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An elastic band to a gun fight: why Covid-19 isn’t going anywhere

20 July 2020 - 06:00 By Dr Ryan Ramdass
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Residents of Eldorado Park, Johannesburg, during the lockdown.
Residents of Eldorado Park, Johannesburg, during the lockdown.
Image: ALON SKUY

A vaccine is far off and our rulers are hapless.

So we can rely only on ourselves to survive the pandemic.

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