SA may not be unique in the snail’s pace of our Covid-19 vaccine rollout, but we’re certainly being left behind by our peers in the largest global mass inoculation programme yet conducted.More than 450-million people have been vaccinated to date in 161 countries (mostly developed nations). Yet by last weekend, fewer than 200,000 South Africans were on this list.Of course, the rollout hasn’t been without glitches in Europe. It’s easy, given how chaotic just about every Covid-19 intervention has been in SA, to think we’re a basket-case outlier. But the reality is, from Australia to New York, critics are bemoaning the failures of their governments. This is no surprise. The rollout is the single biggest test of every state today — and many haven’t stepped up. It is scant consolation, but as much as President Cyril Ramaphosa’s government has fluffed its lines, others have too.The problem is, there is no room for failure when the stakes are life and death. The time-honoured SA approach of...
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