The laxity displayed by our CM in non-enforcement of strict Covid controls for tourists and passengers arriving by road, rail and air, does not augur well for the state to be on the backfoot in containing the rampaging virus pan-India with mortality and infected cases outnumbering recoveries.
Even after an upsurge of positive cases and related deaths, the government is more interested in opening up commercial and tourism related activities by compromising the health of the locals who have, till now, weathered the storm of the virus by strictly adhering to laid down protocols.
By giving unfettered access to the virus-prone neighbouring states, the government is inviting the scourge of a second wave in line with the pan-India rise of Covid cases.
Keeping with the clarion call given by the PM in a virtual review meeting with the CMs fearing the backlash of a second wave, our CM should have taken the message as a wake up call to restrict unhindered access of visitors to the State.
The people are also sceptical of taking the much hyped vaccine jab of Covishield and Covaxin fearing the side effects as there are no disclaimers in place of compensatory benefits to the after events following the intake of the vaccine given that even after taking the dose, the protocols as hitherto will have to be adhered to which does not make sense of the efficacy of the vaccine.
Needless to mention here that the efficacy of emergency use of Covid vaccines is dubious. There are reports of multiple cases of fully vaccinated individuals getting reinfected, some symptomatically and others asymptomatically without the onus on the pharma companies to testify on or rectify the issues.
