What is happening in Maharashtra even after lockdown? The cases have reduced in proportion to the reduced number of tests. The % remains almost the same
And people? People don’t care. People are going to Lonavla/Pune/Goa for vaccations, so many weddings happening. Nobody is bothered.
Till something doesn’t happen to you or your family, people don’t realise the importance of staying at home.
“Economy” is a vast word… it’s not always what you think; many of us might be privileged enough to stay at home, do wfh, get the salary, eat, binge watch and live… but there are people down there, the daily wagers, the lower n lower middle class people, many of whom “earn” to survive, to eat; not to live… take a construction worker for example; if there’s a lockdown, he won’t have any work; no work for him means no earning, and a person like him gets to earn his money daily in order to make for his “food” and a lockdown for him means a nightmare, he won’t be able to survive; underprivileged people like him will die in starvation and suicide rather than the covid itself… Also do note that the previous year’s lockdown have depleted the “savings” of most of such people and now it simply isn’t possible to survive w/o earning…
Just because we are privileged doesn’t mean others are too… be thankful, try to help and reach out to the underprivileged and stay safe.
P.S.: This is just a small example as to why a complete lockdown is not the solution.
One shouldn’t link reasoning with lockdown implementation
Last year, Master announced 21-day lockdown without even consulting the cabinet
& who knows.. there’s gonna be a National-Lockdown announcement anytime soon (They started teasing us.. just like MH did before implementing full lockdown)
Also, State-wide lockdown means you can play the blame game which is obviously not possible when you impose National lockdown (Centre Guidelines will be mandatory)
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Again.. its a complicated situation
w/ Lockdown : No earnings for certain sections, people won’t be able to pay rent, loans…
w/o Lockdown : The same section (mentioned above) who work outdoors and rely on daily/weekly earnings won’t be able to afford hospital expenses (mild to serious cases – COVID-19). If they end up with damaged lungs or some other complications, they may not be able to do the same work again. They may not even have an oximeter to monitor SpO2 levels before its too late
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Maintaining balance between lives & livelihood is very important right now
If the situation becomes way too critical (like it is in some cities like Delhi, Bengaluru).. there is no other option than to impose lockdown
+ the govt failed to predict the seriousness of second wave, they were largely unprepared and even took things for granted because there weren’t many cases in Jan & Feb (via Nipun Vinayak, DS, GOI).. So if things gets serious in some other state/city couple of days/weeks from now then the authorities will be blamed again for not doing anything ( And the easiest way to make people believe that the authorities did something is to impose lockdown)
What is happening in Maharashtra even after lockdown? The cases have reduced in proportion to the reduced number of tests. The % remains almost the same
And people? People don’t care. People are going to Lonavla/Pune/Goa for vaccations, so many weddings happening. Nobody is bothered.
Till something doesn’t happen to you or your family, people don’t realise the importance of staying at home.