{"id":1410,"date":"2022-02-13T21:05:34","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T19:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/?page_id=1410"},"modified":"2022-07-12T00:59:09","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T22:59:09","slug":"useful-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/useful-information\/","title":{"rendered":"[:en]Useful Information[:]"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1410\" class=\"elementor elementor-1410\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bac2e4b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bac2e4b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5be91b1\" data-id=\"5be91b1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6725634 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6725634\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Uncertain of the Science behind the Vaccines?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-71f8668 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"71f8668\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cc45dbf\" data-id=\"cc45dbf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-750af6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"750af6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Finding Reliable Sources of Information<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f07a74b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f07a74b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d0b542a\" data-id=\"d0b542a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cdf416 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2cdf416\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It is all too easy to find information on the internet. The question becomes, is that information true? It is valid? Is it reliable? Can I trust what it says?\u00a0<\/p><p>This page serves to provide you with useful links and resources to information that can be trusted about the COVID-19 Vaccinations.\u00a0<\/p><p>When you are researching a topic, always ask yourself:<\/p><ol><li>What is the source of this information? Is it from a journal, or from Facebook? Is it a news article, or a scientific paper?\u00a0<\/li><li>Who has compiled this information? Professionals in the field, or members of the general public?\u00a0<\/li><li>If this is a scientific article, has it been peer-reviewed?<\/li><\/ol><p>If you would like to search for information with the confidence that what you find is reliable, you can use <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/\">Google Scholar<\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0Sources such as YouTube and Facebook are NOT reliable.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1094199 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1094199\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cdaa4f2\" data-id=\"cdaa4f2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d92ed6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d92ed6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In today&#8217;s day and age, there is a lot of information going around, <em>but not all of it is reliable.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><p>It is important to be able to tell what is trustworthy information and what is not.<\/p><p>Follow <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1qe5NPF9T5Imh1s3Uk1z-DnKE_HHLFFvo\/view?usp=sharing\">this link<\/a><\/span> to an article that explains how to evaluate information critically in order to make an informed decision.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-880f50a\" data-id=\"880f50a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5b998e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e5b998e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/07\/Risk_Balance.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1973\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/07\/Risk_Balance.jpg 750w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/07\/Risk_Balance-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f40ec21 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f40ec21\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d94c4a6\" data-id=\"d94c4a6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0871382 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0871382\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>What is Critical Thinking?<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7687f4b\" data-id=\"7687f4b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d4c6b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d4c6b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>What is the Significance of Chance?<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fbf02cc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fbf02cc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8b6c8eb\" data-id=\"8b6c8eb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbd015d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dbd015d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Below is a video from our previous Dean: Prof Volmink, where he describes the art of critical thinking.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b555358\" data-id=\"b555358\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4bda58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e4bda58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Below is a video from our previous Dean: Prof Volmink, where he describes the significance of chance in research.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b83ffd4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b83ffd4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-56a9941\" data-id=\"56a9941\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0645d8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"0645d8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/JEMcZxViF8Y&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-79c8fb2\" data-id=\"79c8fb2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cc1f9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"7cc1f9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/-aAwWNX4GK4&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1175afc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1175afc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d57c817\" data-id=\"d57c817\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d705f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d705f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>What is Bias?<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b196a4e\" data-id=\"b196a4e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3574146 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3574146\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>What is the most Reliable way to Conduct Research?<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5b6ed04 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5b6ed04\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ceac271\" data-id=\"ceac271\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-564dac8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"564dac8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Below is a video from our previous Dean: Prof Volmink, where he describes the danger of bias.