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Vaccine influencers and queue jumpers criticised


Vaccine influencers and queue jumpers criticised
By Nathan Adams
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As the Sisonke Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 trial came to end, there were concerns that people who should not be getting the jab were exploiting loopholes to get vaccinated.
The definition of health-care worker was expanded and this meant that more people were eligible for the vaccine trial.
A technology content producer and blogger, known only as “Cape Town Guy” tweeted that he was alerted via a WhatsApp message that vaccines would expire and then rushed to the Mitchells Plain District Hospital, where he was vaccinated.
He tweeted: “I got the vaccine (smiley face). The doses were going to expire and I was able to register for it. Arm is a bit sore but overall I feel fine,” along with a short video clip of the nurse doing the injection into his upper arm. ....

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WATCH: Storm over non-healthcare worker who got vaccinated, claimed J&J doses were expiring


WATCH: Storm over non-healthcare worker who got vaccinated, claimed J&J doses were expiring
By IOL Reporter
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Cape Town – How can you claim to have been vaccinated at this stage if you are not a healthcare worker? This is a question for which many South Africans are seeking answers after a Capetonian who doesn’t work in the healthcare industry created a storm by posting a picture on social media of him being vaccinated.
The technology and motoring journalist and editor, who did not want to be identified or comment any further, also created a stir by claiming that the Johnson & Johnson doses were going to expire, posting on Twitter yesterday: ‘’I got the Vaccine. The doses were going to expire and I was able to register for it. Syringe arm is a bit sore but overall I feel fine.’’ ....

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J&J vaccines not expiring soon and Sisonke study not open to general public, says Prof Gray

The Sisonke Johnson & Johnson trial has denied that the implementation study has been expanded to cover the general public, in order to save vaccines from expiring. ....

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