{"id":4967,"date":"2020-04-14T16:37:58","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T14:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/?p=4967"},"modified":"2022-12-07T15:08:27","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T13:08:27","slug":"social-scientists-views-on-covid-19-in-southern-africa-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/blog\/social-scientists-views-on-covid-19-in-southern-africa-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Social scientists\u2019 views on Covid-19 in Southern Africa (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1024px-Soweto_Housing_Johannesburg-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5044\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1024px-Soweto_Housing_Johannesburg.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1024px-Soweto_Housing_Johannesburg-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1024px-Soweto_Housing_Johannesburg-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><em>Kevin Gabbert, Soweto Housing- Johannesburg, 2009-<\/em>Wikimedia Commons, Public domain\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few weeks ago, Sean Mfundza Muller, a Se nior Lecturer in Economics, discussed the impact on South African society of the direct and indirect consequences that would be induced by a strict lockdown and the cessation of economic activities. His text highlights the extreme complexity of these current issues, the difficulty of political decision-making, and the intertwining of problems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his words, &#8220;Epidemiology is only one tool of public health policy. And public health decisions must take into account the broader social and economic context.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:26px\" class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-red-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Regards des sciences humaines et sociales sur le Covid-19 en Afrique australe (2)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Il y a quelques semaines, Sean Mfundza Muller, chercheur en \u00e9conomie, mettait en garde contre les nombreuses cons\u00e9quences \u2014 directes et indirectes \u2014&nbsp;que le confinement total et l\u2019arr\u00eat des activit\u00e9s \u00e9conomiques faisait peser sur la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 sud-africaine. Ce texte met en&nbsp;lumi\u00e8re&nbsp;l\u2019extr\u00eame complexit\u00e9 des enjeux actuels, la difficult\u00e9 des prises de d\u00e9cision politiques et l\u2019intrication des probl\u00e8mes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00ab L\u2019\u00e9pid\u00e9miologie, \u00e9crit-il, n\u2019est qu\u2019un outil parmi d\u2019autres des&nbsp;politiques&nbsp;de sant\u00e9 publique. Et les d\u00e9cisions en mati\u00e8re de sant\u00e9 publique doivent prendre en compte le contexte social et \u00e9conomique dans son ensemble. \u00bb&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/covid-19-the-cure-could-be-worse-than-the-disease-for-south-africa-134436\"><strong>READ : <\/strong>Se\u00e1n Mfundza Muller, \u00ab The cure could be worse than the disease for South Africa \u00bb, 23\/03\/2020<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks ago, Sean Mfundza Muller, a Se nior Lecturer in Economics, discussed the impact on South African society of the direct and indirect consequences that would be induced by a strict lockdown and the cessation of economic activities. 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