Such comparisons may appear harmless on the surface, but they have problematic real world consequences.
![US President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Cecil Airport in Jacksonville, Florida, US, September 24, 2020. [Tom Brenner/File Photo/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/RTX8AAU5-1-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Such comparisons may appear harmless on the surface, but they have problematic real world consequences.
![US President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Cecil Airport in Jacksonville, Florida, US, September 24, 2020. [Tom Brenner/File Photo/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/RTX8AAU5-1-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
And forces built to suppress Black resistance cannot be trusted to protect the public.

Claims that Africa will be hit the worst by the pandemic ignore African epidemiological know-how and action.

In rural Uganda, ambulances made with bicycles and electric scooters are giving more people access to health care.
