Myths, misconceptions, othering and stigmatizing responses to Covid-19 in South Africa: A rapid qualitative assessment

Tenielle Schmidt; Allanise Cloete; Adlai Davids; Lehlogonolo Makola; Nokubonga Zondi; Monalisa Jantjies

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0244420

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Myths, misconceptions, othering and stigmatizing responses to Covid-19 in South Africa: A rapid qualitative assessment

Tenielle Schmidt ,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

¶‡ TS and AC are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Human and Social Capabilities Division, the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), Pretoria, South Africa
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Allanise Cloete ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: acloete@hsrc.ac.za

¶‡ TS and AC are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Human and Social Capabilities Division, the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), Pretoria, South Africa

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6763-9675

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Adlai Davids ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Adlai Davids, Lehlogonolo Makola, Nokubonga Zondi, Monalisa Jantjies

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Human and Social Capabilities Division, the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), Pretoria, South Africa, Faculty of Health Sciences, Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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Lehlogonolo Makola ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Adlai Davids, Lehlogonolo Makola, Nokubonga Zondi, Monalisa Jantjies

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Children’s Institute of the University of Cape Town (UCT), Cape Town, South Africa
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Nokubonga Zondi ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Adlai Davids, Lehlogonolo Makola, Nokubonga Zondi, Monalisa Jantjies

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Human and Social Capabilities Division, the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), Pretoria, South Africa
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Monalisa Jantjies

Contributed equally to this work with: Adlai Davids, Lehlogonolo Makola, Nokubonga Zondi, Monalisa Jantjies

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Human and Social Capabilities Division, the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), Pretoria, South Africa
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Myths, misconceptions, othering and stigmatizing responses to Covid-19 in South Africa: A rapid qualitative assessment

Tenielle Schmidt,
Allanise Cloete,
Adlai Davids,
Lehlogonolo Makola,
Nokubonga Zondi,
Monalisa Jantjies

Published: December 22, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244420

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