>> ALL RIGHT. WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS IN ABOUT 55 SECONDS. I’M READY. THANK YOU.
HE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SOUTH
AFRICA. HE CALL SAN ANTONIO HIS
HOMETOWN RIVER. AND REESE COULD
>> OF UNIVERSITY PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH. WE TALKED TO HIM, I
GUESS, IS MAYBE ABOUT A WEEK
AGO FROM SOUTH AFRICA. NOW HE
IS HOME AND I UNDERSTAND YOU
JUST GOT OUT OF QUARANTINE.
THERE WAS A 14 DAY, 10 DAY
QUARANTINE THAT YOU WENT
THROUGH.
>> WELL, JAPHANIE, IT’S SO GOOD
TO BE BACK HOME AND IN SAN
ANTONIO AND IT’S ESPECIALLY
GOOD TO BE ON A FARM
IT’S ACTUALLY INTERESTING STORY
OF HOW WE ENDED UP IN
QUARANTINE. BUT I I THINK WHAT
REALLY EXPERIENCE IS A TWEET OF
THAT. A CANADIAN, YOU COULD BE
A HOLLOW JUST ACTUALLY A
SENDOFF RECENTLY.
AND I DO WHY HE AND YOU’RE
REMINDED US THAT THE COVID-19
IS ACTUALLY PEOPLE VIRAL
PANDEMIC, NOT PEOPLE AGAINST
PEOPLE STOP RACIAL ISE ING
VARIANCE. YEAH, MY EXPERIENCE
IS BASICALLY THAT WE SHOULD
STOP RATIONALIZING AND THAT’S
WHAT I WANT TO SPECIFY. THE
LAST TIME WE TALKED. YOU WERE
IN THE SOUTH AFRICA, RIGHT AS
THE OMICRON VARIANT WAS
DISCOVERED. THERE.
>> AND WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT
THE FACT THAT YEAH, IT WAS
DISCOVERED IN SOUTH AFRICA, BUT
IT HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN OTHER
PLACES BEFORE THAT. YET SOUTH
AFRICA WAS KIND OF FEELING THE
BRUNT OF THE REACTION.
>> TO THAT ENTIRE THING.
>> YOU KNOW, SO THAT WE CAN
CNTINUE TO FEEL THE BRUNT OF
THEIR YOU KNOW, AND THE COUNTRY
THAT IS STILL STRUGGLING TO
OVERCOME THE POS, THOUGH, THE
INJUSTICES OFF THE PAST, THUS A
TRAVEL BAN AGAINST SOUTH
AFRICA’S ABSOLUTELY CRIPPLING
THE TOURIST INDUSTRY. I THINK
THAT’S AN AND TONY INS, WE CAN
REALLY HOW MUCH WE DEPEND ON
TOURISM. AND YOU CAN JUST WITH
CHRISTMAS JUST AROUND THE
CORNER, PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING
RIGHT NOW. WHEN WE LEFT SOUTH
AFRICA IN AUGUST OF
WEEK, THURSDAY, THE THE POLL
WAS ABSOLUTELY A GHOST TOWN.
I MEAN, THERE WERE 2 FEET
FLIGHTS ACTUALLY TO THE U.S. OF
A UNITED FLIGHT LEAVING TO NEW
YORK. AND THEN WE TOOK A DELTA
FLIGHT TO ATLANTA. AND SO THOSE
WERE ABOUT THE ONLY PASSENGERS
WE SAW.
>> NOW, REVEREND, AND THE LAST
TIME WE SPOKE, YOU MENTIONED
THE INEQUITY REGARDING THE
ACCESS TO THE VACCINE IN SOUTH
AFRICA. AND OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE
DIFFERENT SAFETY MEASURES THAT
ARE HAPPENING THERE. HOW WOULD
YOU DESCRIBE THAT TRANSITION
PERIOD? LIKE A COMPARISON TO
SOUTH AFRICA AND WHEN YOU GOT
ARRIVED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
>> YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, I’M
GLAD TO BEEN VERY GLAD TO BE IN
SAN ANTONIO. I REALLY WANT TO
THANK ALL MEYER BOOK AND JUST
PULL FOR THE WAY THEY HANDLE
THE PANDEMIC AND THE STILL
HANDING THE PANDEMIC AND I
ACTUALLY A LOCAL LEVEL. IT IS
VERY MUCH THE SAME AS IN SOUTH
AFRICA. LET’S DO THE BASIC
RIGHT. LET’S GET PEOPLE
VACCINATED. AND THAT IS THE
SPIRIT WAS IN SOUTH AFRICA.
