Prof. Dodoo faces Privileges Committee of Parliament over Ebola ignorant comment

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Angry Ghana 10 years ago

Prof. Dodoo was just too charitable with his description of parliamentarians as ignorant. He left out the right word:stupid!What about "ignorant" don't they understand? Aren't they being even more ignorant. He who knows not a ...
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Prof. Dodoo was just too charitable with his description of parliamentarians as ignorant. He left out the right word:stupid!What about "ignorant" don't they understand? Aren't they being even more ignorant. He who knows not and knows that he knows not, needs help. But he who knows not but knows not he knows not, is a fool!
Yes 10 years ago

Perfectly agree with your comments. Prof should stand his grounds.

Perfectly agree with your comments. Prof should stand his grounds.
Papa 10 years ago

I do not blame the MPs. English language comes with its own culture. Statement made by Prof Dodoo will not be considered as insult in British Parliament... Mind you, Prof was trained in England.

I do not blame the MPs. English language comes with its own culture. Statement made by Prof Dodoo will not be considered as insult in British Parliament... Mind you, Prof was trained in England.
wofa yaw 10 years ago

parliamentarians,you are veryvery knowledgeable and know everything.Give prof space to focus on his work.

parliamentarians,you are veryvery knowledgeable and know everything.Give prof space to focus on his work.
ghetto 10 years ago

parliamentarians this days are over exercising their powers. they should allow the ordinary Ghanaian express their view.

parliamentarians this days are over exercising their powers. they should allow the ordinary Ghanaian express their view.
CURIOUS MIND 10 years ago

We must be very careful of the way we go about serious matters in this country. The arrogant posture of Parliament in a technical matter such as Ebola beats my mind. This is even more serious when we read that this week the v ...
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We must be very careful of the way we go about serious matters in this country. The arrogant posture of Parliament in a technical matter such as Ebola beats my mind. This is even more serious when we read that this week the virus has resurfaced in Liberia and measures are again being taken to contain it. We are in here Ghana putting obstacles in the way of research and ridiculing Doctors who duties it is to carry out the test to be able to adopt the medication in case of an outbreak. dreaded as it was, the atomic bomb was tested in the USA, California for sure before being deployed against the Japanese to stop World War II. Ghana may stand the danger of losing international assistance in case of an Ebola outbreak by this uncooperative and confrontational posture.
Onetribe 10 years ago

The point you guys are missing is that the arrogant prof does not see it important to tell us why the test should be in Ghana the risks involved and how the trials will be conducted without a live situation. It is only reason ...
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The point you guys are missing is that the arrogant prof does not see it important to tell us why the test should be in Ghana the risks involved and how the trials will be conducted without a live situation. It is only reasonable that the common man and woman should want to know this. MPs represent us and if they do not know then who should know?
Angry Ghana 10 years ago

Your MPs should have sought information before expressing their ignorance to the world. Would it have been out of place if your "learned" parliamentarians had invited say Prof Dodoo to educate them on what the trial entails? ...
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Your MPs should have sought information before expressing their ignorance to the world. Would it have been out of place if your "learned" parliamentarians had invited say Prof Dodoo to educate them on what the trial entails? We were of the impression that the Ebola menace is over but we need to be careful, it is not. Liberia which was declared Ebola-free has seen another case. Guinea and Sierra Leone are still recording cases. We are still at risk and must take attempts to find a vaccine serious.
Glo 10 years ago

I agree. No one has examined the effects that the vaccine will have on us and I heard that some people (students) in the Volta Region are being coerced to take part in the trial. Some are only being offered 200 Ghana cedis wh ...
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I agree. No one has examined the effects that the vaccine will have on us and I heard that some people (students) in the Volta Region are being coerced to take part in the trial. Some are only being offered 200 Ghana cedis when we do not know how they will be affected by the vaccine.
Kofi 10 years ago

Glo, you qualify as an MP in Ghana. If you need sponsorship, I'll mobilize resources for you!

Glo, you qualify as an MP in Ghana. If you need sponsorship, I'll mobilize resources for you!
Bismark 10 years ago

What is wrong if someone says you are ignorant about something? It simply means you lack knowledge about it which is true in this case.

What is wrong if someone says you are ignorant about something? It simply means you lack knowledge about it which is true in this case.
Pelicles 10 years ago

The professor should understand that the trial of the vaccine in Ghana is absolutely wrong. We did not record any Ebola case in Ghana so, what is the sense of the vaccine trial in Ghana and if the parliamentarians are listen ...
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The professor should understand that the trial of the vaccine in Ghana is absolutely wrong. We did not record any Ebola case in Ghana so, what is the sense of the vaccine trial in Ghana and if the parliamentarians are listening to their constituencies and are refusing the trial, why should the professor label them as ignorant?

