The hysteria of the Omicron has spiralled out of control, thanks once again to Perfidious Albion
SA found itself on the receiving end of its own excellence last week. It wasn’t a new experience, just the rotten fruits of centuries of exploitation, overlaid with the more recent Afro-pessimism with a dollop of Perfidious Albion for good measure.
International sporting fixtures were thrown into disarray; British rugby teams that were actually in SA summarily cancelled their matches and headed for the airport. As I write this, three days after the games were postponed, they are still waiting forlornly to catch a flight. We live in a country that didn’t hesitate to implement the harshest lockdown in the world in March 2020, when the extent of the pandemic became known, and with it the potential to collapse our public health system and the prospect of unimaginable carnage.
It’s a far cry from 10 Downing Street, where the British prime minister is perennially pictured in public without a mask anywhere close to his mouth. It’s a far cry from Twickenham almost a fortnight ago, where 80,000 fans flocked to the game, nary a mask between them — and yet SA fans were now being blamed for causing a superspreader event.
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