11/04/2020
To all my friends in FB......A personal note ....long post!!!
Consider this:
On an average:-
we face at least 7.6 deaths per 1000 population in India. That translates to 27 lakh deaths in three months considering a 1.3 billion population of india. These are deaths due to various causes...chief of which happen to be due to accidents; cardiac diseases; stroke etc.
we have approximately 7000 deaths EVERYDAY due to hunger in India!!!
So.... Corona is NOT that bad a killer!!
Then why this panic?
There is no panic created by any authority...
Conjecture is THE single important reason for panic based on the numbers churned out on hourly basis.
The Government,Health authorities and the administration have been doing an exemplary work. You should credit to them for keeping the numbers low. Honestly... in the first week of march I had been really worried as to how this would fan out and to my own close circle had predicted the case fatalities in the thousands... even if a lock-down were to be in place. A death rate of 250 for 7500 positives is a good ratio...indicating good containment but may be too early to call if "flattened-curve".
Actually WE HAVE DONE IT GUYS.!!!!!
But this is no time for jubilation and celebration.
Lets continue with the government guidelines...be disciplined...because no amount of ICU care or Ventilators can substitute for this discipline of social-distancing and cleanliness... with due precautions and "staying-alert".
one more question: Have we over-reacted?
Not at all. We have acted decisively at the right time...so that I could draft this post out of sheer gratitude to each one of you and our Leadership.
A little more will be needed from us...and the 15 day extension will take care of that. lets stay united and steadfast.
So... finally...what happens to all those deaths..mentioned at the beginning?...They are happening ...are being attended to (as exemplified by the number of incidental health-worker infections of corona)...but are not reported...because the MSM doesn't consider them relevant and also because...it might artificially jack up numbers and add to the panic. Hospitals are working...of course with exceptions...The society continues to be "sick" in that sense...only nature is healing itself in the absence of human activity.
God bless....Stay safe...stay healthy.
