[Daily Maverick] On 21 June 2021, Dr Fareed Abdullah made a submission to the Moseneke inquiry into whether the October local government elections would be free and fair. He submitted that 'elections be postponed to a time in the future when there is a demonstrable decrease of severe disease, hospital admissions and deaths as a result of high coverage of effective vaccinations'. His submission contains an important analysis of South Africa's experience of Covid-19 so far, projections concerning a fourth and further waves a