‘The fear of this vaccine is real’: how Papua New Guinea’s Covid strategy went so wrong
by Jo Chandler from on (#5SJW2)
Public confusion and distrust over vaccination have been fuelled by what experts say are crippling failures in authorities' response to the pandemic
In mid-October Dr Clement Malau, a Harvard-educated public health specialist and former secretary of the Papua New Guinea health department, was alarmed to discover he had gone viral. Only he hadn't.
Someone had posted a 20-minute audio clip as a speech from Dr Clement Malau regarding the vaccine", the orator sliding between English and Tok Pisin - PNG Pidgin - to deliver an eloquent, tub-thumping rant against Covid-19.
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