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-899d5a3\" data-id=\"899d5a3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6af2505 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6af2505\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Below is a video from our previous Dean: Prof Volmink, where he describes the application of Randomised Control Trials,<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fa173d7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fa173d7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fcee531\" data-id=\"fcee531\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-802dfdd elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"802dfdd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/gMkpe6q4FtM&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-62cd80c\" data-id=\"62cd80c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a725266 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"a725266\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/0wyH0lPx8b8&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f6dfd0a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f6dfd0a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c7f867e\" data-id=\"c7f867e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3dc5a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d3dc5a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>What can go wrong with Interpretation of Evidence?<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0d2a87c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0d2a87c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6680737\" data-id=\"6680737\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9532759 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9532759\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Below is a video from our previous Dean: Prof Volmink, where he describes the challenges with interpretation of evidence.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-60e484d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"60e484d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0193b3d\" data-id=\"0193b3d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2421efe elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"2421efe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/u6S1VV4RN3Y&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a0d1b78 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a0d1b78\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fdc3312\" data-id=\"fdc3312\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-229bbef elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"229bbef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/04\/FPvTtbmXEAAmvXr.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1778\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/04\/FPvTtbmXEAAmvXr.jpeg 680w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/04\/FPvTtbmXEAAmvXr-300x251.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7c0472a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7c0472a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4e6a5ba\" data-id=\"4e6a5ba\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c513566 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c513566\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Clarification on Points of Concern<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7f00a92 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7f00a92\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-17666a9\" data-id=\"17666a9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82defd2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"82defd2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Why does it appear that more vaccinated people are dying from COVID than unvaccinated?<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0fe5400 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0fe5400\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b516cf2\" data-id=\"b516cf2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24341ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"24341ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/04\/avatars-000091295678-8ix8u9-t500x500.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1780\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/04\/avatars-000091295678-8ix8u9-t500x500.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/04\/avatars-000091295678-8ix8u9-t500x500-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/04\/avatars-000091295678-8ix8u9-t500x500-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/04\/avatars-000091295678-8ix8u9-t500x500-450x450.jpeg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-530111d\" data-id=\"530111d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eaeb7ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eaeb7ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>An article from a reputable source: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/most-covid-deaths-in-england-now-are-in-the-vaccinated-heres-why-that-shouldnt-alarm-you-163671\">The Conversation<\/a><\/span>, explains why more vaccinated people are dying from COVID-19 disease, and why this is exactly what was expected.<\/p><p>The long and short of it is: vaccines aim to reduce the death rates, not hospitalisation rates per say. And, even though they are extremely effective, they are not able to reduce the risk of death in the vaccinated elderly, to below the risk of death in the unvaccinated younger age groups.\u00a0<\/p><p>HOWEVER, being double vaccinated still reduces your risk of hospitalisation by 96%.<\/p><p>The conclusion is that older people are at such a high risk of death due to COVID-19 disease, that the vaccines are only able to protect them so much and it will never be to the same level of &#8220;protection&#8221; that younger age affords.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ec478aa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ec478aa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0b6f250\" data-id=\"0b6f250\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23c8761 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23c8761\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Do our Vaccines protect us from Omicron?<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bba86b9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bba86b9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-95812ae\" data-id=\"95812ae\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2010c0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2010c0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Discovery Health conducted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nejm.org\/doi\/full\/10.1056\/NEJMc2119270\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">study<\/span><\/a> evaluating the Omicron outbreak in collaboration with the SA Medical Research Council (SAMRC).<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.co.za\/corporate\/health-insights-omicron-outbreak-analysis#:~:text=Two%2Ddose%20Pfizer%2DBioNTech%20vaccination,during%20the%20current%20Omicron%20wave\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Some key findings<\/span><\/a> include that the Pfizer vaccine (2 doses) provides 70% protection against serious COVID-19 disease and 33% protection against infection with the omicron variant.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-52880ef\" data-id=\"52880ef\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-016911d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"016911d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/02\/Doctors-note-omicron.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1412\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/02\/Doctors-note-omicron.png 770w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/02\/Doctors-note-omicron-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/02\/Doctors-note-omicron-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5d7ba95 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5d7ba95\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9a06327\" data-id=\"9a06327\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d955ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d955ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>What about Myocarditis?