Social Listening Report Number 19: 21 September 2021
- Title
- Social Listening Report Number 19: 21 September 2021
- Type of Report
- Social Listening Report
- Date
- September 21, 2021
- Key Trends In the Report
- The country was still on alert level 2. The document reported on vaccine rollout progress with 11.5 million people vaccinated with atleast one dose of vaccine by 21 September 2021. People were exchaning positive vaccination stories on social media including prison vaccine drives. There were still concerns around vaccine safety such as myths around vaccine side effects these included reports on serious side effects such as swollen glands, menstrual disruptions. There were debates around mandatory vaccination, with heathed discussions on compulsory vaccines and petitions to boycott vaccines
- Misinformation by Period
- Natural immunity is better than immunity from the vaccine. Governments hide COVID-19 related vaccine deaths. Vaccine side effects misinformation around severe side effects such as swollen glands. Misinformation around mandatory vaccines and vaccine passports. Misinformation about the accessibility of vaccination sites.
- Suggested Recommendations
- Continue to manage expectations of possible side effects. Address vaccine hesitancy by sharing possitive vaccine stories. Increase the number of vaccination sites. Clearly communicate the reason behind mandatory vaccination and vaccine passports.
- Lockdown Level
- 2
- Cumulative Cases
- 2 886 332
- Cumulative Deaths
- 86 376
- Cumulative Hospitalisations
- 425 955
- Cumulative Recoveries
- 2 743 865
- Total number of vaccines administered to date
- 16 604 157
- Geographical Region
- Africa (South Africa)
- 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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