I wander how the effectiveness of the vaccine will be measured in a population that's not showing any symptoms. We will be guinea pigs to measure the side effects. Testing should start first in their own hot spots.

Surely, people should just be advised to go to Mbagathi

A few days ago, this drug was rendered useless. Wacha tuone

Which is?

Isn't that not happening in Kenya? Plus some money too?

This is where the government is mistaken. Instead of making the sick to follow them. The government is just groping in the dark by holding this useless mass testing thing.
We have countless medical facilities with very qualified personnel.
Why not arm the medical personal in this health centers with the right equipment and make it compulsory to be tested when you seek treatment for any ailment that someone reports there?
Will they close all medical facilities around town ? This is because this closures will continue to happen so long as someone walks in and sneezes loudly. This will spell a disaster to other people suffering from other ailments.

Malecture achia Kagwe bana.
Us Africans have been contributing to the health our world for ever. Any advances in vaccines for malaria, ebola, HIV and other tropical diseases if and when they come will be courtesy of Africans putting their bodies and those of their children on the line. Heck, even remedsivir (though not a vaccine) was trialed initially on Ebola patients.

What we must remain vigilant about is abuse of rules governing human experimentation. Just last year, a GSK malaria vaccine was tested in African infants and children aged 6 days-17 months. The vaccine had been shown to have a higher than normal risk for meningitis, seizures and cerebral malaria in phase 3 trials. However, the African parents were never told this and parents did not give consent. WHO said that consent for other vaccines gave implied consent for the experimental malaria vaccine. Guess what? That rarely happens in the west.

Those of us who believe in vaccines will oppose any practices that refuse to respect the Nuremberg code especially when tests come from nations with a long history of practicing Medical Apartheid.

How does this work? Protesters with guns? Here in Kenya or in Africa are they not called rebels or terrorists?
Do they alert the police or are the police part of the protest.
I have seen such protests in the U.S before(on tv) and always wanted to ask that question.

I agree - What we need is to be told about the risks of the such a test. On the Malaria cases - who else would malaria vaccines be tested on? if 92% of the deaths occur in Africa and thus the greatest benefit is for Africans.

I opened my door and what I saw looked like UG which is doing quite well with food distribution and Covid surveys.
We are feeding the needy in our area yet I hear the government has allocated billions to feed the poor.

Meanwhile, Cameroon which has among the highest numbers in sub-saharan Africa has eased almost all restrictions!