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Comments About Covid 19 & The New Covid Variant From African Tigress' Travel Vlog As She Is Visiting South Africa

African Tigress,  Nov. 26, 2021

What do South Africans love about South Africa?

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post documents comments from South Africans and others watching African Tigress' YouTube vlog.  African Tigress is a Kenyan young woman whose blog documents her travels throughout Africa. This video was published two days after African Tigress arrived in Capetown, South Africa.  Although it's rare for the commenters in this discussion thread to identify their nationality, it's likely that most of the commenters in this particular discussion thread are either South Africans, from other Black African nations, or Black people from other nations throughout the world. 

These selected comments are all of the comments that I've read on that video's discussion thread about Covid 19 in general and/or about the newly discovered Covid 19 variant that was announced on Nov. 27, 2021 in South Africa. A few responses to some of these comments are about other topics. 

Information about the new Covid variant is also presented in this post for context purposes.

The content of this post is presented for historical and cultural purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to African Tigress for showing the world the real Africa.  Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. 

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DISCLAIMER:
I'm a subscriber to African Tigress'  YouTube channel, and I'm documenting these selected comments without African Tigress' prior knowledge or permission for historical and cultural reasons. 

This post should not be taken as meaning that the comments about Covid 19 were the only worthwhile portion of that discussion. I was also interested in other subjects, including the topic of the video "Why South Africans Love Their Country". Another topic that I found interesting were the differences of opinions about gay people in South Africa and elsewhere in Africa. That subject was raised because some of the people who African Tigress happened to be interview as she stood on a Capetown, South Africa sidewalk.

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ARTICLE EXCERPTS ABOUT SOUTH AFRICA AND THE NEW COVID 19 VARIANT
Excerpt  #1
From https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-new-variant-omicron-explainer-116ef818ac4a8e7bc23bb28d6511ecad "Explainer: What we know and don't known on new Covid variant  by Maria Cheng, Nov. 28, 2021
"LONDON (AP) — South African scientists identified a new version of the coronavirus that they say is behind a recent spike in COVID-19 infections in Gauteng, the country’s most populous province.

It’s unclear where the new variant first emerged, but scientists in South Africa alerted the World Health Organization in recent days, and it has now been seen in travelers arriving in several countries, from Australia to Israel to the Netherlands.

On Friday, the WHO designated it as a “variant of concern,” naming it “omicron” after a letter in the Greek alphabet.

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT OMICRON?

Health Minister Joe Phaahla said the variant was linked to an “exponential rise” of cases in the last few days.

From just over 200 new confirmed cases per day in recent weeks, South Africa saw the number of new daily cases rocket to more than 3,200 Saturday, most in Gauteng.

Struggling to explain the sudden rise in cases, scientists studied virus samples and discovered the new variant. Now, as many as 90% of the new cases in Gauteng are caused by it, according to Tulio de Oliveira, director of the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform.

WHY ARE SCIENTISTS WORRIED ABOUT THIS NEW VARIANT?

After convening a group of experts to assess the data, the WHO said that “preliminary evidence suggests an increased risk of reinfection with this variant,” as compared to other variants."....

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Excerpt #2 
From https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/new-covid-variant-travel/index.html "Travel doors slam shut as new Covid variant triggers alarm, stranding hundreds of passengers" by Tamara Hardingham-Gill, Laura Smith-Spark and Ivana Kottasová, CNN • Updated 28th November 2021
"(CNN) — Major travel destinations including the European Union, Japan, Australia, the United States and Canada have moved to block flights from African countries following the discovery of the Omicron variant, echoing previous emergency responses that triggered a global freeze on travel.

The speed with which the new restrictions were put in place -- just hours after the South African health authorities announced the discovery of the variant, meant passengers have found themselves stranded without a warning. While scientists in South Africa were the first to identify the new variant, it is unclear whether it emerged there or was brought there from another country.

