If other provinces trace, screen and test with the same rigour, we should see a different picture.
Only the gullible believe the neglectful Gauteng provincial health department, which killed 143 Esidimeni patients, is doing a better job than the Western Cape in combatting Covid-19. There are indeed more Covid-19 cases and deaths recorded in the Western Cape than any other province. But tracing, screening and testing are more efficient and focused. Jibes about “Wuhan Cape” are misplaced. Competence in this climate should be prized, not mocked.
There are indeed more Covid-19 cases and deaths recorded in the Western Cape than any other province. But tracing, screening and testing are more efficient and focused.Gauteng carries out more tests but produces fewer positive results. For example, in the week ended 10 May, Gauteng carried out 20,603 tests, yielding 203 positives , while the Western Cape tested 16,020, with 1,937 positives .
In Professor Salim Karim’s Covid-19 presentation last month, there were images of small fires being extinguished. This concept drives what Western Cape Premier Alan Winde calls rigorous screening and testing. Until we know if and how all provinces are recording co-morbidities it is difficult to draw conclusions. However, if other provinces are not rigorously tracing and following up contacts, they won’t record as many Covid-19 deaths. Their samples won’t be as skewed towards Covid as those in the Western Cape. So, you’ll have people elsewhere dying of for example tuberculosis but not being tested for Covid-19, which won’t appear on a death certificate.
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