Since the pandemic was declared by WHO in March 2020, and after the lockdown throughout India, citizens of the country are still in panic mode.
As I see that a citizen needs to wear a mask even while solo riding on a bike, it is overwhelmingly important to wear a mask in public places and at gatherings. However we see that on a national and regional scale, politicians, especially while addressing press conferences, keep the mask under the chin.
This is in blatant violation of the rule of wearing a mask at public places. This is increasingly important when the ministers from the cabinet are testing positive for the virus. So as they address without a mask, they end up transmitting the virus to the public at large.
They themselves mock at the rules erected by them. So are the rules only valid for the public? They should restrain themselves from speaking without a mask.
RAGHAV GADGIL, Khandola-Marcel