<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8b54940 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8b54940\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7932ca3\" data-id=\"7932ca3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fd72e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8fd72e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There has been talk for some time now of the vaccines causing myocarditis.<\/p><p>A <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jama\/fullarticle\/2788346\">recent article<\/a><\/span> published in January 2022 investigates myocarditis and COVID-19 vaccinations.\u00a0<\/p><p>The data presented in this report was submitted to the FDA in October 2021 and they released a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/media\/154869\/download\">risk-benefit analysis<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/p><p>This presentation to the FDA can be found <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/media\/153514\/download\">here<\/a><\/span>.<\/p><p>The study attempted to compare the incidence of myocarditis in people who had received Pfizer and people who had not.<\/p><h5>The findings of the study were:<\/h5><ul><li>In persons aged 18-24, who had a 2nd dose of Pfizer, myocarditis appeared about 30x (males) or 10x (females) more than in the non-vaccination associated rate of myocarditis.<\/li><li>HOWEVER, these rates are still quite low: 50-60 cases per million in males and 4 cases per million in females in this age bracket.\u00a0<\/li><li>In other words, 4 women out of 1 million experienced myocarditis and 50-60 men out of 1 million.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><p>Additionally, most cases resolved completely, usually with medical intervention.<\/p><p>In the entire study, they identified only one case in which a death was probably caused by myocarditis, and two more under consideration, among <strong>192 million individuals<\/strong> who were vaccinated during the reporting period analysed \u2013 in the entire group, not just young people.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54985fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"54985fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"390\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/02\/myocarditis.20190221102619542868199.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1499\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/02\/myocarditis.20190221102619542868199.jpg 390w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/02\/myocarditis.20190221102619542868199-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e51c2c2\" data-id=\"e51c2c2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a658047 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a658047\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>What is myocarditis?\u00a0<\/h5><p><em>Myocarditis is inflammation of the heart muscle. The heart muscle is called the myocardium and &#8220;itis&#8221; means inflammation<\/em><em>.<\/em><\/p><p>Myocarditis is more common in young people and it can be caused by bacteria or viruses, among other things.<\/p><p>Therefore, it is important to note that myocarditis has other causes.<\/p><h5>\u00a0<\/h5><h5>What does the term &#8220;incidence&#8221; mean?<\/h5><p>Incidence describes how many new cases of a disease appear in a population.<\/p><p>Whereas prevalence describes the total number of cases in the population.<\/p><h5>What is a Risk-Benefit Analysis?<\/h5><p>This is the process of comparing the potential risks associated with a decision or course of action, against the potential benefits and determining if the benefits outweigh the risks.<\/p><h5>More about the FDA Risk-Benefit Analysis:<\/h5><p>16-17 year old males have a higher risk profile related to vaccinations. However, the number of COVID-19-related hospitalisations in this age group prevented by the vaccine, compared to the number of myocarditis cases caused by the vaccine &#8211; was similar. Therefore, the risk was similar to the benefit.<\/p><p>In older individuals, more COVID-19 hospitalisations were prevented by the vaccine than myocarditis cases caused and as such, the benefit outweighed the risk.<\/p><p>It must also be noted that a person is more likely to stay in hospital for longer due to COVID-19 disease, than due to vaccination-related myocarditis. Length of hospital stay, particularly prolonged stay, has a hugely negative impact on favourable patient outcomes.<\/p><p>This makes the Risk-Benefit Analysis clear \u2013 <em>it is safer to be vaccinated than not to be vaccinated<\/em>, even for 18-24 year old males.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9236ed0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9236ed0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-764391f\" data-id=\"764391f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0537f9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0537f9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Did the J&amp;J and Pfizer Clinical Trials prove the vaccines are safe and effective?<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-97780b7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"97780b7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-600447e\" data-id=\"600447e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d551dce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d551dce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6>J&amp;J Vaccine:<\/h6><p>The short answer is: yes.<\/p><p>This study proved that one dose of the J&amp;J vaccine provided protection against SERIOUS COVID-19 disease.<\/p><p>The safety of the vaccine is comparable to other COVID-19 vaccines.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/10s0DuW5bxLLK545crovv2j_9HPHRyrAs\/view?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Click here<\/span><\/a> to view the article.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5017bd4\" data-id=\"5017bd4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a81cda0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a81cda0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6>Pfizer Vaccine:<\/h6><p>The short answer is: yes.<\/p><p>This study found that two doses of the Pfizer vaccine would provide 95% protection and that the safety of the vaccine was comparable to other vaccines for viral infections.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1vStWUz0vr8WJZpVyEUpQFkYzlUHUalWD\/view?usp=sharing\">Click here<\/a><\/span> to view the article.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0f532b9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0f532b9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4321aa8\" data-id=\"4321aa8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c1eaf2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c1eaf2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>What is the Process to Approve a Vaccine?<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d987557 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d987557\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c17f49\" data-id=\"1c17f49\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-044c2fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"044c2fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"><div class=\"layoutArea\"><div class=\"column\"><p>Once the pre-clinical work, that is, the lab work and animal studies have been completed an application can be made for assessment of efficacy and safety of an \u201cinvestigational new drug\u201d (IND) in clinical trials involving human subjects.