India is hiding its Covid crisis – and the whole world will suffer for it | Ankita Rao
Modi’s government had a choice between saving lives and saving face. It has chosen the latter
Hasnain says:
“This denialist rhetoric is occurring at almost every level. Like India’s see-no-evil approach to malaria or tuberculosis, its Covid obfuscation suppresses “bad news” in order to buoy the country’s international image and the government party’s domestic standing. Not all countries with struggling health systems do this. Some actually at times overcount deaths from other viruses in order to get more humanitarian aid. But undercounting disease is, in many ways, far more sinister. Modi’s government had a choice between saving face and saving lives, and has chosen mass death.”
Posted on 2021-05-07T07:50:11+0000