Hi. In SA there was a small roll out of the Janssen jabs as many who were on the fence liked the idea of "one and done" and of course were later told that a Pfizer second shot was a good idea. It caused some upsets as mandatory shots were required by many companies and all of a sudden you went from 1 which seemed a little safer to gettin…
Hi. In SA there was a small roll out of the Janssen jabs as many who were on the fence liked the idea of "one and done" and of course were later told that a Pfizer second shot was a good idea. It caused some upsets as mandatory shots were required by many companies and all of a sudden you went from 1 which seemed a little safer to getting a second for no logical reason. My knowledge is derived mostly from what I heard from friends and family who generally had two shots of Pfizer. The Sinovac jabs were only offered as a trial on school going age children.
There was a lot of mistrust amongst the greater population and I've heard of quite a few who had a "contact" who issued certificates without actually jabbing. Might be urban legend but most things can be bought for a price here. The government sets quite an example! We had a lot of press coverage on the need for low temp storage before they launched. Commentary focussed on the cost of this and also how to do it throughout SA as it's a very large country with people dispersed throughout. In addition, our electricity cuts make it a challenge in a lot of towns just to keep the milk fresh!! Jabs were only issued through government clinics or approved contractors. No doctors rooms or hospitals. So queues were often long ( not for too long once the initial rush was over) and vials were kept in cooler boxes. I really do think this helped to an extent with limiting the damage. Personally, I know of a few sudden cancers and family has lost friends to "died suddenly" but these were the people who rushed to the front of the queue early on in the roll out. Anecdotal to be sure ....
Thanks for the feedback from a south African. Yeah I heard Jackie stone at the world council for health meeting last year that South Africa had more injured patients than Zimbabwe. In Seychelles I was told all shot varieties were offered. 2 Seychellious friends took only sinovax. It is unclear to me if sinovax is as harmful as mRNA/dna injections.
Hi. In SA there was a small roll out of the Janssen jabs as many who were on the fence liked the idea of "one and done" and of course were later told that a Pfizer second shot was a good idea. It caused some upsets as mandatory shots were required by many companies and all of a sudden you went from 1 which seemed a little safer to getting a second for no logical reason. My knowledge is derived mostly from what I heard from friends and family who generally had two shots of Pfizer. The Sinovac jabs were only offered as a trial on school going age children.
There was a lot of mistrust amongst the greater population and I've heard of quite a few who had a "contact" who issued certificates without actually jabbing. Might be urban legend but most things can be bought for a price here. The government sets quite an example! We had a lot of press coverage on the need for low temp storage before they launched. Commentary focussed on the cost of this and also how to do it throughout SA as it's a very large country with people dispersed throughout. In addition, our electricity cuts make it a challenge in a lot of towns just to keep the milk fresh!! Jabs were only issued through government clinics or approved contractors. No doctors rooms or hospitals. So queues were often long ( not for too long once the initial rush was over) and vials were kept in cooler boxes. I really do think this helped to an extent with limiting the damage. Personally, I know of a few sudden cancers and family has lost friends to "died suddenly" but these were the people who rushed to the front of the queue early on in the roll out. Anecdotal to be sure ....
Thanks for the feedback from a south African. Yeah I heard Jackie stone at the world council for health meeting last year that South Africa had more injured patients than Zimbabwe. In Seychelles I was told all shot varieties were offered. 2 Seychellious friends took only sinovax. It is unclear to me if sinovax is as harmful as mRNA/dna injections.