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good way to get rid of disposables they can have last darshan of Gods so religious places.. all political parties live and prosper by religion and religiosity .. so religion is next to economy
SoPs applicable to religious places, hotels, restaurants and offices attempt to treat everyone and everything as same, this micro management is unnecessarily creating a sense of fear and insecurity, we forgot importance of maternal and child health care, all vector borne diseases, other disease burden in urban and rural areas, in addition, arbitrary and whimsical powers to field officers is increasing their out of pocket income, a neo licence raj, covid is a fact of life and govt should focus more into preventing fatalities through active surveillance, vigorous contact tracing, timely treatment, sustained social advocacy…
In a country like India, lockdowns can only delay the spread of Corona virus. A month back India has few hundred infections. Today India has Corona infections in lakhs. After few weeks, it will become several lakhs. One simply can’t predict about “What’s going to happen in a month or two?”. The situation will only get worse until Corona vaccines are available for emass treatment.
The total gains from an untimely and hurried lockdown are now being lost. Temples, Mosques and Churches are the last places that should have been allowed to reopen. Theres no jobs or economy at risk here. Cinemas, Malls, restaurants and the like too needed to remain locked down for another 2 months. What’s the point of having servers wearing masks and gloves when the cook in the kitchen could be sneezing and / or coughing all over the food?
Only brave souls will eat in restaurants for next several months. The intellegent hard working souls would prepare their own meals.
Pretentious nonsense typical of mainstream media. Yes, don’t treat the public with inspector raj….yes, Indians are so disciplined and health and civiv sense conscious. One had to only see the so-called awareness among the educated middle class types which are being shared all round.
good way to get rid of disposables they can have last darshan of Gods so religious places.. all political parties live and prosper by religion and religiosity .. so religion is next to economy
SoPs applicable to religious places, hotels, restaurants and offices attempt to treat everyone and everything as same, this micro management is unnecessarily creating a sense of fear and insecurity, we forgot importance of maternal and child health care, all vector borne diseases, other disease burden in urban and rural areas, in addition, arbitrary and whimsical powers to field officers is increasing their out of pocket income, a neo licence raj, covid is a fact of life and govt should focus more into preventing fatalities through active surveillance, vigorous contact tracing, timely treatment, sustained social advocacy…
In a country like India, lockdowns can only delay the spread of Corona virus. A month back India has few hundred infections. Today India has Corona infections in lakhs. After few weeks, it will become several lakhs. One simply can’t predict about “What’s going to happen in a month or two?”. The situation will only get worse until Corona vaccines are available for emass treatment.
The total gains from an untimely and hurried lockdown are now being lost. Temples, Mosques and Churches are the last places that should have been allowed to reopen. Theres no jobs or economy at risk here. Cinemas, Malls, restaurants and the like too needed to remain locked down for another 2 months. What’s the point of having servers wearing masks and gloves when the cook in the kitchen could be sneezing and / or coughing all over the food?
Only brave souls will eat in restaurants for next several months. The intellegent hard working souls would prepare their own meals.
Pretentious nonsense typical of mainstream media. Yes, don’t treat the public with inspector raj….yes, Indians are so disciplined and health and civiv sense conscious. One had to only see the so-called awareness among the educated middle class types which are being shared all round.