GET ME REWRITE: South Africa Minister of Tourism Lindiwe Sisulu laments that rest of the world prioritizes public health over tourism dollars

 

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New York Times, 11/26/2021

In South Africa, officials and business owners reacted bitterly to the international response. The nation put its sophisticated disease surveillance and research systems to good use, and quickly shared the results with the world, only to have its transparency repaid with damaging travel bans.  

“Perhaps our scientists’ ability to trace some of these variants has been our biggest weakness,” said Lindiwe Sisulu, the tourism minister. “We’re finding ourselves punished for the work that we do.”