LETTER: Don’t blame Big Pharma, blame the government
Some of the strange rules and regulations of our lockdowns made the SA government the laughing stock of the world
For the health minister to say, “We have found ourselves in the precarious position of having to choose between saving our citizens’ lives and risking putting the country’s assets into private hands” is rich (“Zweli Mkhize blames Big Pharma for vaccine delivery delays (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/health/zweli-mkhize-blames-big-pharma-for-vaccine-delivery-delays/)”, April 14).
In essence, the whole concept of a lockdown is just that. Our government put in some really weird rules and regulations during the SA lockdown, destroying the economy and thereby further destroying peoples lives. Some of these strange rules and regulations made the SA government the laughing stock of the world...
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