Article originally published on Daily Maverick
The response of the scientific community has been unprecedented.
Over the weekend, the move was criticised by organisations such as the South African Gastroenterology Society and the Perinatal HIV Research Unit at Wits University. However, perhaps most significant is a statement supporting Gray which, in less than two days, has been signed by 250 of South Africa’s leading scientists and academics, including deans of faculties, other members of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Covid-19, former Unisa Vice-Chancellor Barney Pityana and University of the Witwatersrand Vice-Chancellor, Adam Habib.