<\/p><p>There are 4 phases in the evaluation of an IND in the clinical trial process. Once clinical trials are completed, and the IND is deemed safe and efficacious the drug\/ product is submitted for licensure.<\/p><p>Scientists have been working for many years to develop vaccines against coronaviruses, such as those that cause severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is related to these other coronaviruses.<\/p><p>The knowledge that was gained through past research on coronavirus vaccines helped speed up the initial development of the current COVID-19 vaccines.<\/p><p>The process during which an application is made to a regulating authority, usually takes years. During the development of COVID-19 vaccines, the first 3 phases of the clinical trial process overlapped to speed up the process so the vaccines could be developed as quickly as possible to control the pandemic. No trial phases were skipped.<\/p><p>All data is analysed independently by drug regulatory authorities to ensure that the clinical trials have been conducted in a proper manner to ensure safety and efficacy.<\/p><p>During the clinical trials, monitors will be appointed to ensure that trial implementation has been conducted at the required standard.<\/p><p>Before the review for licensure was completed, the vaccine was made available for emergency use based on safety and efficacy data already submitted to drug regulatory authorities. This was in response to the high mortality seen and to prevent further deaths and severe SARS COV 2.<\/p><p>SAHPRA were prepared to review information\/data as they became available through clinical trials. In this way they were able to review the data collected quickly without compromising on quality or rigour of review, looking at investigations made locally only by South African investigators.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-463ed50\" data-id=\"463ed50\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e239604 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e239604\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/04\/Nair.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1731\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/04\/Nair.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/04\/Nair-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/04\/Nair-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-598f840\" data-id=\"598f840\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9b0fb1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c9b0fb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr Gonasagrie (Lulu) Nair<\/p><p><em>(MBChB)<\/em><\/p><p>Provided this information.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1ee8e9c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1ee8e9c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-95a39da\" data-id=\"95a39da\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-900554c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"900554c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"451\" height=\"451\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/05\/Moodley.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1883\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/05\/Moodley.jpeg 451w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/05\/Moodley-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/05\/Moodley-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d34304b\" data-id=\"d34304b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4f3fc3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d4f3fc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Prof Keymanthri Moodley<\/p><p><em>(MBChB, EMBA)<\/em><\/p><p>Provided this information.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f7db5b6\" data-id=\"f7db5b6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cd6c38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5cd6c38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"><div class=\"layoutArea\"><div class=\"column\"><p>Unlike many other vaccines that were developed previously to prevent infectious diseases, with respect to COVID vaccine we have real world experience regarding side effects, especially the very serious side effects of which the public was notified.<\/p><p>Known efficacy of SARS COV 2 vaccine was weighed against the risks of severe infection and resultant morbidity, mortality and admission for clinical care.<\/p><p>Once we have a vaccine that displays efficacy in clinical trials, we look at the ethical issues related to vaccine access, the supply of vaccines and the impact of public health measures on human rights. Personal\/ individual rights in a public health emergency, can be limited. It is completely justifiable to limit rights in a public health emergency where a pandemic affects the health of billions of people world-wide.<\/p><p>Many individuals view the S.A. constitution as having unlimited power in ensuring rights of the individual. However, it does include a clause concerning the limitations of rights. From a legal and ethics perspective, personal rights can be limited in a public health emergency.<\/p><p>Incentives may be provided to increase vaccine uptake\/acceptance however they are problematic and prove to have minimal impact in increasing vaccine uptake as opposed to vaccine mandates.<\/p><p>The wastage of vaccine doses is unethical. Some believe that young people and children are unaffected by Covid-19. However, in Southern Africa the mortality rate in children due to covid is high. When deciding not to take a vaccine it is not a risk-free choice.<\/p><p>The vaccinated have a much lower risk of developing severe infection as opposed to the unvaccinated and partially vaccinated. The vaccine invariably has benefit in preventing symptomatic infection as well as reducing the period of infectiousness. The risk of infecting others surrounding you is also reduced.<\/p><p>If you are vaccinated your viral load is lower, symptom load, risk is lower. The problem of developing immunity through a natural Covid infection is exposing yourself to complications and others to risk.<\/p><p>This is what happens when younger people on university campuses infect staff and administrators many of whom are older and have many co-morbidities. In addition, the level and duration of immunity are unknown with natural infections.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\"><div class=\"layoutArea\"><div class=\"column\"><p>Vaccines are important in a work environment, and universities are indeed work environments. It is required that work environments maintain safety which is in line with national labour laws.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-34fb9cc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"34fb9cc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6421d2b\" data-id=\"6421d2b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2700657 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2700657\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>How is COVID-19 Disease related to brain damage?<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a66e184 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a66e184\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5bf5a0d\" data-id=\"5bf5a0d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1e67f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a1e67f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A study in the UK recently found that COVID-19 disease is associated with changes in the structure of the brain.