Social Listening Report Number 12: 04 August 2021
- Title
- Social Listening Report Number 12: 04 August 2021
- Type of Report
- Social Listening Report
- Date
- August 4, 2021
- Key Trends In the Report
- The country was on alert level 3. The report addresses vaccine hesitancy including low trust in the government contributing to hesitancy. Additionally, employment concerns about loss of jobs due to non vaccination. Adverse effects and reporting including discussions about severe adverse effects post-vaccination. Lastly, concerns about vaccine apartheid with perceptions that middle class South Africans are getting better vaccines. Misinformation about vaccine safety and effectiveness.
- Misinformation by Period
- Vaccines are dangerous. Claims that vaccines cause severe health issues or long-term side effects without scientific evidence. False information suggesting that vaccines do not protect against COVID-19.
- Suggested Recommendations
- Ongoing communication response needed to key health concerns regarding vaccines.EVDS System Improvements.
- Lockdown Level
- 3
- Cumulative Cases
- 2 484 010
- Cumulative Deaths
- 73 415
- Cumulative Hospitalisations
- 371 386
- Cumulative Recoveries
- 2 258 603
- Total number of vaccines administered to date
- 8 499 077
- Geographical Region
- Global
- Curators of the report
- National Department of Health
- Stakeholders
- National Health Hotline: Reports from the national call centre
- Org: NDOH Covid-19 WhatsApp system
- WHO Africa Infodemic Response Alliance (AIRA)
- UNICEF: digital analysis of content on Google, Twitter, YouTube and Facebook, and digital news
- SA Red Cross: Network of over 2,000 community volunteers reporting misinformation and concerns.
- Real 411 Media Monitoring Africa: a mis- and disinformation reporting and debunking initiative
- COVID Comms: a network of communications specialists that produces information on the pandemic.
- DOH Free State & KZN: Provincial Departments of Health
- Health Systems Trust, Community Constituency Front (CCF),
- Health Enabled
- Centre for Communication Impact, Centre for Analytics & Behavioural Change
- Medical Research Council, National Institute for Communicable Diseases,
- SA Vaccination and Immunisation Centre, HSRC, DG Murray Trust, Right to Care
- Universities of Johannesburg, Cape Town, Free State, Wits, Stellenbosch, Sefako Makgatho
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