SHOOT: It has and is but it takes the media and denialists a while to cotton on to this. Our common response to the next item on the 'To do' list: "It's not important." Which later comes in through the back door of crisis management, and is received the same way.
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's health minister says that while swine flu has arrived late to the continent, it may hit harder here than elsewhere in the world.
Aaron Motsoaledi, speaking at a regional conference on the pandemic, said Tuesday that Africa is typically "worst affected" by any communicable disease with its weak health systems and poverty.
Motsoaledi says Africans can learn from countries where swine flu first appeared. He says that means devoting resources to easing the impact, because "containing the virus is not possible."
South Africa has among the most sophisticated health systems in Africa, making it better able to track the spread of swine flu. Motsoaledi says South Africa has so far seen nearly 600 confirmed cases and two deaths.
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