Full Text | Relying on India Alone for Vaccine Production Is Unfair: Peter Hotez The Wire's Mitali Mukherjee interviewed Professor Peter Hotez, a well-known expert in vaccine development circles, who described India's second wave of the pandemic as a "homeland security crisis". A nurse displays a vial of COVISHIELD, the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute of India, at a medical centre in Mumbai, India, January 16, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas Health15 hours ago A hellish second wave took the Indian government completely by surprise. The three lakh per day cases are now seeing some reprieve, but experts warn that these numbers mask the spread of Covid in rural areas and the number of deaths, that have clearly been undercounted across many parts of the country. Unfortunately, the biggest failing has been a dysfunctional vaccine strategy.