\u00a0<\/p><p>The impact this may have on your functioning has not yet been determined.<\/p><p>You can find the article <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1oByroxiJMbAotelLL-Z-TjZ21vBkEIVh\/view?usp=sharing\">here.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0d8515e\" data-id=\"0d8515e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01fcac9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"01fcac9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/03\/download.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1696\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/03\/download.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/03\/download-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-555bc63 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"555bc63\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4fd0c13\" data-id=\"4fd0c13\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf33e3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cf33e3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">General Topics<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fb70131 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fb70131\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6710c47\" data-id=\"6710c47\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3064d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f3064d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>What is the point of the Vaccine?<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4fa3b7a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4fa3b7a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d620c2a\" data-id=\"d620c2a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7d74de elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a7d74de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1BjLRBHYu4k_ybLOA89MiNttDqJVzWWUz\/view?usp=sharing\">review<\/a><\/span> conducted by the UK&#8217;s Health Security Agency shows that vaccines are effective in preventing people from suffering from long COVID-19 disease.<\/p><h5>What is long COVID-19 disease?<\/h5><p>Long COVID-19 disease is when you continue to experience the effects of COVID, even after the normal duration of the illness.\u00a0<\/p><p>The consequences of your COVID-19 infection have not gone away.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hopkinsmedicine.org\/health\/conditions-and-diseases\/coronavirus\/covid-long-haulers-long-term-effects-of-covid19\">Here<\/a><\/span> is a useful resource that describes long COVID.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1bwhAK3lUt0-gVGyPkwYJSTKYSjY2VvKo\/view?usp=sharing\">This resource<\/a><\/span> describes how vaccination PREVENTS long COVID-19 disease.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a112f27\" data-id=\"a112f27\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb9e309 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cb9e309\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/02\/UK_Health_Security_Agency_Logo.svg_.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1635\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/02\/UK_Health_Security_Agency_Logo.svg_.png 640w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/02\/UK_Health_Security_Agency_Logo.svg_-283x300.png 283w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5e07686 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5e07686\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1cd3932\" data-id=\"1cd3932\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76a0e02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"76a0e02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"301\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/05\/Image.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1888\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/05\/Image.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/05\/Image-300x141.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/05\/Image-768x361.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d6f5b49 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d6f5b49\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-865dbfd\" data-id=\"865dbfd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74e4586 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"74e4586\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Reliable Websites<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1dd88d5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1dd88d5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5524907\" data-id=\"5524907\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d8c13e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8d8c13e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>World Health Organisation<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9d17f85 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9d17f85\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-252fb3e\" data-id=\"252fb3e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b095ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5b095ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"671\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/02\/schemaOrgLogo-976x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1419\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/02\/schemaOrgLogo-976x1024.jpeg 976w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/02\/schemaOrgLogo-286x300.jpeg 286w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/02\/schemaOrgLogo-768x805.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/02\/schemaOrgLogo.jpeg 1192w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-858e7e7\" data-id=\"858e7e7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e93a34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e93a34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/emergencies\/diseases\/novel-coronavirus-2019\/covid-19-vaccines\">World Health Organization (WHO) website<\/a><\/span> is a trustworthy website that contains information on COVID-19 disease and vaccinations, as well as many others.\u00a0<\/p><p>The website contains information on vaccines currently under trial, as well as a link to the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.who.int\/\">WHO COVID-19 Dashboard<\/a><\/span> where all the latest statistics on the pandemic can be found.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b29420b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b29420b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8fbda56\" data-id=\"8fbda56\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8ca730 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f8ca730\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Centres for Disease Control<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-18107ad elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"18107ad\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2804a59\" data-id=\"2804a59\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1876e11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1876e11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecdc.europa.eu\/en\/immunisation-and-vaccines\">The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control<\/a><\/span> (ECDC) website contains information on immunisation and vaccines and also has a link to a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecdc.europa.eu\/en\/publications-data\/covid-19-vaccine-tracker\">COVID-19 vaccine tracker.