February 7, 2021
JOHANNESBURG
Many Africans have expressed skepticism about whether their governments will be transparent enough in administering COVID-19 mass vaccination campaigns or corrupt officials could profit from the exercise.
Others think vaccines are aimed at controlling the population and could affect fertility.
“I want to be vaccinated but I have heard people saying it could make one sterile yet I still want to have children. So I am scared,’’ Marian Abdi, 26, a mother of two told Anadolu Agency in Johannesburg.
Otuko Franklin Sam, a development economist based in Uganda, told the Turkish news agency: “The African line of thought regarding the COVID-19 vaccine is largely skeptical. Many believe there are hidden agendas behind it. But for those who’ve lost loved ones, it’s something that is better than nothing because the pandemic is real.”