A proposition by two renowned French Doctors for the trial vaccines of the deadly coronavirus to be carried on Africans has been greeted with some angry reactions from prominent persons from the continent.
Newcastle United player and talented winger for the senior national team of Ghana Christian Atsu is upset and could not fathom why such shameless decision could be proposed by the medical.
“They are not even ashamed of themselves. They want to test the new vaccine first in Africa”, he said in a tweet.
Others including Ivorian International Didier Drogba have not been charitable with their choice of words in condemning the move by Dr Jean-Paul Mira who said “If I can be provocative, shouldn’t we do this study in Africa, where there are no masks, no treatment, no resuscitation, a bit like it has been done in some studies in AIDS, where among prostitutes, we try things, because they are exposed, and they don’t protect themselves, what do you think?”
But a furious Drogba said “It is totally inconceivable we keep on cautioning this.
Africa isn’t a testing lab. I would like to vividly denounce those demeaning, false and most of all deeply racists words. Helps us save Africa with the current ongoing Covid 19 and flatten the curve”
Meanwhile, Dr Camille Locht who concurred with the suggestion by his colleague is quoted to have said “So you are right […] we’re thinking in parallel to a study in Africa precisely to make this same type of approach w/ BCG [vaccine] placebo.
“I think there is a call for tenders that was released or that will be released & I think we will indeed seriously think about that too.”
It is totally inconceivable we keep on cautioning this.
— Didier Drogba (@didierdrogba) April 2, 2020
Africa isn’t a testing lab.
I would like to vividly denounce those demeaning, false and most of all deeply racists words.
Helps us save Africa with the current ongoing Covid 19 and flatten the curve. pic.twitter.com/41GIpXaIYv
They are not even ashamed of themselves.
— Christian Atsu (@ChristianAtsu20) April 3, 2020
They want to test the new vaccine first in Africa ???????????????????? pic.twitter.com/Gy3n2zWYaU