<\/a><\/span><\/p><p>If you are hesitant to take the vaccine, read their page on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecdc.europa.eu\/en\/immunisation-vaccines\/vaccine-hesitancy\">vaccine hesitancy<\/a><\/span>. There are links to publications at the bottom.<\/p><p>Are the COVID-19 vaccines safe? Are they effective? Are they still necessary? How do we achieve herd immunity? All of these questions are answered on their <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecdc.europa.eu\/en\/covid-19\/questions-answers\/questions-and-answers-vaccines\">COVID-19 vaccines page.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3723f80\" data-id=\"3723f80\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fa5992 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3fa5992\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/02\/9oft8kxO_400x400.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1421\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/02\/9oft8kxO_400x400.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/02\/9oft8kxO_400x400-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/02\/9oft8kxO_400x400-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7031b08 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7031b08\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-27b9dc0\" data-id=\"27b9dc0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9314c15 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9314c15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/02\/CDC-Logo-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1425\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/02\/CDC-Logo-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/02\/CDC-Logo-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/02\/CDC-Logo-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/02\/CDC-Logo-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/02\/CDC-Logo-2048x1152.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-38b660d\" data-id=\"38b660d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5cc4b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c5cc4b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/vaccines\/index.html\">The Centre for Disease Control<\/a><\/span> has links to frequently asked questions about the COVID-19 vaccinations as well as a page on &#8220;Myths and Facts about COVID-19 Vaccines.&#8221;<\/p><p>This is a helpful link to clarify misconceptions about the COVID-19 vaccines.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6c9d288 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6c9d288\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e170666\" data-id=\"e170666\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30c689b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30c689b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Department of Health Websites<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6241d48 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6241d48\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0e1f30d\" data-id=\"0e1f30d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd07eb0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd07eb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.gov.za\/covid19\/\">The National Department of Health<\/a><\/span> has statistics for our country as well as information on COVID-19 disease.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e5840d1\" data-id=\"e5840d1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-675a06b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"675a06b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"111\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/02\/DepartmentOfHealth_Logo.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1430\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1170185 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1170185\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ab76db1\" data-id=\"ab76db1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51c2b07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"51c2b07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"423\" height=\"119\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/02\/download.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1431\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/02\/download.png 423w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/02\/download-300x84.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-841ab27\" data-id=\"841ab27\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ebd09b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9ebd09b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westerncape.gov.za\/dept\/health\">The Western Cape Department of Health<\/a><\/span> has information on the vaccines, a link to the vaccine certificate and a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.westerncape.gov.za\/covid-19-dashboard\">COVID-19 dashboard<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ca45afc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ca45afc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f92284\" data-id=\"4f92284\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a9f646 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4a9f646\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Unreliable Websites<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e8e16b2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e8e16b2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b332202\" data-id=\"b332202\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb27933 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fb27933\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>The Expos\u00e9<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7175aeb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7175aeb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4cb0cb8\" data-id=\"4cb0cb8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a22c78e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a22c78e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>This website does not contain reliable information.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><p>The data utilised pertains to the beginning of the pandemic. It therefore includes deaths for a year before there was any vaccination.<\/p><p>Places such as New York and Italy were hit quite badly and then later vaccinated well.<\/p><p>The website also includes countries in sub-Saharan Africa that have not been reporting their cases. To collect only counted cases from such places is not an accurate measure at all.<\/p><p>Even some South African provinces are reporting only about 20-30% of cases by best estimates \u2013 in a country from which there is enough data to estimate this.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7e79268\" data-id=\"7e79268\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b88ccd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4b88ccd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"84\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/02\/cropped-NEW-TRIAL-2-28921-AQUIFER-1024x135.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1600\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/02\/cropped-NEW-TRIAL-2-28921-AQUIFER-1024x135.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/02\/cropped-NEW-TRIAL-2-28921-AQUIFER-300x39.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/02\/cropped-NEW-TRIAL-2-28921-AQUIFER-768x101.