Opinion: Mad As Madagascar, By Azu Ishiekwene
In the fight against COVID-19, the war between biology and economics has just expanded to the nationalist front, spilling over with the ferociousness of a zero-sum game.
I watched the YouTube version of one of the press conferences hosted by Rajoelina. It wasn’t funny: it was like an inquisition. He rejected any suggestion that introducing the “preventive and curative” herbal remedy without clinical trials was unsafe. How could it be when, as of that time, 105 out of 171 patients treated wholly and exclusively on the herbal remedy, had recovered?
Rajoelina’s point about racial prejudice cannot also be dismissed lightly. As of April, two French doctors were discussing on live TV how nice it would be to use Africa as playground for a trial vaccine, as it was with HIV/AIDS trials. Wemos, Switzerland-based healthcare advocate, has published reports of unethical clinical trials in Egypt, Kenya, Zimbabwe and South Africa, a number of them still active, and ignored by WHO.
He later consolidated Show Business with other investments in digital printing, TV and radio, and joined politics. A former mayor of the capital city, Antananarivo, he was elected President in January 2019 and has never shied away from calling a spade by its name. “Clinical observations”, which he prefers may be the expedient threshold in a crisis, but it is not sufficient and cannot be a replacement for clinical trials, to which he is so bitterly opposed. He should take advantage of the WHO window of solidarity trial which started in April, shortly before the herbal tea launch.
Nigeria Latest News, Nigeria Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Premium Times Daily data-react-helmet=trueBreaking news, Investigations, Multimedia, Analysis, Opinion, Business, Sports & more... by Premium Times data-react-helmet=true
Read more »
Premium Times Daily data-react-helmet=trueBreaking news, Investigations, Multimedia, Analysis, Opinion, Business, Sports & more... by Premium Times data-react-helmet=true
Read more »
Tobacco Control Campaign During A Pandemic: Lessons and Opportunities, By Hilda Ochefu - Premium Times OpinionThe current pandemic (COVID-19) slowly sneaked into the world through Wuhan-China late 2019 and then took us all by surprise. In January, governments, corporations and organizations were very busy developing their strategies and fine-tuning what the year was going to look like and in their optimist predictions, never imagined that …
Read more »
COVID-19 In Nigeria: End the Lockdowns Now, By John Adeoti - Premium Times OpinionOpinion: COVID-19 In Nigeria: End the Lockdowns Now, By John Adeoti
Read more »
A Distinguised Outgoing Generation, By Eric Teniola - Premium Times OpinionWhatever opinion we have on them, most of them are gone. I still think their type of politics was far better than what we have in this era of looting. Yes, they disagreed on party principles but they did not make the looting of public funds their primary aim and …
Read more »