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As America hits 200,000 deaths from coronavirus, Africa has managed to avoid the human catastrophe that everyone predicted.
Yet the media continues to overlook the continent's successes with the virus. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/22/africa-has-defied-covid-19-nightmare-scenarios-we-shouldnt-be-surprised/
As America hits 200,000 deaths from coronavirus, Africa has managed to avoid the human catastrophe that everyone predicted.
Yet the media continues to overlook the continent's successes with the virus. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/22/africa-has-defied-covid-19-nightmare-scenarios-we-shouldnt-be-surprised/
Just yesterday I heard a report on @NPR about how "no scientist knows why the pandemic has been so mild in Africa".
Despite the fact that countries that had Ebola/AIDS response infrastructure in place were just better prepared for a pandemic. https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/09/18/913937122/kenya-braced-for-the-worst-the-worst-didnt-happen-why
Despite the fact that countries that had Ebola/AIDS response infrastructure in place were just better prepared for a pandemic. https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/09/18/913937122/kenya-braced-for-the-worst-the-worst-didnt-happen-why
Africa learned from Ebola and HIV/AIDS.
Not only has America failed to prevent the massive death toll and the harm to survivors' health, but we cannot even develop a basic national infrastructure to deal with coronavirus, which could help manage future pandemics.
Not only has America failed to prevent the massive death toll and the harm to survivors' health, but we cannot even develop a basic national infrastructure to deal with coronavirus, which could help manage future pandemics.
I wrote in 2018 that Western media treated African countries like "shitholes" way before Trump came along.
Media that is quick to praise New Zealand or Australia's covid response but ignore Senegal, Liberia or Rwanda's success are a part of the problem. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2018/01/12/its-not-just-trump-western-media-has-long-treated-black-and-brown-countries-like-shitholes/
Media that is quick to praise New Zealand or Australia's covid response but ignore Senegal, Liberia or Rwanda's success are a part of the problem. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2018/01/12/its-not-just-trump-western-media-has-long-treated-black-and-brown-countries-like-shitholes/