AND I’M COMING BACK. I THINK
THE BIGGEST FLEET WE EXPERIENCE
WAS THAT WE CAME BACK LAST
FRIDAY. WE ACTUALLY ARRIVED IN
SAN ANTONIO, BUT ONE CITY WE
WENT FAVORITE RESTAURANTS AND
SUNDAY ALL SATURDAY MORNING
WE RECEIVED AN E-MAIL THAT WE
NEED TO BE IN QUARANTINE FOR
ABOUT 7 DAYS AND UNDERGO PCR
TEST. WE GLADLY DO THAT.
BUT I THINK THERE’S A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT THE IN THE HALLWAY
HANDLE THE CDC AND LOCAL HEALTH
DEPARTMENTS. AND THIS IS
EXACTLY WHAT WE SAW. WHAT
HAPPENED WITH THE OMICRON
VARIANT SOUTH AFRICA WAS ABLE
TO DETECTIVE YURI AND VERY
FAST. AND YOU’RE IN THE UNITED
STATES. WE STRUGGLE BECAUSE WE
HAVE THIS HOT SAUCE ALL TOPPED
OFF BETWEEN STATE AND LOCAL
HEALTH AUTHORITIES WITH SOUTH
AFRICA HALF MORE A NATIONAL
HEALTH TESTING WHICH HELPED HIM
DEAL WITH THE DISEASE. A VERY
AND IN A VERY EFFICIENT WAY.
>> WHEN YOU ARRIVED IN SOUTH
AFRICA AND YOU CAME FROM THE
UNITED STATES, JEFF, TO
QUARANTINE. WHEN YOU WERE
THERE, DID YOU HAVE TO HAVE
SO MANY NEGATIVE TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT THE DIFFERENCE
IS. WIND. YOU ENTERED THE SOUTH
AFRICA AND LEFT SOUTH AFRICA
COMPARED TO, YOU KNOW, JUST
WHAT YOU HAD TO GO THROUGH AS
FAR AS COVID TESTING IN
DETECTION. WELL, THANK YOU,
STEVE, ASKING BECAUSE I THINK
IT COMES DOWN TO TRUST.
A SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT
REALLY TRUST THEM. BUT
COUNTRIES LIKE THE UNITED
STATES BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW MUCH
WE DEPEND.
>> ON COUNTRIES LIKE UNITED
STATES AND BRITAIN AND CANADA
WHERE AND WE TRUST THE SIGNS
WE TRUST THE PCR. THIS WHEN I
THINK WITH THE U.S. ACTUALLY
DID RECOGNIZE THE PCR TEST AND
THE PUBLIC TEST OFF SOUTH
AFRICA. BUT FOR INSTANCE, IF
I WOULD HAVE FLOWN TO DUE TO
CANADA, A SOUTH AFRICAN AND
CANADIAN STILL STRUGGLE.
THEY STILL HAS TO BE IN
ISOLATION. KIND OF THAT
ACTUALLY DOESN’T EVEN RECOGNIZE
THE SOUTH AFRICAN PCR TEST.
AND THAT SHOWS YOU ONCE AGAIN,
WE OUR
PEOPLE AGAINST A PANDEMIC AND
NOT PEOPLE AGAINST PEOPLE WHO
SHOULD STOP RACIALIZED AND
VARIANCE AND AND DISCREDIT THE
SCIENTISTS AND THE SIGNS OF
OTHER COUNTRIES.
>> I KNOW ONE OF YOUR BIGGEST
MESSAGE IS THAT WE’RE IN THIS
TOGETHER. YOU KNOW, HOW WOULD
YOU HIT THE GROUND RUNNING WITH
IT? LETTING PEOPLE KNOW?
THAT’S THE BIGGEST POINT BEHIND
ALL OF THIS.
>> YOU KNOW, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR LIFTING THAT OUT BECAUSE IT
IS INDEED TRUE. WE ARE ALL IN
THIS TOGETHER. AND ONCE AGAIN,
THE SOUTH AFRICA, THEY MAKE
IT CLEAR, GET VACCINATED.
WEAR YOUR MASK, DISINFECT YOUR
HANDS. IF EACH ONE OF US CAN DO
WHAT WE CAN AND GET VACCINATED,
WE COULD ACTUALLY FACE ON THE
KRON BASED ON SCIENCE. IF WE
CAN GET EVERY PERSON IN AFRICA
VACCINATED, THEN WE ALL WILL
BE HEALTHIER FOR IT. WE ARE
INTERCONNECTED WILL AND WE
BELONG TO A GLOBAL FAMILY.
>> ANDRES COULD FROM UNIVERSITY
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH DREES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
TIME. I’M GLAD YOU’RE HOME.
I’M GLAD YOU FINALLY GET TO