Unapproved by whom?
>>South African Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize said during a news briefing that the vaccine “has been proven effective against the 501Y.V2 variant and the necessary approval processes for use in South Africa are underway.”
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>>Mkhize said it will move forward with phase 1 of its vaccination strategy, which targets health-care workers, in the form of an “implementation study” in partnership with the Medical Research Council and vaccination sites across the country.
There is government oversight, this isn’t rogue doctors giving it to patients or random testing on unsuspecting peoples.
There are tests groups of humans before general use is aproved and it would appear that this is designed to put prepare people on the front lines of contact for a virus they might encounter.
Can they opt out at this time?
Exactly - more US media spin.
J&J are not in the business of selling illegal medicines. No doubt South Africa has approved it, or their Government wouldn’t be buying it.
FDA bureaucrats do not represent the world.