![]() Luiz Rampelotto/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Imagesīut this was never an option because the scientists who advise the government insisted that restrictions were not meant to stop the virus transmitting, merely to slow it down so that, when the “inevitable” surge arrived, the health system was ready. Legitimacy could have remained high if, like some other countries, South Africa’s had done what early lockdowns are meant to do - cut infections and deaths to a handful.Ĭooperative Governance minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. But this problem was largely solved because citizens knew – and feared - what was happening elsewhere. This creates a legitimacy problem: people must sacrifice yet they do not see the fatalities and overloaded hospitals which influenced citizens of some European countries. The country locked down early, when cases and deaths were relatively few. But it has been eroded and has now dissolved. South Africa’s lockdown rules started with high legitimacy. Pandemics don’t heal divisions - they reveal them. If they don’t, even thousands of troops will not get them to obey. This knowledge also tells us that, even among the vast majority who are not addicts, restrictions will fail if they lack legitimacy: people may not like obeying them, but, if they accept they are there for a good reason, they will comply. Dlamini-Zuma’s belief that the ban will prompt “a sizeable number” of people to give up smoking is contradicted by knowledge of society. South Africa’s bans on cigarette and alcohol sales prompted an illicit cigarette trade, the looting of liquor stores and a sharp rise in the price of pineapples which were used to ferment beer. They can be regulated but banning them never works since addicts find other ways to feed their addiction.īesides the oft-quoted failure of American prohibition, when white governments in South Africa banned black people from consuming “European liquor”, this created shebeens (speakeasies) which remain a feature. But knowledge of how humans act in society tells us that, precisely because they are addictive. Erosion of legitimacyĪddictive substances harm health. It is here that knowledge of society is important. The “nanny state” argument expresses a belief that some of us should not be told what to do by those they consider their inferiors.īut this does not mean health measures will be obeyed. And all democracies allow governments to restrict freedoms to protect citizens in an emergency – by, for example, cordoning off areas hit by fire and flood. Lockdown is riling black and white South Africans: could this be a reset moment?Īll governments restrict citizens to protect their health and safety: this is why we have traffic lights. This complaint says more about the prejudices of those who make it than reality. And, since the loudest opposition has come from white suburbanites, it has revived the familiar conservative argument that a “nanny state” is telling citizens that it knows more about what is good for them than they do. Then, at the apparent prompting of the minister responsible for lockdown rules, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, the decision was reversed the ban is still in force.ĭlamini-Zuma has an unfortunate tendency to lecture rather than persuade and her role seems to have turned muttered resentment among some into loud anger, directed not only at the tobacco ban but the entire lockdown. The ban generated such heat because, when the government began relaxing the lockdown, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that tobacco sales would be allowed. Only around 1 in 5 South Africans smoke and previous government limits on smoking were not controversial. What was not expected was that the most vehement resistance would be aimed at a ban on selling tobacco products. When South Africa’s Covid-19 lockdown began on 27 March, opposition from some quarters was inevitable. It might be prouder if it was also guided by knowledge of how society works. ![]() South Africa’s government is proud that its response to Covid-19 relies on science.
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![]() Do you really want to eat leaves that have been sprayed with a potent fungicide? Do you relish eating pesto spiked with mefenoxam, or marinara sauce containing azoxystrobin? I am not above using chemicals occasionally, but this is not appetizing to me.ĭepending on your tastes, there may be other palatable options. Such products are likely to be useful for greenhouse producers, not home gardeners. Among the promising candidates are mefenoxam and azoxystrobin, potent systemic fungicides which must be used weeks ahead of harvest time to mitigate the poisonous effects of the chemicals. Research is ongoing to find a silver bullet-type treatment. It is important to note that the Virginia Pest Management Guide for 2016 does not yet list basil downy mildew nor recommend any specific treatments for the disease. Like most fungicides for home use, they must be used as preventative sprays, applied before the disease appears, but their effectiveness is limited. Potassium bicarbonate and neem oil are OMRI-approved organic treatments. The literature now cites some chemical treatments for basil downy mildew. (damping off of seedlings and various root rots). It includes a rogue’s gallery of plant pathogens such as Phytophthera infestans (late blight of tomatoes and potatoes), Plasmopara viticola (downy mildew of grapes) and Pythium spp. Oomycetes are fungus-like organisms that laugh (or wave their tiny tails) at standard garden fungicides.Įxperienced gardeners quake when they hear the word oomycetes. Peranospora behlbarii isn’t just any old fungus. When it became critical to address the problem, it proved to be a difficult task. ![]() There had been no problem so there was no need to devise a solution. What’s a basil-loving gardener to do? It should come as no surprise that there were no fungicide sprays approved for use on sweet basil at the time basil downy mildew first appeared. Curiously, it did not affect a plant grown from the same seed in a pot on my deck about 60 feet away. In July 2013 the disease ravaged four beautiful, large basil plants in one of my garden beds, seemingly overnight. The entire sequence can take just a few days. At that point it is over for the basil plant. Then black spots appear on the leaves and gray fuzz develops on the underside of the leaves that’s the downy part of downy mildew. When downy mildew attacks, plants in apparent good health develop some telltale yellowing of the leaves. Gray fuzz on the underside of a leafBasil had been one of the easiest crops to grow in this area until 2013, but no more. The pathogen is thought to travel on infected seed, but this mechanism is not well understood. Plants and growing media infected in a greenhouse are likely to show the disease whenever the temperature and humidity reach optimum levels for P. Its spores can travel long distances on air currents. It does not survive the winter in our area. It was especially severe in 2013, and it has been carried by the ill winds of summer ever since.īasil downy mildew lives year round in Florida and in greenhouses where basil is cultivated. Downy mildew first appeared in the United States in 2007, and 2012 was the first year we saw it in our area. Sweet basil includes many tasty varieties that we have come to cherish in our cuisine: Napolitano, Genovese, Italian Large Leaf, Nufar and others. This is the pathogen that causes basil downy mildew, a devastating disease of Sweet Basil (Ocimum basilicum). It also brought a special gift for gardeners: spores of Peranospora belbahrii. ![]() Warm and humid, it brought typical uncomfortable summer weather to Northern Virginia. 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