To curb the corona virus, researchers are working on an antidote. An idea from France causes excitement. FC Bayern star David Alaba is horrified.
- The corona virus affects the whole world.
- A vaccine against Covid-19 is currently being worked on.
- A proposal from France shakes David Alaba . The Bayern star is outraged.
Munich - The coronavirus pandemic has taken on a worldwide dimension and also affects sport with all its severity *. While training at FC Bayern * resumed on Monday, defender David Alaba is busy with something completely different - the Austrian with a migration background is shocked by a proposal to contain corona .
Two French scientists caused a stir with the idea of testing a possible corona vaccine * in Africa . There are "no masks, no treatment options and no resuscitation measures," said Jean-Paul Mira, chief physician at the Paris Cochin Hospital, on French television. So it was done with studies on AIDS.
Corona / FC Bayern: Vaccine proposal shakes David Alaba: "Doctors or clowns?"
Alaba was outraged by the possible plans of the scientists. On Twitter, the son of a Phillipine and a Nigerian described the considerations as "shameful and unacceptable". The Viennese-born was also not sure " whether the two types are doctors or clowns ".
At the same time, the 27-year-old called for solidarity: "We all have to stand together and work hand in hand to fight this virus."
Trying a # Covid19 accine in Africa ??? Are these two guys doctors or clowns? This is a kind of racism I could never imagine. Disgraceful and unacceptable!
We all have to stand together and work hand in hand to fight this virus.
Corona vaccine causes excitement - not only David Alaba disrupts
Alaba's criticism joins a long list of prominent soccer players. International player Antonio Rüdiger also railed against what he considered a "shameful" suggestion: "As if the Africans were an animal," tipped the Chelsea defender: " This is racism at the highest level. "
Storm icon Didider Drogba also reacted clearly, making it clear that Africa was "not a test laboratory", Samuel Eto'o hit the same notch.
In Africa, the pandemic does not yet seem to have assumed the size of Europe, which is severely affected by Covid-19 or the United States, which is also suffering from the disease, but experts say that disaster soon threatens across the continent. The reason for this is the poor health systems and life in the big cities in a very small space.
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