Hesitancy and vaccination conspiracies may be to blame for the past week’s slow progress at vaccination sites. Premier of Gauteng David Makhura yesterday visited new vaccination sites in the City of Tshwane to monitor progress and expressed his concern about the low turnout the past week. “The last seven days were slow across the province; our numbers haven’t been doing as well as we wanted.
“The last seven days were slow across the province; our numbers haven’t been doing as well as we wanted. We’ve established that men are not going to vaccination sites, 57% of the people vaccinated were women,” he said.“Just over 50% in the 60 year old age group have been vaccinated, which is not satisfactory because this age group is vulnerable to the virus.
“Some are simply complacent and believe erroneously their general good health will protect them. Many are influenced by friends or family members who were hesitant themselves.”