“Bill Gates We Are Not Your Lab Rats!” Africans Protest COVID Vaccine Trials Among Poor
People protest against Covid-19 vaccine trials in Africa outside the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa on July 1. Banners were held that said ‘We NOT guinea pigs’ and ‘we are not your labrats.’ (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) Image source.
by Brian Shilhavy
Editor, Health Impact News
Testing on an experimental COVID vaccine began on 2000 “volunteers” in South Africa this week, and protesters gathered at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg to protest.
This is the Oxford University’s coronavirus vaccine trial from the UK, funded heavily by the World Health Organization and Bill Gates.
The protesters burned their face masks and claimed that the tests were being carried out on poor people who don’t understand the risks.
‘The people chosen as volunteers for the vaccination, they look as if they’re from…
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