What most of the Goans, except our learned CM and his loyal mantris, were afraid of has hit us on the head. The average new cases for the first 10 days of March stood at 65, and today barely 3 weeks later we are at 265 new cases.
One of the ministers has openly declared that severe restrictions cannot be imposed since they will deter tourists. Now that we are heading to make Goa a red zone, will Goa still be attractive for tourists?
With the abysmal ratio of population to hospital beds, in Goa, we are heading for a catastrophe. The fatalities are being brushed off, citing co-morbidities. Would these fatalities occur if Covid was under control?
We keep hearing of patients who have recovered, but sadly there is no mention in the media of how people have been struggling for months together with the after effects of Covid. Nor is there coverage of the huge financial burden which many of the Covid patients have had to bear.
This is one of the factors which leads people to believe that even if they are affected, they will be ok within a week or two.
