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Covid exposes zeal, not truth

Covid exposes zeal, not truth

By GhanaSummary NewsroomSouth Africa

Only such an honest reckoning can rebuild the credibility and trust that the health department, the government, and the wider medical establishment will need when the next public health emergency strikes.

When Prof Glenda Gray, then head of the Medical Research Council (MRC) criticised the extended lockdown and warned of child malnutrition, the director-general of the department of Health called her a liar and demanded an investigation.

Public trust in government and medical authority was affected.

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