The claim was not only out of date but ignored several problems with data collection.
A tweet by an account that frequently pushes COVID-19 and general vaccine misinformation went viral on Jan. 4, 2023 despite the fact that the tweet, consisting of a screenshot ofThat story's headline claim was that"Africa is only 6% vaccinated" yet"Covid has practically disappeared." The implication is that these data somehow prove vaccines' ineffectiveness. That article, published by the Natural News-linked outlet Newstarget on Nov.
This Snopes article explores the tweet's two parallel claims. First, we look at the assertion that only 6% of Africa is vaccinated, and, second, we explore the assertion that the virus has"practically disappeared" from the region. The former assertion is out of date, but was correct in November 2021. The latter claim ignores several problems with data collection.
Most global Covid trackers register no cases in Sierra Leone because testing for the virus here is effectively nonexistent. With no testing, there are no cases to report. A research project at Njala University in Sierra Leone has found that 78 percent of people have antibodies for this coronavirus. Yet Sierra Leone has reported only 125 Covid deaths since the start of the pandemic.
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