{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5fad6d24bc034454b53fe011/61c0b68d21eb7a0013850070?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Brian Pottinger: Why South Africans are refusing the vaccine","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5fad6d24bc034454b53fe011/1632244808047-b5b0828216bf8be7b026c08ba39d3ad8.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>As new data about the Omicron variant is interpreted (and perhaps predictably, misinterpreted) by experts worldwide, South Africa has become a coronavirus case-study under global surveillance. Last week,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://unherd.com/thepost/deep-data-dive-is-omicron-the-end-of-the-pandemic/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">UnHerd spoke to Pieter Streicher</a>&nbsp;about the data coming out of Gauteng, but we now wanted to look at the bigger picture in that country.</p><p>To get a snapshot into the cultural and political reality on the ground, Freddie Sayers sat down with&nbsp;<a href=\"https://unherd.com/author/brian-pottinger/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Brian Pottinger</a>, former Editor of the South African&nbsp;<em>Sunday Times.&nbsp;</em>He joined UnHerd from his home on the KwaZulu Natal North Coast.</p><p><br></p><p>For the full story check out <a href=\"https://unherd.com/?post_type=thepost&amp;p=299017\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Post</a> from UnHerd</p>","author_name":"UnHerd"}