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It depends on whether the world can win the race against the Covid-19 variants
The virus is an opportunistic little devil and highly adaptable to changing circumstances.
Bile rose in my throat when a recent newsletter from a publication asked contributors not to write any more “Yawn — pandemic stories.”
That’s well and good if you live in a country where even a 12-year-old can receive a Covid-19 vaccination.
In South Africa we’re suffering from vaccine FOMO. While entire sections of the world are opening up, here we have thousands still dying from Covid-19 in the devastating third wave.
And who knows how many more after the recent riots and looting in two provinces? The destruction has created shortages of food, people cannot access chronic medication, and many vaccination sites have been closed.
In addition, a total alcohol ban and 9 pm curfew since June 28 is playing havoc with our mental health.
“The age of globalised media means that we have constant access to visuals and stories of people getting vaccinated and going back to some semblance of their ‘normal’ pre-pandemic lives, while we continue to languish in our…
