Proposed Covid-19 strategy ‘an aspirational goal’
Jan 17, 2021
3 minutes
SHABIR A MADHU
GONZALO FUENTES
Reuters
SOUTH Africa has an estimated population approaching 60 million. To achieve herd immunity against Covid-19, the government recently set the ambitious goal of vaccinating 67% of the population – roughly 40 million people. According to the outline of this plan, this would be achieved within 2021.
But is this ambitious target even feasible? In my view the proposed Covid-19 strategy is not a strategy, but rather an aspirational goal. And an unrealistic one at that.
The elephant in the room is that the government has set a target
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