Mauritius Times
66th Year -- No. 3631 Tuesday, November 24, 2020 www.mauritiustimes.com facebook.com/mauritius.times 18 Pages - ePaper MAURITIUS TIMES l “In a society governed passively by free markets and free elections, organized greed always defeats disorganized democracy.” -- Matt Taibbi, Griftopia Interview : Jack Bizlall “Si on veut changer les choses à Maurice, il faut à tout prix passer à la Deuxième République” + Voir Pages 7-8-9 Covid-19 vaccines are coming - how Villages: The Irreversible March will we know they work and are safe? of Modernity If the vaccine is to be widely applied, the medical community and the public need to be reassured about its safety By By Adam Kleczkowski, University of Strathclyde * See Page 2 Election results no surprise but… + See Page 2 By Dr R Neerunjun Gopee * See Page 3 Mauritius Times Tuesday, November 24, 2020 www.mauritiustimes.com Edit Page facebook.com/mauritius.times 2 The Conversation Election results no Covid-19 vaccines are coming – how surprise but… will we know they work and are safe? The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine may be rolled out in mere weeks hat would have been surprising as yet no end in sight for the crisis. fizer and BioNTech would have been if the results On the other hand, people are also have just released had been otherwise, that is, the W irked by the repeated refusal of the interim results of MSM-backed or leaning factions had P authorities to provide information about their Covid-19 vaccine obtained a landslide victory. What these the modalities and conditionalities trial. Although it is not the results seem to indicate is that the attached to the generous fiscal stimulus only vaccine in the late uncovering of so many irregularities and packages accorded to various compa- stages of testing, the large dysfunctions in the governance of the nies and businesses, attempts to do so size and careful design of country have definitely had an impact on in Parliament being waived off summari- the trial, not to mention the a good proportion of the citizenry, suffi- ly, or squarely ignored.
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