The professor is well learned but that is not what we are talking about. We are more concerned about the wellbeing of the ordinary Ghanaian and not what some elements will benefit. The Ebola vaccine trial in Ghana is wrong and we should resist it in anyway possible.
Mike 10 years ago

You are not very different from the parliamentarians if not even worse. First of all vaccines protect and not cure or infect. The issues about vaccines is their safety and there are strict guidelines both globallya and nation ...
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You are not very different from the parliamentarians if not even worse. First of all vaccines protect and not cure or infect. The issues about vaccines is their safety and there are strict guidelines both globallya and nationally to guide that. Besides, USA, Canada, Switzerland and Australia have all carried out Phase I trials on the vaccine. Apart from the USA that recorded some cases, none of these other countries did so and we are closer to the epidemic than them. Let this vaccine be found to be protective against ebola and let's hear a case of ebola in Ghana and we will see what the likes of you will do. This kind of backward thinking where we wait for the fire to spread from our neighbours house to ours before we start looking for water to quench it is the reason for our underdevelopment. Most of us do not seem to see beyond our noses and that's sad.
Kofi 10 years ago

Pelicles, if you contest a parliamentary seat, I'll vote for you. You are just like the people in the that house.

Pelicles, if you contest a parliamentary seat, I'll vote for you. You are just like the people in the that house.
Jake 10 years ago

is not an insult, it is a compliment

is not an insult, it is a compliment
Joe Moore 10 years ago

what about mp calling the sitting president a dead Goat? this is insult to Ghana. why don't our MPs invite him to answer this comment?
the Ghanaian MPs are really ignorance fools.

what about mp calling the sitting president a dead Goat? this is insult to Ghana. why don't our MPs invite him to answer this comment?
the Ghanaian MPs are really ignorance fools.
Kofi 10 years ago

Actually, it is the president who described himself as a dead goat.

Actually, it is the president who described himself as a dead goat.
Nii 10 years ago

The opinions of both Pellicles and One Tribe are just like the ignorant parliamentarians. Seek knowledge about subjects before venturing into discussing them. You're just as ignorant as the parliamentarians. Go for the parli ...
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The opinions of both Pellicles and One Tribe are just like the ignorant parliamentarians. Seek knowledge about subjects before venturing into discussing them. You're just as ignorant as the parliamentarians. Go for the parliamentary hansard for the day and see whether the views of the parliamentarians for that day were not expressed from an ignorant point of view. You people are wasting everybody's time. Twerps
Pelicles 10 years ago

You did not offer any opinion but rather trying to insult those who did. What do you mean by "You are wasting everybody's time. Twerps. Who asked you to read what I wrote or you love to insult people for the sake of insulti ...
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You did not offer any opinion but rather trying to insult those who did. What do you mean by "You are wasting everybody's time. Twerps. Who asked you to read what I wrote or you love to insult people for the sake of insulting?

Next time, just write your opinion because that is what this site is meant for and not rubbishing others. Thank you. The MPs are listening to their constituencies hence their outright rejection of the vaccine trial in Ghana. By the way, will you offer yourself for the vaccine?
Terkpenor 10 years ago

WHAT DO THIS STUPID FOOLS THINK THEY ARE,SO DOES IT MEAN TO THEM THAT WHATEVER THEY DO OR SAY SHOULD BE FINAL OR RIGHT,IDIOTS.
I DON'T BLEAME THEM.IT'S THE IGNORANT GHANIAN VOTER THAT SHOULD BE BLAME.
STUPID FOOLS THINK NO ...
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WHAT DO THIS STUPID FOOLS THINK THEY ARE,SO DOES IT MEAN TO THEM THAT WHATEVER THEY DO OR SAY SHOULD BE FINAL OR RIGHT,IDIOTS.
I DON'T BLEAME THEM.IT'S THE IGNORANT GHANIAN VOTER THAT SHOULD BE BLAME.
STUPID FOOLS THINK NO ONE SHOULD CHECK THEM,.......PROF.GO THERE AND LET THEM KNOW THEY'RE NOTHING BUT BUNCH OF WICKED FOOLS AND THIEVES.
sam 10 years ago

Prof.
please do not even honour that invitation. There is absolutely nothing they can do to you.
Please spend your time on better things not on this ignorant babies ranting over nothing.
What did they do to the Minister of ...
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Prof.
please do not even honour that invitation. There is absolutely nothing they can do to you.
Please spend your time on better things not on this ignorant babies ranting over nothing.
What did they do to the Minister of health. When did they even have the power to stop that trial.
I pity this country Ghana. the leaders themselves are ignorant
Araba Lucy 10 years ago

Ebola has resurfaced in Libria and Sierra Leone. Do you want us to be infected with the Ebola virus before we take precautions. Good work and bravo to Prof Dodoo, I am certain he will educate the highly emotional mps.

