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> How is this relevant to the discussion? It provides context on the financial and preparation (or lack thereof), which can be of value when someone reads them
by nevi-me 6y ago
> How is this relevant to the discussion?
It provides context on the financial and preparation (or lack thereof), which can be of value when someone reads them.
> I always wondered why we South Africans think we are so special
Respectfully, if news about Burundi appears on a website that's read by at least 40% North Americans [0], who might not have interesting context about some back-story on Burundi, would such person think "they're special" when offering such details?
> Especially the South Africans who left after the transition to a democracy
Well, I've missed work for almost 2 weeks because we've been burying family members, some in the Health Department, who have been complaining about the lack of PPE.
You can understand my anxiety when we were hopeful that a vaccine could be rolled out to protect front-line workers, but now it could be a few more months before we're able to procure the alternatives (I'm assuming the mRNA ones).
[0] https://www.similarweb.com/website/news.ycombinator.com/#overview https://www.similarweb.com/website/news.ycombinator.com/#ove...
- wesleywt 6y agoNo. Its still irrelevant to the fact that the Oxford vaccine is probably ineffective to the South African strain. The post is more South African whining rather than the discussion at hand.
- dvfjsdhgfv 6y agoFirst, in this case, relevance is not binary. Second, even if it was 100% unrelated, it's still interesting to know the context first hand rather from a fellow HN-er as opposed to a more general view from a journalist who is limited in what they can say.