African football legends, Didier Drogba and Samuel Eto’o, have condemned comments by two French doctors suggesting that trial vaccines for COVID-19 should be tested and used in Africa before global circulation.
The video, which has since gone viral sparked debate with many stressing that the comments are seemingly racist.
Professor Jean-Paul Mira, head of intensive care unit at the Cochin Hospital in Paris, said: “If I can be proactive, shouldn’t we do this study in Africa where there are no masks, no treatment, no resuscitation?”
Professor Camile Locht, the research director at Inserm, replied: “You are right. We are currently thinking in parallel about a study in Africa to make sure this same type of approach with the BCG.”
“There is a tender process that has gone out or is going to go out. We will seriously think about that,” he added.
Their comments infuriated the African soccer stars with Drogba stating that the suggestion was taking “African people as human guinea pigs,” adding in another tweet that “Africa isn’t a testing lab”.
“It is inconceivable that we continue to accept this. I strongly denounce these serious, racist remarks!” Drogba tweeted.
“Help us save lives in Africa and stop the spread of this virus which is destabilizing the whole world, instead of considering us as guinea pigs. It is absurd!
Eto’o, on the other hand, called the doctors “assassins”.
In an Instagram post, the former Barcelona forward wrote: “You are just SH*T. Africa can’t be yours to play with.”
BCG is one of the various vaccines being considered as a potential cure for coronavirus. Typically, BCG is used for tuberculosis.
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