South Africa accuses UK and others of 'knee-jerk' reaction to new variant

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2. I'm sure that if South Africa would develop an effective vaccine against the new mutation

And then, if they would manufacture enough doses to inoculate their population, and administer them to all their citizens, plus the citizens of countries with direct air connections to their country, there would be no knee-jerk reactions like the ones they are objecting to.

I read that the KLM crews on the two flights to Schipol where ten per cent of the arriving passengers tested positive for Covid had problems with passenger not wearing masks during the flights. There might not be any "anti-asshole" drops one can put into the drinking water in planes, but I would make a careful check of the passengers on board before leaving the gate, and I would have no problem with dragging any of them off that refuse to wear a mask. For that matter, I would also forbid alcohol on airplane flights, but I realize I'd have a lot easier time with that than some others.