Modi is right: Government deserves no credit for bringing Covid under control in India
It is not government action or even the people’s resolve that brought Covid under control in India. It’s just luck, and herd immunity.
Shivam Vij 10 February, 2021 9:37 am IST Text Size:
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in Parliament recently that no government should be given credit for fighting Covid, only the nation deserves praise. He is partially right.
If Covid has come under control in India, with daily deaths now in double digits, it is not because the government was able to control the pandemic. It is at best a mix of herd immunity and good luck. The government doesn’t get credit for either. It wasn’t national resolve, given how people did not wear masks in large swathes of India, how they did not follow social distancing.