There is outrage among the black population in France after two doctors on live television pushed for Africa to be the first place where coronavirus treatments be tested.
The doctors agree that Africa has less face masks and other essential health supplies and required treatment for coronavirus patients but still pushed for the continent to be used for the experimental treatment of any potential vaccine, treatment or cure.
On a local TV channel LCI, one of the doctors named as Dr Jean-Paul Mira 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?”
The other doctor also named as Dr Camille Locht joined the conversation saying “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 were released or that will be released & I think we will indeed seriously think about that too.”
So far there is no cure for the deadly virus but scientists around the world are still working on a potential vaccine.
There are no experimental vaccines yet for usage as the world is still months behind a potential vaccine.
So the suggestions by these French doctors for Africa to be used to test any potential experimental vaccine has angered some who think the West continues to value Africans as less of other humans.
Anger on social media
On social media users expressed anger over the development with some popular figures such as former football star Didier Drogba saying “Do not take African people as human guinea pigs! It’s absolutely disgusting.
African leaders have a responsibility to protect their populations from those horrendous conspiracies.”
Source: africafeeds.com
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Some of the uselessss African leaders will rather take money/grant and invite overseas pharmaceutical companies to test the vaccine on African soil. 95% probable.
Africa has less COVID-19 equipments but not dying likevthr so-called advanced nations with all protective gears. God watches over Africa
We disrespect ourselves an we want others to respect us? 60% of Ghanaians live in compound houses without toilette and bath. Whereas there are no compound houses in France. Our women give birth like pigs, regardless of their economic condition hence free education. Our politïans are super rich, wereas majority of us wallow in poverty. JJ and Kufuor are the only ex-prez to undertake and complete housing schemes in the 4th republic but JJ built for the middle class (Sakumono flats) and Kufuor built for the super rich (AU flats). If the above events had taken place in France, there would have been a REVOLUTION. But here we choose to be mute. Aint no way the white man is gonna respect us. Like Trump said, we are in sh*thole and we are stuck!
Just look at drogba's comment: "african leaders have the responsibility.........that is a thrash in itself. why not african people? i am always disgusted when i hear africans living abroad who make noise when the whites want to exploit us. I do so because i feel they have rather let africa down. when they get exposed to technology and wealth instead of investing, donating and contributing meaningfully to the development of africa they fooolishly becomes consumers of all manner of needless things.....one person spends hundreds of thousands on cars, partying and acquisition of boguus stuffs; no donation for proper research projects; reckless lifestyle; all in the name of celebrity! if you have done what the chinese and other asians do and the continent has been developed who can despise us? most of the chinese inventions had been taken from the west. what about our people? only munching of whores, buying cars they hardly can maintain, wearing ear rings and generally fooling around. if you guys want the west to respect us let us change our behaviour. our mindset is not correct. we need to change if we want respect
Explicit behavior of pigs. Nothing more, they try to make themselves feel better than Africans yet, their piggy attributes always vindicates us. Anyways, to my fellow Africans.... Let's take a cue from this and be proud and believe in ourselves. Cos no matter how hard we try to impress these piggies 🐖🐷🐷🐷, they will continue to disrespect up.
These people think Africans are ***barred word*** still eh! They must be crazy. They should take the vaccine to the Italy, USA, Spain, China and Australia.
I urge all Africans on the continent to take note of this disrespectful comments.unfortunately we can't, for now, demonstrate at all French embassies across the continent to demand apology due to covid19 restrictions. However, our leaders must call French representative in our countries to render unconditional apology on behalf of those Piggy doctors who made these comments.