Solid fuels, including charcoal and wood, produce high levels of solid and liquid particles, and a Harvard University study has found that higher levels of microscopic particles were associated with higher death rates from Covid-19.
Health minister Zweli Mkhize said on Saturday that chronic pulmonary disease, which is caused mainly by smoking but also by air pollution, was one of the underlying conditions in some of the seriously ill Covid-19 patients who had been hospitalised. During lockdown, said Von Holdt, individuals’ exposure to these pollutants could increase with “people spending longer hours at home, including in areas with unpaved roads with dust emitted from this source as well”.
“The burden falls most heavily on the black population. Low indoor air quality affects 24% of black households, 9% of coloured households and only 1% of white or Indian households.”
please experts what do you expect people to do. come tell us when we living under the bread line and more coming due to job losses . So grace us with an solution cause them roads won't be paved magically over night nor electricity which hasn't been for years.
Someone is thinking of adding braai to list of banned things
😂😂😂😂Study going crazy now
Why don't you guys tell that story to Europeans who died like cockroaches or American who are dying everyday... Maybe they'll stop using firehoods for their cookings... Shame on you!
NicoletteErasms Niyanya nyi!
Really.... give it 2 days and then dom NDZ will bann braais.
That's for America, they must leave Africa alone, I'm not interested in Harvard and Bill gates stuff
This is a lie. People know poor people use coal and wood to keep themselves warm during winter, now this will put more poor using this method to be more exposed to cold.
Hayi suka mxxxxxxm
NicoletteErasms Correlation =/= causation. That being said, the real correlation is poverty. I don’t know shit about SA, but I know rich ppl don’t cook like that
Do people in America cook in fires?
Click bait
Admin how about you tell those people who find those findings to start study about this medicine
NicoletteErasms Correlation does not equate causation.
Ok i see, thats why people in Europe and USA are dying a lot(but they dont use open fire to cook). Ndidizzy
Braai and die 🔥
Grade R study
Nah they should not try this trick...its got some hidden agenda written on it..
Will this also be banned?
Ag now lies are starting to creep in
It's all about the smoke not the heat people. Bathong 🙄
It make sense why Nandos is not resuming business yet..
Obviously 🙄 🙄 🙄 we know it reduces the lung capacity and flow of air , it’s smoke 🙄🙄🙄 tell us something we don’t know !! We never chose poverty 🤔🤔🤔Or did we because Chris Hani would have taken us a different path. COVIDー19
Shut up
Distraction...
It's TRUE I trust them.that smoke we inhaling from woods fire or coal fire is very dangerous
Carl_CE50 Save me from myself
This is Madness
Now ur being foolish fotsek
I'm not convinced!!!!
Useless study
Cigarettes seems to be the only news we these days in SA
Hai I don't understand anymore
Reliability and validity of the information please?
Yep. See Americans and Europeans are known to use fire for their meals, hence the damage we see
Y'all now have jokes ne?😂😂😂
It's basic logic really since smoke (from fires/cigarettes/factories you name it) affects the lungs badly and Corona effects the lungs as well so if the lungs are already damaged by smoke from anything it can lead to death.
Oh like really?
Smoke affects lungs after all and Corona is also known to destroy em
So you going to ban wood and coal next?
I don't know what to believe anymore
Stop spreading FakeNewsAlert FakeNews
So than I not aloud to braai anymore
They will NEVER take away my “braai”!!!
But y'all said it can't stand heat..
Here comes another ban.
So in other words Shisa nyama is dangerous!
WTF
Ja, like smoking.
Those whites in the western cape don't cook on fire yekelani ukunya
Se ni yanya manje.
so-called experts are really mad