Ebola has resurfaced in Libria and Sierra Leone. Do you want us to be infected with the Ebola virus before we take precautions. Good work and bravo to Prof Dodoo, I am certain he will educate the highly emotional mps.
Plasma Kote 10 years ago

That is what you call knowledge??????

That is what you call knowledge??????
Ray Parker 10 years ago

The problem with Ghanaians is that when they mention a professor they think they are full of knowledge. On the contrary most professors are narrow minded people who have studied a small area of a broad topic for research. Par ...
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The problem with Ghanaians is that when they mention a professor they think they are full of knowledge. On the contrary most professors are narrow minded people who have studied a small area of a broad topic for research. Parliamentarians deal with a whole lot of issues concerning the country. The fact that they seek clearance on an issue they are not aware of doesn't make them ignorant.
Kofi 10 years ago

Ray, you have rightly said it all. Professors are very knowledgeable in a small area of their specialty and parliamentarians are jack of all trade and masters of none. That is why commonsense dictates that when an issue comes ...
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Ray, you have rightly said it all. Professors are very knowledgeable in a small area of their specialty and parliamentarians are jack of all trade and masters of none. That is why commonsense dictates that when an issue comes up they first need to consult those who are knowledgeable in that field (whether or not those persons knew anything else) before speaking like authorities in the area. Such a stance is what exposed their ignorance. A point of correction: they did not seek clearance on the issue because they taught they knew it all. Some were even criticizing why the trial was not being done in animals!
Dr Diasempa 10 years ago

This is another ignorant person just like his Ignorant MPs. I like your classification of professors as "most professors are narrow minded people who have studied a small area of a broad topic for research." In fact, the very ...
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This is another ignorant person just like his Ignorant MPs. I like your classification of professors as "most professors are narrow minded people who have studied a small area of a broad topic for research." In fact, the very definition that they "study a very small area" is what makes them authoritative in the niche where they profess. This is the very reason why ignoramuses like these MPs whodon't even understand common law but are making laws for a whole country should be put in their right places. Prof, go ahead to school them. I know the Prof will (a) explain what a vaccine trial is, (b) how a vaccine trial is conducted, (c) juxtapose the infantile opinions and virtuperations of the less knowledgeable Volta MPs (d) define the word Ignorance in its various forms, and (e) ask the aggrieved MPs to judge if they are not appropriately tagged as ignoramuses.
Rogers 10 years ago

Dr Diasempa, I hope your Prof doesn't get embarrassed by the real reason why the MPs are angry.

Dr Diasempa, I hope your Prof doesn't get embarrassed by the real reason why the MPs are angry.
Faustine 10 years ago

The clowns in parliament don't have anything better to do; this is the apex of laziness. Instead of having time for someone's frivolous comments, they should occupy themselves talking about the monies they're stealing everyda ...
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The clowns in parliament don't have anything better to do; this is the apex of laziness. Instead of having time for someone's frivolous comments, they should occupy themselves talking about the monies they're stealing everyday and showing no work for it.
Akosua 10 years ago

the legislative should understand that concept of freedom of speech. If the legislative is not ignorant they should write a rejoinder and stop inviting everyone who criticizes them. this is democracy.

the legislative should understand that concept of freedom of speech. If the legislative is not ignorant they should write a rejoinder and stop inviting everyone who criticizes them. this is democracy.
Y B££KO 10 years ago

He is not a medical doctor,
He is not a microbiologist
He is not a virologist.
He is only a pharmacist.
NOW WHO IS IGNORANT??

He is not a medical doctor,
He is not a microbiologist
He is not a virologist.
He is only a pharmacist.
NOW WHO IS IGNORANT??
adasa 10 years ago

Mps think ignorance means nullheadness. Indeed our MPs are ignoramus

Mps think ignorance means nullheadness. Indeed our MPs are ignoramus

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