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/02\/cropped-NEW-TRIAL-2-28921-AQUIFER.jpeg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-882dd09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"882dd09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A website that is a more reliable reporter of statistics related to COVID-19 can be found <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/grapher\/united-states-rates-of-covid-19-deaths-by-vaccination-status?country=~All+ages\">here<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-83623f3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"83623f3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cfb031c\" data-id=\"cfb031c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32b649a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"32b649a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>How Bad is my Batch<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f072d94 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f072d94\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-280a272\" data-id=\"280a272\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-499ab29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"499ab29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This website was launched by a British man named Craig Paardekooper. He is not a doctor and has no background in medicine.\u00a0<\/p><p>The data used on his website comes from VAERS &#8211; Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System &#8211; that is used in the USA for anyone to record an adverse event they believe to be linked to the vaccines.<\/p><p>The purpose of this system is to allow for rare events to be picked up &#8211; but also allow for all events to be investigated.\u00a0<\/p><p>Most, after careful investigations, are found to have no link to the vaccine, or to be minor in severity.<\/p><p>Paardekooper draws false conclusions and makes faulty analyses of the data and the information contained on this website is largely of his own opinion.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f3a232\" data-id=\"4f3a232\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e4c94c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0e4c94c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"369\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/02\/google-chrome-may-soon-keep-your-back-button-from-being-hija_j1j4.1248-1024x591.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1643\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/02\/google-chrome-may-soon-keep-your-back-button-from-being-hija_j1j4.1248-1024x591.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/02\/google-chrome-may-soon-keep-your-back-button-from-being-hija_j1j4.1248-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/02\/google-chrome-may-soon-keep-your-back-button-from-being-hija_j1j4.1248-768x443.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/02\/google-chrome-may-soon-keep-your-back-button-from-being-hija_j1j4.1248.jpg 1248w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-42bbbf2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"42bbbf2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0cfcaad\" data-id=\"0cfcaad\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdad43f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cdad43f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Unreliable Sources of Information<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4cc0049 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4cc0049\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f5a08b1\" data-id=\"f5a08b1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-780decd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"780decd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS)<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-28618ba elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"28618ba\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9dffb74\" data-id=\"9dffb74\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07d0328 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"07d0328\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"302\" height=\"167\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/02\/download-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1608\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/02\/download-1.png 302w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/02\/download-1-300x166.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48493d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"48493d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/vnbv86-winning-the-war-against-therapeutic-nihilism-and-trusted-treatments-vs-unte.html\">presentation<\/a><\/span> was held by this organisation on 2 October 2021. The speaker talks to the toxicity of the spike protein in the vaccines.\u00a0<\/p><p>A point to consider is that when one is infected with SARS-CoV2, regardless of vaccination status, there is uncontrolled expression of the spike protein as part of the pathogenesis of the disease.<\/p><p>The risk of serious effects from SARS-CoV2 disease is higher than that of the vaccination.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9fe60e5\" data-id=\"9fe60e5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b21b1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b21b1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) is a politically conservative non-profit association that promotes medical <strong>misinformation<\/strong>, such as HIV\/AIDS denialism, the abortion-breast cancer hypothesis, vaccine and autism connections, and homosexuality reducing life expectancy.<\/p><p>The association was founded in 1943 to oppose a government attempt to nationalize health care.<\/p><p>The group has included notable members, including American Republican politicians Ron Paul, Rand Paul and Tom Price.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f739a3a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f739a3a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-68cb11d\" data-id=\"68cb11d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86d2b49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"86d2b49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/05\/W29330_SU-FacultyMedicineHealth_FMHS-Student-Body-Logo_TAAC2-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1819\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/05\/W29330_SU-FacultyMedicineHealth_FMHS-Student-Body-Logo_TAAC2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/05\/W29330_SU-FacultyMedicineHealth_FMHS-Student-Body-Logo_TAAC2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/05\/W29330_SU-FacultyMedicineHealth_FMHS-Student-Body-Logo_TAAC2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/05\/W29330_SU-FacultyMedicineHealth_FMHS-Student-Body-Logo_TAAC2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/05\/W29330_SU-FacultyMedicineHealth_FMHS-Student-Body-Logo_TAAC2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-93d8201\" data-id=\"93d8201\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f44ab4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0f44ab4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"249\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-02-13-at-11.18.51-PM.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1749\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-02-13-at-11.18.51-PM.jpeg 474w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-02-13-at-11.18.51-PM-300x158.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[:en] Uncertain of the Science behind the Vaccines? Finding Reliable Sources of Information It is all too easy to find information on the internet. The question becomes, is that information true? It is valid? Is it reliable? Can I trust what it says? 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