People’s actions are making a real difference against the coronavirus

FOR many people, one of the most unsettling things about living through the coronavirus pandemic is the feeling of lacking control – whether it is over our daily lives, the broader situation or both.

Vaccines promised a return to some kind of normality and, with it, a greater sense of control.

But this week has brought sobering news: South Africa has decided to pause its roll-out of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine because of findings that it doesn’t offer enough protection against the B.1.351 coronavirus variant first detected in that country.

That promised sense of more control may now seem to …