And then…..go into hiding!
Health24com Who's going to be held accountable for the wrong decisions that were made?
Health24com Ample research exists that confirms the efficacy of lockdowns in slowing down transmissions. It is therefore scientific dishonesty of Madhi and Jansen not to acknowledge this in their paper, by advocating for a liberal approach to managing the economy during a pandemic.
Health24com It took a population of non scientists to predict and come to this same conclusion as early as day 1 of lockdown regulations. Let’s await their conclusions on the impact of vaccines in another 2 years.
Health24com Like we didn't already know this.
Health24com We are led by non-thinkers called politicians
Health24com What can we say!
Health24com Go fly a kite
Health24com ThomasKagisho? Is this the same lockdown that you and your incompetent colleagues were demanding?
Health24com And now they're going to try the same thing with this monkey pox business.
Health24com No mention of the R440 MILLION from the BMG Foundation or that Mr Mahdi is on the BMG Foundation scientific advisory committee? Really?
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Health24com 😂😂 ons het die kak al lankal geweet maar dai bobbies (dom soos n bom) in government weet mos altyd beter
Health24com And as more countries open up again, and see that bodies aren't piling up in the streets, they are asking themselves some difficult questions.
Health24com Imagine that!
Health24com They called us crazy, covidiots, conspiracy theorists for saying so. Hope they can undo all the harm caused!
Health24com More even damaging the WHO has been 'sleeping in the same bed' with China for the cover-up of the covid-19 cases
Health24com No really? Who could have seen that coming? Fools
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