How Civil Society Failed India.

When the country decided to adopt the Covishield and Covaxin, the intelligentsia, non-BJP political parties, NGOs, all started speaking in the media that there is insufficient data on its efficacy, it is fake and we will not get it done.

The media also launched a movement against the Indian vaccine.

During this time, look at the list of how many news/articles were published in the media against the vaccine:-

       * Indian Express 182

       * Loksatta 172

       * Navbharat Times 236

       * Hindustan Times 123

       * Times of India 28

       * The wire 78

       * The print 59

       * Scroll 122

       * Newslaundry 54

       * Alt news 78

       * The Hindu 128

Look at the list of how many leaders of the opposition political parties spoke against the vaccine:-

       * Congress Party 58

       * Samajwadi Party 17

       * Shiv Sena 27

       * DMK 13

       * CPM 12

       * TMC 12

The founders and employees of 265 major NGOs had spoken against the vaccine.

172 retired IAS, IPS, judges and other government officials also had spoken against the vaccine.

342 cartoons were produced by cartoonists in opposition to the vaccine.

After all this, a confusion arose among the large section of the people of the country that vaccine is not safe and hence is not to be taken. And when the vaccination started from 15 Jan, only a few people used to come to the vaccine centers.

On a couple of days some vaccination centers reported only 2-3 vaccinations. If you look at the long lines for vaccines in Bombay today, hundreds of people above 60 years are also seen.

Someone may ask them that since March, when there were no crowds and vaccine doses were going waste, why did they not get the vaccination done then

Similarly, the HCWs and FLWs now queuing up did not want it January onwards when it had opened up exclusively for them. 

The reasons are the same fear that these newspapers, politicians etc. had created.

Due to this fear and vaccination hesitancy several million doses of vaccine were wasted, new orders were delayed, production capacity expansion did not take place and the result is there for all to see.

Today these same agitators/protestors against the vaccine are getting vaccinated on the quiet. 

Source. What'sApp

Tailpiece.

Got up an hour later than usual, the chores and was ready by about a half past 9. It was a rainy day all through.

Achu was brought in during the evening and he was with us for dinner.