Social Listening Report Number 37: 21 February 2022
- Title
- Social Listening Report Number 37: 21 February 2022
- Type of Report
- Social Listening Report
- Date
- February 21, 2022
- Key Trends In the Report
- The country was still on alert level 1. The report highlighted the what was then seen as the controversial enforcement of vaccine mandates by South African universities, this included mixed reactions from the public with some people in support of the mandates and others against the mandates by universities. Other health related discussions on the report included fear of potential risks including increased HIV infection risk.
- Misinformation by Period
- COVID vaccines and boosters give you HIV. Misleading information on vaccine mandates. misinformation related to alternative COVID-19 cures.
- Suggested Recommendations
- Refocused messaging. More strategic collaborations with community leaders, youth and celebraties and influencers. Ensure clear guidelines and consistent enforcement of vaccine mandates. improve vaccine record systems including resolving issues with vaccination records and vaccine certificates. Educate the general public about alternative medicine and the risks associated with these medicines.
- Lockdown Level
- 1
- Cumulative Cases
- 3 659 699
- Cumulative Deaths
- 98 804
- Cumulative Hospitalisations
- 504 672
- Cumulative Recoveries
- 3 524 402
- Total number of vaccines administered to date
- 31 180 265
- 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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