Twitter has gone wild over plans by two French doctors, Jean Paul Mira and Camille Locht, to test the COVID-19 vaccine in Africa.

The doctors were caught on television discussing Africa as best destination to conduct test for COVID-19 vaccine”.

In the video which has gone viral, the doctors cited that since two African prostitutes were used to carry out test vaccine for the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), they can as well use Africans for the coronavirus test also

Mira, head of resuscitation department at Cochin Hospital, also pointed out that the continent should be considered because of its perceived toughness to disease outbreaks.

“If I can be provocative, shouldn’t we do this study in Africa, where there are no masks, no treatment, no resuscitation, a bit like it has been done in some studies in AIDS, where among prostitutes, we try things, because they are exposed, and ..they don’t protect themselves, what do you think?,” he asked.

Corroborating with him, Locht, a research director at Inserm, said similar approach could be adopted as ongoing search for COVID-19 vaccine intensifies across the globe.

“So you are right […] we’re thinking in parallel to a study in Africa precisely to make this same type of approach w/ BCG [vaccine] placebo,I think there is a call for tenders that was released or that will be released & I think we will indeed seriously think about that too,” he said.

This is horrific. Two French doctors on live television are discussing how a potential new treatment against #covid19 should be first tested in Africa, "where are no masks, no treatment, no reanimation", "the same way experimental treatment for AIDS was done on prostitutes". https://t.co/ojYb8GnKkI — Rim-Sarah Alouane (@RimSarah) April 2, 2020

It's 2020 in France &we still see people from Africa as subjects for experimentation.This is what normalized racism looks like.AFAIK,nobody jumped in to counter the arguments, both doctors agreed. Same, the way sex-workers are considered: like objects that can be used for tests. — Rim-Sarah Alouane (@RimSarah) April 2, 2020

Meanwhile, some people have taken to Twitter to protest the development, see tweets below:

@icuprecision Jean-Paul Mira is The president of French Intensive Care Society, intensivist in Paris. This man has publicly suggested that COVID-19 Test vaccinations should be conducted in Africa, just as the French did 60 years ago during the colonial times. #coronavirus pic.twitter.com/TV3SQWozjV — S.DeGwet (@SDeGwet) April 2, 2020

For what good reason do they want to test the Coronavirus Vaccine in Africa when it's not even African continent that is highly infected by this Virus? 🤔 If it's a matter of being black, there are black people in Europe & America too… #leaveblackpeoplealone — Leevi Immanuel® 🇳🇦 (@leevi_immanuel) April 2, 2020

Corona virus has killed more people in Europe, China and America but they feel Africa is the best place to test vaccines when ready. The planners of The New World Order surely know Africans and their leaders are gullible.#Coronavirus #COVID19Pandemic #Covid19 pic.twitter.com/rNZqy3IFN0 — Arafrika Sankara (@arafrika) April 2, 2020

African governments must pay attention to incoming threats from the West. In times of scarcity, attacks on African bodies & our resources are justified. These medical research French doctors are on television suggesting that Africa be where they test the coronavirus vaccine. https://t.co/kw1F8kClJX — Doreen 🌴✨ (@DoreenGLM) April 2, 2020