Despite the bans, the new variant has already been found in at least a dozen countries. Most of the cases detected have been in travelers returning from the region."... 

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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS VLOG DISCUSSION THREAD

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmCKf0pn6_c&t=6s&ab_channel=AFRICANTIGRESS

Numbers are added for referencing purposes only. 

Nov. 27, 2021

1. Drucella
"African Tigress Covid is REAL!!  The pandemic is NOT over. South Africa is experiencing many variants of the virus. Yet in your segment no one was WEARING a mask including yourself. Your mic was passed person to person without any sanitizing. Please take precautions against this virus. South Africans are not taking the virus seriously, hence their increase in Covid cases and deaths. To South Africans " A hard head makes a soft behind." Please take all the necessary precautions.

Have visited SA. Capetown reminds me of San Francisco, the diversity of its people, the hills, the ocean and the climate. However, when you travel outside of the larger cities like Capetown and Joburg you still see the mental effects of apartheid in the people."

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2. AUSTINE AK, Nov. 28, 2021
"Which people?"

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3. 이준수
"Where is the Nu variant virus? There's very peaceful. But many media and news say fear. What's happening nowadays in world?"

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4. Lorenzo Di Trall
"hong kong"

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5. Jeswaz Wadi
"I cant wait to see the night life I know its exciting!!! and yes SA is one of the only African countries where being gay is safe"

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6. Tlou Tlou2
"Ah there is corona do night live might be banned"

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7. Meena Free
"Shalom, did u hear abt the new travel ban AT! ?"

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8. AFRICAN TIGRESS
"Yes 🤦🏾‍♀"

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9. Gabriel Mkhonza
"Why would I want to go to tge UK for, unless its business. No vacationing in UK it's as cold as the Brits"

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10. AFRICAN TIGRESS
"@Gabriel Mkhonza  Kenya has put restrictions too"
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Here are two quotes from online articles about Kenya's response to the new Covid 19 variant:
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/kenya-on-high-alert-over-new-covid-variant-3632140  Nov. 26, 2021
... On Friday, acting director-general of Health, Dr Patrick Amoth, said that given the nature of transmission of Covid-19 it is inevitable that the variant may eventually get into the country.

“Special emphasis should be placed on the availability of critical care facilities, piped oxygen, and additional human resource surge capacity,” he said, while calling on all eligible Kenyans to be fully vaccinated.

The proportion of adults fully vaccinated against the virus is still relatively low at 9.4 per cent prompting the government this week to issue a directive that residents must show proof of Covid-19 vaccination by December 21 to access government services.

Dr Amoth further directed that all points of entry must conduct rigorous screening of all arriving passengers from the affected countries, with physical proof of vaccination prior to entry into the country for all inbound travellers."

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https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/news/kenya-intensifies-surveillance-new-covid-variant-south-africa-3632392 Nov. 26, 2021
..."Travellers arriving from southern African countries will have to undergo Covid-19 tests as Kenya steps up surveillance at points of entry following reports of a new lethal coronavirus variant in South Africa."...

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11. Gabriel Mkhonza
" @AFRICAN TIGRESS  just because South African Scientists discovered a new strain and were transparent about it. Stay for 90 days, we will take good care of you. Then you'll have an opportunity to explore this subcontinent country. Do you know that our National Anthem is: GOD BLESS AFRICA?

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12. Christine Van Der Merwe
"Except for never ending lockdowns!!!!"
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This comment was probably made in response to the main question that was asked "What do you love about South Africa?"

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13. eswaz Wadi
"we are safe in Africa"

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14. Nomathemba
"Covid is everywhere"

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15. Jeswaz Wadi
" @Nomathemba   it is I meant to say we have fewer cases even when it started ,it increased due to chose travelling from usa &Europe"

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Nov. 28, 2021

16. Bekki Bekki
"New variant has emerged in south Africa  yall sharing the mike speaker . Careful people."

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17. George Abek
"Why are they banning flights to South Africa when it's a global pandemic"

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