Social Listening Report Number 51: 30 May 2022
- Title
- Social Listening Report Number 51: 30 May 2022
- Type of Report
- Social Listening Report
- Date
- May 30, 2022
- Key Trends In the Report
- The national state of disaster was still lifted. Over 50% of South African adults have received at least one Covid-19 vaccine dose. Hesitancy is driven by government distrust and misinformation. White and coloured populations show higher hesitancy than Black South Africans, according to studies. Vaccines reduce the risk of long Covid by only 15%, based on a large study.
- Misinformation by Period
- Claims that vaccines are dangerous, cause death, or are underreported in terms of side effects. Conspiracy theories about vaccines containing microchips to track or control people. Claims that natural immunity is superior to vaccine-induced immunity.
- Suggested Recommendations
- Develop and distribute clear, factual information explaining what monkeypox is and how it differs from Covid-19. Send regular briefings to healthcare staff to support accurate and confident public engagement. Reinforce public messaging that vaccines are safe for pregnant and breastfeeding women.
- Lockdown Level
- The National State of Disaster lifted
- Cumulative Cases
- 3 954 971
- Cumulative Deaths
- No Data
- Cumulative Hospitalisations
- 532 636
- Cumulative Recoveries
- No Data
- Number of vaccines administered for that week
- No Data
- Total number of vaccines administered to date
- 36 169 907
- Geographical Region
- Africa (South Africa)
- Curators of the report
- Brenda Goldblatt
- Charity Bhengu
- William Bird and Peter Benjamin.
- 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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