Review of: "Post-Pandemic Reflections from Sub-Saharan Africa: What We Know Now That We Wish We Knew Then"
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Post-Pandemic Reflections from Sub-Saharan Africa: What We Know Now That We Wish We Knew Then Preamble: The authors focused on lessons learned from the COVID-19 Response by two countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).The article is, in the words of the authors, a narrative view, and little empirical evidence was provided.However, they posited that the response to the pandemic could have been better based on four (4) propositions, namely, 1.To separate Science from Politics 2. To separate Medical Practice from Business 3. To ensure Public Health Policies are devoid of untested behaviors 4.And to Formulate Policies and Preventive Practices that are distinct to Societies, Nations, and Cultures.It is difficult to disagree with this retrospective as a critique of decision-making during the pandemic emergency that could generate insights capable of making things better the next time around.More so as the claims of the authors aligned with what a few researchers and informed observers [1-7] were advocating over the course of the COVID-19 Pandemic emergency but were largely unheeded.Nevertheless, the following comments are made for the authors to consider in making the narrative more comprehensive and balanced. Observations:1.The COVID-19 pandemic neither happened SUDDENLY nor UNEXPECTEDLY in SSA, given the lead time of about three months before the first case was documented in both countries after pictures of overwhelmed ICUs, hospitals, overflowing morgues, crematoria, churches, and deserted streets in Europe and North America had been streaming round the world almost on a daily basis.2. Early reports [3][4][8][9] by the World Health Organization (W.H.O) and others before the first case was documented in either country, and as the pandemic was unfolding, defined the foreseeable risks, indicating that SSA had a demographic advantage, with many [1, 5,6 ] calling for a response tailored to local needs within the resources available.3. Specifically, the low mortality pattern of COVID-19 in SSA was evident as far back as 2020, the worst year of the Qeios, CC-BY 4.
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