Social Listening Report Number 33: 25 January 2022
- Title
- Social Listening Report Number 33: 25 January 2022
- Type of Report
- Social Listening Report
- Date
- January 25, 2022
- Key Trends In the Report
- The country was still on alert level 1. The Social listening report highlighted widespread resistance to mask-wearing and other non-pharmaceutical interventions. The was low trust in government because of confusion on COVID-19 rules and regulations. There was confusion from changing guidelines during this time there were new COVID-19 vaccine booster guidelines and differing expert opinions on Omicron severity, these changes caused people to be confused and to mistrust authorities.
- Misinformation by Period
- Opposition to masks and other NPIs, Low trust in government. Fears of severe side effects, including a widely discussed video showing alleged vaccine complications. Rumors that vaccines contain microchips to track people. Misinformation related to booster shots
- Suggested Recommendations
- Local champions, changing communication around new science and COVID-19 variants. Combact misinformation by actively counteracting myths and msinformation through targeted campaigns. Engage the youth in the communication process and address their specific concerns. Increase vaccine accessibility.
- Lockdown Level
- 1
- Cumulative Cases
- 3 585 889
- Cumulative Deaths
- 94 397
- Cumulative Hospitalisations
- 495 219
- Cumulative Recoveries
- 3 418 123
- Total number of vaccines administered to date
- 29 680 700
- Geographical Region
- Africa (South Africa)
- Curators of the report
- Nombulelo Leburu
- NDoH
- Peter Benjamin
- HealthEnabled
- Charity Bhengu.
- 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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