SA has some very specific challenges: looming large in this coronavirus crisis is the huge gulf of inequality which sees some of us able to buy in bulk hand sanitisers and pasta while people, not 10km away, go to bed hungry, writes Mandi Smallhorne
Every company, every trade union, every non-governmental organisation, every university, college and school, taxi associations, stokvels and more will need to play their part, he said.Let’s get practical. This country has some very specific challenges: looming large in this crisis is the huge gulf of inequality which sees some of us able to buy in bulk hand sanitisers and pasta while people, not 10km away go to bed hungry.
But even small amounts of poor quality water will clean your hands – just enough to lather up, then a little to rinse.matters most, thankfully, because very few people can collect enough water to run it over their hands for the full 20 seconds, multiple times a day. For years, the SA Agency for the Advancement of Science and Technology has run a Science and Technology Youth Journalism Programme which aims to communicate science and technology stories in all our indigenous languages and make scientific information accessible.I have trained a number of intakes of these young people in science journalism over the years, and have been proud of their achievements.
Water tested at source in northern KwaZulu-Natal was found to be good quality. Poor management in the home meant that it was less safe at the point of consumption., published in December last year, found that only 18% of households used adequate treatment methods and that this was “statistically associated with household head education, owning a radio and wealth quintiles”.
Talk to the department of health nationally or the MECs for health in the provinces and make a plan, quickly!“Like soap, ash is also not only cleansing but also a disinfecting agent [alkaline],” writes agronomist Torsten Mandel in a 2014 memo.We cannot fight this virus successfully without a spirit of community, as the president pointed out.“ … those who have resources and who are healthy need to assist those in need and who are vulnerable,” the president said.
First, you could be doing more to prevent your platforms from being used to disseminate false, misleading and downright malicious information.[replaced] it with WHO informationThere must be other ways to ensure that the first answers to people’s questions are not clickbait lies, but credible info.A lot of it purports to be science: speak to us at the SA Science Journalists Association about how to distinguish solid science and scientists from the misleading and fake.
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