LETTER: Give government a break over vaccines
There is a plausible explanation for the government’s vaccine strategy
The government has recently come under fire over the purchasing of coronavirus vaccines. Some have criticised the government for apparently not planning to purchase the lion’s share of SA’s coronavirus vaccines from US pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Moderna. Presumably, had SA officials scurried to these entities there would have been unanimous praise of the government’s strategy.
But there is a plausible explanation for the government’s approach. The AstraZeneca vaccine developed by the University of Oxford is more appropriate for tropical climates and developing countries because it does not require ultra-cold storage...
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