‘You’re just SH*T!’ – Eto’o & Drogba slam medical professors over ‘racist’ remarks coronavirus vaccine tests should be conducted in Africa
Two doctors had suggested on French television that testing for a potential vaccine against Covid-19 should happen in Africa
Samuel Eto’o and Didier Drogba have hit back angrily at “racist and contemptuous” comments made by two doctors on French television suggesting studies on drugs to combat coronavirus should be tested in Africa.
Former Chelsea and Senegal forward Demba Ba posted a video of the exchange on Twitter.
Ba commented: “Welcome to the West, where white people believe themselves to be so superior that racism and stupidity become commonplace. TIME TO RISE.”
The comments in question regard the potential testing of the BCG vaccine, generally used against tuberculosis, as a preventative measure against Covid-19.
“If I can be provocative, shouldn’t we do this study in Africa where there are no masks, no treatment, no resuscitation?” asked Professor Jean-Paul Mira, head of the intensive care unit at the Cochin Hospital in Paris.
